• GLOBAL: 2014 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund will begin in Washington DC (11APR to 13APR)
• CHINA: 115th China Import and Export Fair (15APR to 05MAY)
• ISRAEL: Independence day (15APR)
• MACEDONIA: Presidential elections (13APR)
• ALGERIA: Presidential elections (17APR)
• ZIMBABWE: Independence day (18APR)
• GUINEA BISSAU: Presidential and national assembly elections (13APR)
• MACEDONIA: Presidential elections (13APR)

KEY RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS

• CHRISTIANITY: Palm Sunday (13APR)
• CHRISTIANITY: Good Friday (18APR)
• CHRISTIANITY: Easter (20APR)
• JUDAISM: Passover (14APR to 22APR)
• JAINISM: Mahavir Jayanti (13APR)

Monday, April 07, 2014

• Global: World Health Day
• India: People’s assembly elections
• Iran and Oman: Naval forces of Iran and Oman will hold a joint rescue drill in Iran’s southern waters (to 09APR)
• Japan and Australia: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will join a special meeting next Monday of Japan’s National Security Council
• Kyrgyzstan: Anniversary of protests that overthrew government – 2010
• Rwanda: Anniversary of the start of the Rwandan Genocide – 1994
• United States and Japan: Japan and the United States will resume talks on Pacific free trade pact

Tuesday, April 08, 2014

• Armenia: The coordinating committee for air defense issues under the auspices of the CIS Defense Ministers’ Committee will hold its 40th session in the Armenian capital, Yerevan
• Australia and China: Australia Week in China (to 11APR)
• Brazil: LAAD Security, the International Exhibition for Public and Corporate Security (to 10APR)
• Mexico: ISC: Expo Seguridad Mexico (to 10 APRIL)
• Pakistan and United States: Economic talks led by Pakistan Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar (to 11APR)

Wednesday, April 09, 2014

• Georgia: Anniversary of Georgian independence from USSR – 1991
• Indonesia: House of Representatives elections
• Iraq: Iraq Liberation Day – 2003
• Russia: Den Pobedi “Victory Day” – 1945
• Tunisia: Anniversary of Tunisian ‘Martyrs Day’, commemorates a 1938 massacre of nationalists by French troops – 1938

Thursday, April 10, 2014

• Transdniestria: New round of Transdniestria settlement talks due in Vienna (to 11APR)

Friday, April 11, 2014

• Global: Anniversary of the creation of the International Labor Organization – 1919
• Global: 2014 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund will begin in Washington DC (to 13APR)
• Venezuela: Anniversary of attempted coup on Hugo Chavez – 2002

Saturday, April 12, 2014

• Nothing to report.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

• Guinea Bissau: Presidential and national assembly elections
• Lebanon: Anniversary of start of Lebanese Civil War – 1975
• Macedonia: Presidential elections
• Christianity: Palm Sunday
• Jainism: Mahavir Jayanti

Monday, April 14, 2014

• Malaysia: Malaysian Youth Day
• Judaism: Passover begins in the evening (to 22APR)

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

• Belarus: Russian-Belarusian special operations drill to take place in Belarus
• China: Anniversary of the beginning of protests in Tiananmen Square – 1989
• China: 115th China Import and Export Fair (to 05MAY)
• Iraq: Anniversary of US President Bush declaring end of Saddam Hussein’s regime – 2003
• Israel: Independence Day
• United States: Anniversary of Boston Marathon bombings – 2013
• Judaism: First day of Passover

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

• United States: Anniversary of Virginia Tech Massacre – 2007

Thursday, April 17, 2014

• Algeria: Presidential elections
• Bangladesh: Anniversary of the formation of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh – 1971
• Cuba: Anniversary of Bay of Pigs failed invasion – 1961
• Syria: Syrian Arab Republic National Day / Independence from France – 1946

Friday, April 18, 2014

• Iran: Iran’s National Army Day
• Israel: Israel’s Memorial Day
• Lebanon: Anniversary of US Embassy Bombing – 1983
• Zimbabwe: Independence Day – 1980
• Christianity: Good Friday

Saturday, April 19, 2014

• Sierra Leone: Anniversary of the formation of the Republic of Sierra Leone – 1971
• United States: Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing – 1995
• Venezuela: Anniversary of Venezuela’s independence from Spain – 1810
• Christianity: Holy Saturday

Sunday, April 20, 2014

• United States: Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion – 2010
• United States: Anniversary of shooting at Columbine High School in Denver, Colorado – 1999
• Christianity: Easter Sunday

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