Ukraine will hold parliamentary elections on July 21st. The Parliament elections, originally planned for October 2019, were brought forward by newly elected President Volodymyr Zelensky on the day after his inauguration. Zelensky officially justified moving up the date on lack of government coalition.

Congressional Democrats are moving ahead with plans to have Special Counsel Robert Mueller testify in an open setting on July 24th. Attorney General William Barr has accused Democrats of trying to create a ‘public spectacle’ by subpoenaing Mueller. Mueller has not given any indication he will not comply with the subpoena but has advised he will not go into detail beyond what is already presented in his 448-page report.

Leaders of the seven largest economies will meet in Biarritz for the annual G7 summit to be held  from 24 to 26 August Accreditation pre-registration period is now closed.

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will again travel to Africa between 4 and 10 September 2019. The Holy Father will visit Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius. Please find program attached in Documents

The 28th World Economic Forum on Africa will focus on how to scale up the transformation of regional architecture related to smart institutions, investment, integration, industry and innovation. Participants will discuss ways to accelerate progress in five transformative pan-African agendas in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Eurovision News Events will offer live transmissions as well as production packages.

Israel will hold a further general election on September 17th after Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition after the April election result. This will be the first time that elections have to be repeated in the history of the country.

World leaders will travel to New York as the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly will begins on Tuesday, 24 September. A Climate Summit will precede the annual debates on Monday, 23 September. On Thursday, 26 September a high-level meeting on the elimination of nuclear weapons will take place.

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

Chile will play host to the 21st APEC Summit with the leaders’ summit to be held November 16th and 17th in Santiago. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China will likely feature heavily. Member Economies include the United States; Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; The Philippines; Russia; Singapore; Republic of Korea; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; and Viet Nam.

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