MONDAY, APRIL 15
NEW YORK: Jury selection starts in former US president Donald Trump's first criminal trial, which stems from payments to an adult film actress ahead of the 2016 election.
SHANGHAI: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, accompanied by a business delegation, travels to financial hub Shanghai, where he is to give a speech at Shanghai University and meet with students.
BRUSSELS: Informal meeting of EU energy ministers (until Tuesday).
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, which has been hit by delays and legal setbacks, is debated again in the House of Commons.
PARIS: France hosts international aid conference for conflict-torn Sudan and the neighbouring countries that have taken in refugees.
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden holds separate White House meetings with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia'a Al-Sudani and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
BERLIN: Germany's Greens present their European election campaign ahead of the June polls, with Terry Reintke their lead candidate.
ORANIENBURG/NORDHAUSEN, GERMANY: 79th anniversary events to mark the liberation of the Sachsenhausen and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps by Allied troops.
FRANKENTHAL, GERMANY: German chemical industry begins collective bargaining talks with the IG BCE union, which is demanding wage hikes.
LONDON: Premier League match Chelsea v Everton.
FRANKFURT: Former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeneß to testify in tax evasion trial against former top officials around a World Cup 2006 payment.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: Boston Marathon.
MUNICH: ATP tournament (until Sunday).
STUTTGART: WTA tournament (until Sunday).
PARIS: Five years since a catastrophic blaze gutted parts of the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 16
OLYMPIA, GREECE: Lighting of the Olympic flame for the Paris 2024 Games
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund releases its latest update on the state of the global economy and presents its growth forecasts.
BEIJING: China's statistics office publishes growth figures for the first quarter.
BEIJING: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the conclusion of his three-day visit to the country.
THE HAGUE: Last day of oral arguments at the UN's top court in a case brought by Nicaragua that accuses Germany of facilitating genocide in providing support to Israel for the war in the Gaza Strip.
BERLIN: German President Frank Walter Steinmeier meets with Estonian President Alar Karis.
MANNHEIM, GERMANY: ZEW releases monthly index of German investor morale.
OLDENBURG, GERMANY: Start of fraud trial over costly overhaul of German naval sailing ship Gorch Fock.
BARCELONA/DORTMUND, GERMANY: Champions League quarter-final return legs Barcelona v Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund v Atletico Madrid
LONDON: Rio Tinto reports first quarter results.
PARIS: LVMH reports first quarter results.
STOCKHOLM: Ericsson reports first quarter results.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: United Airlines reports first quarter results.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA: Bank of America reports first quarter results.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY: Johnson & Johnson reports first quarter results.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
BRUSSELS: EU leaders to discuss economic competitiveness at special summit (until Thursday).
CAPRI, ITALY: Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East top the agenda as G7 foreign ministers begin meeting on the Italian island of Capri (until Friday).
ZAGREB: Croatia holds parliamentary elections in which President Zoran Milanović, a Social Democrat perceived as friendly toward Moscow, is angling for conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenković's job.
LUXEMBOURG: European statistics agency Eurostat publishes inflation figures for March (second estimate).
BRUSSELS: EU Defence and Security summit, an industry-led conference, includes participants such as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.
MÜNSTER, GERMANY: Germany's federal and state transport ministers hold semi-annual (until Thursday).
HONIARA: The Solomon Islands holds long-delayed parliamentary elections in which security ties with China have been a key issue.
ATHENS: Nationwide strike in Greece to impact transport, manufacturing, hospitality and other sectors.
BRUSSELS: European Court of Auditors publishes report on lobbying of EU officials.
WASHINGTON: The main days of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's annual spring meetings begin (until Friday).
AMSTERDAM: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain will make a two-day state visit to the Netherlands at the invitation of Dutch King Willem-Alexander.
MUNICH/MANCHESTER: Champions League quarter-final return legs Bayern Munich v Arsenal and Manchester City v Real Madrid
PARIS: Events on the 100 day mark until the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics
HUY, BELGIUM: Fleche Wallone cycling race for men and women
VELDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS: ASML reports first quarter results.
LUTON, ENGLAND: EasyJet reports second quarter results.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 18
WASHINGTON: G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs meet on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings.
HALLE, GERMANY: Far-right AfD politician Björn Höcke goes on trial over the use of a Nazi slogan in a 2021 speech.
BRUSSELS: Boosting economic ties betweens the European Union and Ukraine is in focus at the Ukraine's Future Summit, featuring a lineup of senior officials from the worlds of politics and business.
BRUSSELS: EU ministers responsible for consumer protection hold an informal meeting to discuss matters such as sustainability in e-commerce, artificial intelligence and access to financial services (until Friday).
MÜNSTER, GERMANY: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits the "National Guardian" military exercises in western Germany.
PARIS: Danone reports first quarter results.
LOS ANGELES: Netflix reports first quarter results.
MUNICH: Siemens Healthlineers holds annual meeting.
STUTTGART: Bosch executives discuss company finances at annual press conference.
VARIOUS DATELINES: Europa League and Conference League quarter-final return legs, including West Ham United v Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta v Liverpool and Roma v AC Milan.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 19
NEW DELHI: India begins a seven-phase, six-week-long general election in which Prime Minister Narenda Modi is seeking a third term (until June 1).
WORLD: The youth-led Fridays For Future movement stages a global climate protest.
NEW YORK: American Express reports first quarter results.
CINCINNATI: Procter & Gamble reports first quarter results.
TEHRAN: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei turns 85.
VARIOUS DATELINES: Matches in major European leagues, including Eintracht Frankfurt v Augsburg and Cagliari v Juventus.
SHANGHAI: Practice and sprint qualifying at the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix.
WORLD: Taylor Swift's 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department," is released.
LOS ANGELES: Jodi Foster puts her hands and footprints in the cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.
LONDON: 200 years since the death in Greece of the British Romantic poet Lord Byron, whose acclaimed works and flamboyant lifestyle made him famous across Europe.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 20
VARIOUS DATELINES: Matches in major European leagues, including Union Berlin v Bayern Munich, Wolves v Arsenal, Girona v Cadiz and Empoli v Napoli.
LONDON: FA Cup semi-final Manchester City v Chelsea.
SHANGHAI: Sprint race and qualifying for the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix.
VENICE: Venice Art Biennale opens (until November 24).
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SUNDAY, APRIL 21
HANOVER: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are among the attendees at the opening of the Hanover Messe industrial trade fair (until April 26).
MALÉ: The Maldives holds a parliamentary election to decide all 87 seats in the People's Council.
QUITO: Ecuador holds a referendum on proposed security measures amid worsening violence between government forces and criminal gangs.
POTENZA, ITALY: The southern Italian region of Basilicata goes to the polls in an election seen as a test of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's right-wing government in Rome.
VITORIO, SPAIN: Parliamentary elections are held in northern Spain's autonomous Basque region.
PALMA, SPAIN: The annual Conference of the Speakers of EU Parliaments is held on the Spanish island of Mallorca (until April 23).
VARIOUS DATELINES: Matches in major European leagues, including Real Madrid v Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen, Fulham v Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain v Olympique Lyon.
LONDON: FA Cup semi-final Coventry City v Manchester United.
SHANGHAI: Chinese Formula One Grand Prix.
LONDON: London Marathon.
LIEGE, BELGIUM: Liege-Bastogne-Liege cycling race for men and women.
MUNICH: ATP tournament final.
STUTTGART, GERMANY: WTA tournament final.