US President Donald Trump has announced that the second nuclear summit with North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-Un is to be held in Hanoi on February 27 and 28. The US Special Representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, has said that preparatory talks in Pyongyang were productive, but that more dialogue was needed before the Hanoi talks begin. Eurovision News Events will offer broadcast services near the venue or at the International Media Centre.

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.

General elections will be held in Nigeria on 16 February 2019 to elect the President and the National Assembly. EUROVISION News Events will offer services from Abuja. Please contact newsoperations@eurovision.net +41227172840

The political crisis continues in Venezuela as Juan Guaidó is recognized by numerous governments as the legitimate interim leader of the country. European powers recognized opposition chief Juan Guaido as interim leader after President Nicolas Maduro rejected their ultimatum to call presidential polls. France, Germany, Britain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, the Czech Republic and Luxembourg were among 15 EU nations to side with Guaidó on Monday.

President Trump will host Austria's Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, at the White House on February 20th. Kurz is the youngest head of government in Europe, having taken office in December 2017 with the right-wing Freedom Party. Much like President Trump, Kurz has made curbing immigration a top priority. The two leaders are also likely to discuss the spread of nuclear weapons worldwide since the U.S. withdrawal from the arms control treaty with Russia.

Pope Francis has called an international meeting of Catholic Bishops to discuss sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults. The Pope has previously stated he wants bishops to be aware of the suffering of abuse survivors, and that there is an urgent need to combat sexual abuse. Eurovision News Events will offer standup positions, playout facilities and workspaces upon request. ENG crew and editing services can also be available.

The 89th Geneva International Motor Show will take place from March 7-17, 2019 at Palexpo in Geneva. The show is hosted at the Palexpo convention centre and is organised by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles.

The European Council will take place on 21-22 March 2019 at the Europa building in Brussels.

The United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union at 11pm UK time on Friday, 29 March 2019. Eurovision News Events will be providing standups at relevant locations in the UK, Brussels and beyond. Please contact us on +41 22 7172840 and at NewsEvents@eurovision.net to discuss any specific requests you may have.

The UK is due to leave the European Union on 29 March, 2019.

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 " Congress 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 .

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

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.

At least 600 of Europe's top and aspiring athletes will compete in the 35th European Athletics Indoor Championships being hosted in Glasgow between 1-3 March 2019.

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.

AIPS Sport Media Awards Celebrate The Very Best in Storytelling. On Monday, January 21 at 6pm GMT (7 pm CET), the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) will host its inaugural AIPS Sport Media Awards, a global celebration of excellence in sports storytelling.

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

The 43rd Ordinary UEFA Congress will take place on Thursday 7 February 2019 at the Roma Cavalieri Hotel, Via Alberto Cadlolo, 101, in Rome, Italy from 09:30 CET to 13:00 CET approximately. It will be followed by a press conference in the same location - approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the Congress - with UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin.

In 1989 the world’s largest physics laboratory, CERN, was a hive of ideas and information stored on multiple incompatible computers. Tim Berners-Lee envisioned a unifying structure for linking information across different computers, and wrote a proposal in March 1989 called "Information Management: A Proposal". By 1991 this vision of universal connectivity had become the World Wide Web.

In the DOCUMENT section, you can find the preliminary COMPETITION SCHEDULE (all Times are Local Time). This schedule is provisional and will be updated based on the final entries. NOTE: In case of uneven warm-up groups (ie, 5, 7, etc...) the Ice Resurfacing will be done after the uneven group (after 1, 3, etc... instead of the usual after 2, 4, etc..) to ensure that there is no ice resurfacing between the the last 2 groups. The idea is to be able to show the last 2 groups without interruption.