The countdown to the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 is now in full swing. Some 2000 of the world's elite athletes will represent their countries, competing at the highest levels to take home a medal. The 10-day championships, which runs from 27 September until 6 October, will bring together 200 teams, making it one of the biggest global sporting events of the year. The IAAF World Championships in athletics is one of 3 in the World Athletics Series being held in 2019.

Multiple explosions occured on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. The blasts took place during services at Churches and also ripped through four hotels in the capital Colombo. At least 140 confirmed dead and over 500 people were injured. Hospitals confirm there are foreigners of mulitple nationalities amongst the victims. EBU NewsEvents will be operational in Colombo in the morning of 22 Apirl. For updates: SIngapore Bureau +6565213510 asia@eurovision.net Geneva bureau +41227172840 newsevents@ebu.ch

The second round of presidential elections in Ukraine is between Volodymyr Zelenskiy and incumbent president Petro Poroshenko. According to results from the Central Election Commission, the first round on 31 March saw Zelenskyy on course for first-place with 30.4 percent of the vote. Poroshenko was well behind with 16.1 percent, followed by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, with 13.2 percent. EBU NewsEvents is operational from 20 April in 2 locations

The 2nd Belt and Road Forum will be taking place in Beijing on 26 and 27 April. President Xi of China will also be holding bilateral meetings with a number of heads of State. EBU News Events can provide services on site. Please state your interest by Monday 22 April.

Spain will go to the polls for the third time in four years after PM Pedro Sanchez called a snap elections , 2 days after the " Congreso de los Diputados " the Spanish parliament rejected his 2019 budget .General Elections will be held on April 28 . one month before European and Regional Elections. Catalan independentists parties voted again sanchez budget in the middle of the independentist leaders trail .

Pope Francis is set to visit Bulgaria and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in May. He had accepted the invitation of the civil authorities and the Catholic Church in the two countries. The Pope will visit the cities of Sofia and Rakovski during the visit to Bulgaria, which will take place on 5-7 May; and on 7 May will travel to the city of Skopje in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

General elections for the National Assembly as well as provincial legislatures, will be held in South Africa on 8 May. These will be the 6th elections since the end of apartheid in 1994 and will determine the next President. Incumbent Cyril Ramaphosa will lead the ruling ANC, with the party attempting to retain its majority status and secure Ramaphosa a full term in office. There will be 48 parties on the ballot. EBU NEWS EVENTS will offer standup positions at the IEC in Pretoria

Romania will host the first EU summit to be organized after Brexit on 9 May, Europe Day, in the Transylvanian city of Sibiu. National leaders are expected to mark the culmination of this process with a renewed commitment to an EU that delivers on the issues that really matter to people.

Israel will host the 2019 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest at Tel Aviv's "Expo Tel Aviv" congress and convention centre 14-18 May, following the country's victory at the 2018 contest in Lisbon with the song "Toy", performed by Netta. It is the third time Israel hosts the Contest, following earlier victories in Paris in 1978 and in Birmingham in 1998.

The 72nd Festival de Cannes will take place from 14 to 25th of May 2019. Mexican Director Alejandro González Iñárritu will preside the jury and is the first Mexican to do so. Iñárritu won best director Oscar two years ago with "Birdman" and "The Revenant". The Festival will open on May 14 with the first Palme d'Or Competition screening of Jim Jarmusch's "The Dead Don't Die" at the Grand Theatre Lumiere. The Official Selection will be announced on April 18.

The next European Parliament elections are expected to take place on 23-26 May 2019. Elections to the EP are held every five years.

Gianni Infantino has been President of FIFA since February 2016 after the resignation of Sepp Blatter. It was announced on 7 Feb that Infantino is the only candidate in the next election which will be held on June 5 in Paris, on the sidelines of the opening of the Women's FIFA World Cup in France. No other candidate obtained the necessary internal 5 supporting votes. Only one ballot will be available to voters. Please contact newsoperations@eurovision.net +41227172840

The 53rd International Paris Air Show will take place from 17 to 23 June 2019 at the Exhibition Center of Le Bourget, a few kilometers North of Paris.

The European Council will take place on 20-21 June 2019 at the Europa building in Brussels.

The 2019 G20 Osaka summit will be the fourteenth meeting of Group of Twenty. It will be held on 28–29 June 2019 in Osaka and will be the first-ever G20 summit to be hosted in Japan. EBU News Events will be offering facilities and services including workspaces with 2 x pool signals converted to 1080_50i.

the 45th G7 Summit will held in France in the city of Biarritz .

The European Council will take place on 17-18 October 2019 at the Europa building in Brussels.

The European Council will take place on 12-13 December 2019 at the Europa building in Brussels.

You will find here all the different FEI events available to be downloaded. This is a constantly changing list, so check back in for additional content.

For its first launch of 2019, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center: Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4, a condosat for KACST (and Hellas Sat; along with GSAT-31 for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Through this 103rd Ariane 5 mission - the 70th with an Ariane 5 ECA version – Arianespace

Arianespace’s first Vega mission in 2019 will deliver the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) newest Earth observation satellite, PRISMA, to Sun-synchronous orbit in March. The March mission with PRISMA is designated Flight VV14, signifying the 14th launch of the lightweight Vega – which joins Arianespace’s medium-lift Soyuz and heavyweight Ariane 5 in a complete launch vehicle family to orbit commercial, governmental, institutional, scientific and experimental payloads.

THE LOUVRE PYRAMID TURNS 30 Starting March 29, 2019 Over the course of 2019, the Musée du Louvre is celebrating the Pyramid’s 30th anniversary. Announced in September 1981 by French President François Mitterrand, the Grand Louvre project had the aim of devoting the whole palace, up until then partially occupied by the Ministry of Finance, to the museum.

UEFA has broken new ground after unveiling a mascot with a difference for UEFA EURO 2020. Armed with a dazzling array of footballing tricks, Skillzy showed off his moves to the 55,000 crowd at the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam, minutes ahead of the European Qualifiers match between the Netherlands and Germany.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF QATAR The new National Museum of Qatar will be opening its doors to the public on the 28th March. It will give voice to the unique story of Qatar and its people from earliest times to the present day and onwards towards its future.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 will be the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest is scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following Israel's victory at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Toy", performed by Netta.

A meeting of legends, talent, humility and passion They have left their mark on the history of football. One has finished his career, the other is beginning his. What unites them is love and respect for football, and exceptional destiny. There has already been an affinity between the two men on social media since the World Cup. On April 2nd Hublot will bring them together for the first time.

For its fourth mission of 2019 — and the second this year with the Soyuz medium launcher from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana, Arianespace will be launching four more O3b satellites for SES. Operational since 2014, the O3b medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellation delivers fiber-equivalent connectivity, and is part of SES’s bold vision of connecting people and empowering them with opportunities.

Pope Francis will lead the Way of the Cross (Via Crucis) at the Colosseum in Rome, on Good Friday, April 19 (ITRAI production). On Sunday April 21, Pope Francis will celebrate Easter Mass in Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican and deliver his Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the City and to the World, from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican Media production).

The 2019 FINA Diving World Series, also known as the FINA/CNSG Diving World Series, will place from 1 March to 19 May 2019. It is the tenth edition of the FINA-sanctioned invitational series, and included five events across three continents.

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