The 72nd Festival de Cannes is about to kick-off Tuesday 14 May with the screening of the first movie in competition: "The Dead Don't Die" by Jim Jarmusch. 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". Twenty one films are in competition for the prestigious Palme d’Or. The festival will run until 25th of May 2019.

The next European elections take place on 23-26 May 2019 giving all adult EU citizens the opportunity to select who will represent them in the European Parliament. The European elections in May 2019 will have a direct impact on people's lives. They will decide how Europe will act in the coming years to address concerns about jobs, business, security, migration and climate change.

European Parliamentary Elections will take place May 23 rd to May 26 th. EBU News Events is planning facilities at a number of European cities during this event: Berlin at a studio with view of Brandenburg Gate / Athens with view of the old parliament where the press center is located, on Stadiou Street / Rome at Salvini HQ / Milan, outside location TBC / Paris , exact location TBC / London at Abingdon Street with the backdrop of the parliament / Vienna / Other locations on request.

After the European Parliament elections EU heads of state or government will meet for a summit on 28 May 2019 in Brussels. They will discuss the outcome of the vote and start the nomination process for the heads of the EU institutions. President Tusk, who announced the meeting after the summit in Sibiu, stressed that he would like the European Council to nominate the new EU leaders in June 2019.

The 2019 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain on 1 June 2019, between English sides Tottenham Hotspur, in their first ever final, and Liverpool, the losing finalist of the previous season.

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump accepted the invitation of Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to visit the United Kingdom from June 3 to 5, 2019. This state visit will reaffirm the steadfast and special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.

The Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen has confirmed that the next general election to renew Denmark’s 179-seat parliament will be held on June 5, 2019. Additional operational details will be published here soon.

D-Day 75th anniversary will be celebrated on 6th of June 2019 in Normandy , France. President Donald Trump will travel to Normandy to attend the 75th Anniversary of D-Day at the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. Program of the official ceremonies in Normandy & accreditation procedure will be published here soon .

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.

FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 starts on June 7th with 24 teams vying for the Championship. The matches will take place in a number of stadiums around France while the semi-finals and finals will be held in Lyon. EBU News Events is planning to deploy at various locations during the event hosts – only raises the excitement levels and makes guessing the outcome a real challenge.

The 134th IOC Session and Election of the 2026 Winter Olympic Candidate City will take place on June 24 at the SwissTech Convention center in Ecublens, near Lausanne, Switzerland. Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo and Stockholm-Are are the two candidate cities to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. NB: To request participation on a MULTILATERAL / WORLD FEED, please, click on the following link: https://www.eurovision.net/events/sports/on-demand-news/44314

Algeria's new interim leader Abdelkader Bensalah announced that a new presidential election would be held on July 4. Bensalah took the helm after weeks of protests that led to the resignation of longtime leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika after 20 years as president.

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.