Two Weeks Ahead (12MAY-25MAY)
Produced by the Rendon Group
KEY UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNIVERSARIES
- EUROPE REGION: European parliament elections (22MAY)
- MALAWI: Presidential and national assembly elections (20MAY)
- UKRAINE: Presidential elections (25MAY)
- COLOMBIA: Presidential elections (25MAY)
- PHILIPPINES: World Economic Forum on East Asia (12MAY to 23MAY)
- GUINEA BISSAU: Run-off presidential elections (18MAY)
- UKRAINE AND UNITED STATES: United States-Ukraine Working Group on Nonproliferation and Export Controls (15MAY to 16MAY)
KEY RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS
- Nothing to report
Monday, May 12, 2014
- Europe Region: Anniversary of the Black Sea Fleet – 1783
- Middle East Region: Arab FMs hold meeting on Syria in Saudi Arabia
- Cambodia: Royal Ploughing Day Ceremony
- Germany: Anniversary of Soviets lifting the blockade of West Berlin after eleven months – 1949
- Philippines: World Economic Forum on East Asia (to 23MAY)
- Uruguay: President Jose Mujica to visit White House
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
- Ecuador: Independence Day – 1830
- Pakistan: EU EOM will issue a statement of its preliminary findings on elections
- Philippines: Elections
- United States: GovSec Expo (14MAY)
- Uzbekistan: Anniversary of Andijan massacre – 2005
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
- Global: Anniversary of the creation of the Warsaw Pact – 1955
- Malaysia: Malaysian Youth Day
- Paraguay: Paraguay becomes independent – 1811
Thursday, May 15, 2014
- Global: Foreign ministers of the Arctic Council, an international forum for the eight states bordering the Arctic, are to meet
- France: Date of trial of makers of a diabetes and weight loss drug suspected in hundreds of deaths in France will be set
- Israel/Palestine: Anniversary of Day of Al-Nakba – 1948
- Russia: Heads of G8 drug control agencies will convene in Moscow
- Ukraine and United States: United States-Ukraine Working Group on Nonproliferation and Export Controls (to 16MAY)
Friday, May 16, 2014
- China: Anniversary of hundreds of thousands arriving in Beijing to support college students fasting for freedom in Tiananmen Square – 1989
- India: Results of the general election to be announced
- Japan: Anniversary of Japan’s Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai is assassinated in Tokyo – 1932
- South Korea: Anniversary of Maj. Gen. Park Chung-hee stages a military coup in South Korea – 1961
- Sudan: Anniversary of the beginning of the rebellion of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army – 1983
- Zaire/DRC: Anniversary of Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko gives up power after 32 years of autocratic rule – 1997
Saturday, May 17, 2014
- Norway: Constitution Day -1814
- Zaire/DRC: Anniversary of Zaire renamed to the Democratic Republic of Congo – 1997
Sunday, May 18, 2014
- Guinea Bissau: Run-off election
- India: Anniversary of India’s first nuclear test – 1974
- Sri Lanka: Anniversary of the end of fighting between the Sri Lankan Government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – 2009
Monday, May 19, 2014
- United States and New Zealand: U.S.-NZ Partnership Forum in Washington (to 21MAY)
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
- Cuba: Anniversary of Cuba’s independence from the US – 1902
- Malawi: Presidential and national assembly elections
- United States: National Defense Industrial Association Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (to May 22)
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
- Chile: Navy Day (Battle of Iquiqie – 1879)
- Montenegro: Independence Day
- Yemen: Anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Yemen and North Yemen agreeing to unity – 1990
Thursday, May 22, 2014
- Europe Region: European parliament elections
- Chile: Anniversary of a 9.5-magnitude earthquake, the biggest ever recorded, kills 5,700 people in Chile while the tsunami it triggers leaves 130 dead in Japan and 61 in Hawaii -1960
- Europe Region: Anniversary of creation of the Eurocorps, an intergovernmental standing army corps, which integrates the Franco-German brigade. – 1992
- Iraq: Anniversary of end of Britain’s military presence in Iraq – 2011
- Kazakhstan: International exhibition of armaments and military equipment KADEX-2014 (to 25MAY)
- Russia: St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
Friday, May 23, 2014
- Afghanistan: President Karzai to step down, successor to take office
Saturday, May 24, 2014
- Eritrea: Eritrean Independence Day – 1993
- Israel: Catholic Pope Francis to visit Amman, Bethlehem and Jerusalem (to 26MAY)
Sunday, May 25, 2014
- Belgium: Chamber of representatives elections
- Colombia: Presidential elections (1st round)
- Denmark: Referendum
- Jordan: Jordan Independence Day / Renaissance Day – 1946
- Lebanon: Anniversary of Southern Lebanon’s “liberation” – 2000
- Lithuania: Presidential elections
- Saudi Arabia: Anniversary of the creation of the Gulf Cooperation Council – 1981
- Sierra Leone: Anniversary of rebels toppling the government of Sierra Leone in a violent coup – 1997
- Sudan: Anniversary of parliamentary government in Sudan overthrown in bloodless coup and Maj. Gen. Jafaar Numeiry heads new military regime – 1969
- Ukraine: Presidential elections
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