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Te Europe Diary a Long-Term Calendar of European Events for Journalists and Broadcasters Te Europe Diary A long-term calendar of European events for journalists and broadcasters. October 201 on!ards Please check entries before broadcast or publication: see contacts at end of Diary. October 1st Macedonia. The result of the referendum held on Sept 30th on the country's name change as part of a deal to settle the long-running dispute with Greece. Opinion polls indicate the Macedonians will accept the name 'The Republic of North Macedonia'. www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/turnout-becomes-key-to- macedonia-referendum-battle-09-18-2018 1st - 3rd Birmingham. The UK Conservative Party Conference. With the party deeply split over Brexit, can PM Theresa May sell her Chequers plan to the membership? https://conservativepartyconference.com/index 1st- 4th Strasbourg. European Parliament plenary session. www.europarl.europa.eu 1st Luxembourg. EU Finance Ministers from the eurozone countries meet in the Eurogroup. www.eu2018.at 2nd Luxembourg. Finance Ministers from all 28 EU member states meet in the Ecofin Council. www.eu2018.at 2nd Berlin. 'PowerOfDigital – Redesigning the Energy Business' conference organised by Eurelectric, the European electricity supply association. www.eurelectric.org 3rd- 4th Bucharest. The 2018 Marketing and Sales meeting of EGTA, the European trade organisation of television and radio marketing and advertising. www.egta.com 5th Innsbruck. Informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers responsible for Trade. www.eu2018.at 6th Latvia. Parliamentary elections. https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/election/latvias- next-election-date-decided.a265472/ 7th Bosnia and Herzegovina. General Election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_general_election,_2018 8th Brussels. 'Charge It: e-mobility now'. The challenge of providing charging points across Europe for electric vehicles. Organised by Eurelectric, the European electricity supply association, part of European Week of Regions and Cities. www.eurelectric.org/events/ 8th- 9th Geneva. Health Care Summit organised by Politico and Le Temps. https://diievents.dii.eu/annual-health-care-summit/ 8th- 11th Brussels. European Week of Regions and Cities. https://europa.eu/regions-and-cities/home_en 1 9th Luxembourg. EU Environment Ministers meet. www.eu2018.at 10th Frankfurt. European Central Bank Governing Council non-monetary policy meeting. www.ecb.eu 10th Brussels. Rail – Europe's Climate Solution? Conference by CER the European rail networks association. http://cer.be/events/cer-events/rail-europes-climate-solution 10th- 21st London. BFI London Film Festival (British Film Institute). https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp 11th Luxembourg. EU Ministers for Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs meet in the EPSCO Council. www.eu2018.at 11th- 12th Luxembourg. EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs meet. www.eu2018.at 14th Luxembourg. Parliamentary Election. https://luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/735- national-elections-to-take-place-on-14-october-2018 15th- 16th Luxembourg. EU Foreign Ministers meet in the Foreign Affairs Council and the General Affairs Council which includes the Article 50 Group scrutinising Brexit negotiations on behalf of the 27 member states. www.eu2018.at 15th- 16th Luxembourg. EU Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries meet. www.eu2018.at 16th World Food Day coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation based in Rome. http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/2018/home/en/ 16th Brussels. Connected Transport Summit. 'The Future of Mobility in the Digital Era', organised by the European Commission. https://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=5E82070C-A624- A643-AA3183722D298905 18th- 19th Brussels. EU Summit. Regarded as crunch time for the Brexit negotiations. Or is it? Sources in the UK and EU are indicating that mid-November is more likely for a Brexit deal. www.eu2018.at 18th - 19th Brussels. ASEM Summit. The 12th Asia-Europe meeting with heads of state or government of 51 countries. Presumably EU leaders will skip between the two summits being held simultaneously. http://www.aseminfoboard.org/events/6005/12th-asem-summit-asem12 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/international-summit/2018/10/18-19/ 22nd- 25th Strasbourg. European Parliament plenary session. www.europarl.europa.eu 23rd- 24th Brussels. European Public Procurement conference. https://law.knect365.com/european-public-procurement/ 25th Frankfurt. European Central Bank Governing Council monetary policy meeting. www.ecb.eu 29th London. UK Chancellor Philip Hammond will unveil his Autumn Budget with a No Deal Brexit still likely to be possible, which he has warned would cost the country billions. www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/26/budget-will-be-on-a-monday-to- avoid-clash-with-brexit-talks 29th- 30th Graz, Austria. Informal meeting of EU Environment, Transport and Energy Ministers. www.eu2018.at 2 November Nov This month there is likely to be an 'emergency EU summit' to finalise a Brexit deal – if there is one by then. Here is the current timescale leading up to the UK leaving the EU. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44374613 1st London. Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee meeting and quarterly inflation report. www.bankofengland.co.uk 5th Brussels. Finance Ministers from the eurozone countries meet in the Eurogroup. www.eu2018.at 6th Brussels. Finance Ministers from all 28 EU countries meet in the Ecofin Council. www.eu2018.at 7th Frankfurt. Governing Council of the European Central Bank non-monetary policy meeting. www.ecb.eu 7th London. The AIB Awards ceremony. (Association of International Broadcasting). www.aib.org.uk 7th- 8th Helsinki, Annual Congress of the EPP – the European Parliament's centre-right European People's Party. They are due to select their candidate to be the next Commission President. The EPP candidate has a strong chance of winning the tortuous selection process next year. http://www.epp.eu/press-releases/epp-urges- european-council-to-commit-to-spitzenkandidaten-process/ 9th Brussels. EU Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ministers meet in the Foreign Affairs Council. www.eu2018.at 10th - 14th Trump in Europe. Dates tbc. The US President is expected to travel to Paris to join the Armistice Centenary Commemorations there before visiting Ireland where he will play golf at his course in County Clare. But with various groups opposed to the visit promising demonstrations there may be security problems. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45374037 11th The centenary of the WWI Armistice in 1918, falling on Remembrance Sunday, with huge commemorative events in France, Belgium, the UK, Germany and around the world, remembering the 18 million who died in 'The Great War'. There will be a special service at St. Symphorium Cemetery near Mons where the fighting began in 1914. www.greatwar.co.uk/events/2014-2018-ww1-centenary-events.htm Poland will also be marking the date as the centennial of re-established independence. There will be parades, concerts and church services in Polish communities around the world. www.polska.pl/tourism/traditions-and-holidays/independence-day/ 12th Brussels. EU Foreign Ministers meet in the General Affairs Council, and the Article 50 Group that is scrutinising the Brexit negotiations on behalf of the 27 member states. www.eu218.at 12th- 15th Strasbourg. European Parliament plenary session. www.europarl.europa.eu 14th- 15th Edinburgh. News Xchange 2018 - the annual conference of broadcast news, hosted this year by the BBC and supported by the EBU. www.newsxchange.org 15th Brussels. Making Your Home Low Carbon and Flexible – a 5pm 'Power Talk' organised by Eureletric and EHPA. https://www.eurelectric.org/events/ 3 16th Brussels. EU Finance Ministers meet to to discuss the contentious EU budget, made more difficult this time with the prospect of the UK contribution disappearing. www.eu2018.at 17th- 18th Brussels. Special Brexit Summit of EU leaders. (Date tbc). This appears to be the last chance for a deal. Whatever the outcome the opposition Labour Party seems determined to try to force a general election when the UK Parliament considers the outcome. www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-november/eu-leaders-to-hold-extra-brexit- summit-on-nov-17-18-sources-idUSKCN1M01SB 19th- 20th Brussels. EU Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers meet. www.eu2018.at 19th- 20th Brussels. EU Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries meet. www.eu2018.at 20th Brussels. Think Digital EU – Conference about the business potential of digitalisation. https://www.thinkdigital.eu 21st Frankfurt. Governing Council of the European Central Bank non monetary policy meeting. www.ecb.eu 21st World Television Day (UN) http://www.worldtelevisionday.tv 23rd- 25th Tennis – Final of the Davis Cup. Venue to be decided. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Davis_Cup 26th Brussels. EU Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Overseas Development meet. www.eu2018.at 26th- 27th Brussels. EU Ministers for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport meet in the EYCS Council. www.eu2018.at 27th Brussels. European Trade Policy Day 2018. http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/events/index.cfm?id=1894 28th- 29th Brussels. European Parliament mini-plenary. www.europarl.europa.eu 29th- 30th Brussels. EU Ministers for Industry, Single Market and Research meet in the Competitiveness Council, this time with a focus on Space Research. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/compet/2018/11/29-30/ 30th Brussels. EU Foreign Ministers are due to meet in the General Affairs Council t.b.c. www.eu2018.at December 3rd- 4th Brussels. EU Ministers for Transport, Telecommunications and energy meet. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/tte/2018/12/04/ 3rd Brussels. EU Finance Ministers from the eurozone countries meet in the Eurogroup. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/eurogroup/2018/12/03/ 4th Brussels. EU Finance Ministers from all 28 member states meet in the Ecofin Council. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/ecofin/2018/12/04/ 6th Brussels. European Defence Industry Summit. www.defencesummit.eu 6th- 7th Brussels. Ministers for Employment, Consumer, Health and Social Affairs meet in the EPSCO Council and Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs meet in the JHA Council.
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