MONDAY, MAY 6
PARIS: Chinese President Xi Jinping travels to the French capital to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron at Macron's invitation. Xi will also visit Hungary and Serbia (until Friday)
N'DJAMENA: Presidential election in the central African country of Chad, which has been ruled by military commander Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno since 2021
TEHRAN: Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected in Iran for two-day talks with government representatives and is expected to travel to Isfahan for a conference
VILNIUS: German Chancellor Scholz visits German soldiers stationed in Lithuania
BERLIN: Economy Minister Robert Habeck is the keynote speaker at the GlobalSolutionsSummit
BERLIN: The main opposition party in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, the Christian Democrats (CDU), vote to re-elect party chair Friedrich Merz
BERLIN: German President Franz-Walter Steinmeier receives the chairman of the presidency of Bosnia-Herzegonia, Denis Bećirović
MÜNSTER, GERMANY: Appeals process for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) continues over whether domestic intelligence agency can label the AfD wing and its youth organization a suspected or confirmed extremist movement
STUTTGART: Continuation of the trial of nine suspected members of the Reichsbürger, or Reich Citizens, a group that does not recognize the authority of the current German state
VARIOUS DATELINES: BioNTech Q1 figures, Eli Lilly stockholder's annual meeting, American Express annual meeting
LONDON: Premier League match Crystal Palace v Manchester United
ROME: Serie A matches Salernitana v Atalanta and Udinese v Napoli
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TUESDAY, MAY 7
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is officially inaugurated as president for the fifth time following an election in March that Western powers and human rights activists considered neither free nor fair
PARIS/BELGRADE/BUDAPEST: Chinese President Xi Jinping to travel on to Serbia and Hungary, both of which are partner countries in China's Belt and Road infrastructure and investment initiative; In the Serbian capital Belgrade, his visit coincides with the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese embassy by NATO on May 7, 1999, an incident NATO said was an accident but China considers deliberate
HAMBURG: OMR The Festival for the Digital Universe attended by German Economy Minister Robert Habeck, Finance Minister Christian Lindner along with Kim Kardashian and others from the field of politics, media and business
HAMBURG: On the invitation of German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, her counterparts from Belgium France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands meet as part of the Coalition of European countries against serious organized crime
BRUSSELS: Meeting of EU development ministers on Ukraine, Palestine and other topics
BRUSSELS: EU employment and social affairs ministers meet to discuss women’s representation in public life and leadership roles, a new directive on equal treatment, joining the Istanbul Convention, and a violence against women survey
BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Development Minister Svenja Schulze and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates speak at the GlobalSolutionsSummit
KOBLENZ: Continuation of trials for five suspected members of a terrorist group who allegedly planned a coup in Germany and of a trial of a man alleged to have joined Islamic State and assisted in the execution of the terrorist group's prisoners
MALMÖ: Semi-finals for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, with 15 countries competing
WIESBADEN: Germany's March export data released by the Statistical Office
COLOGNE: Fairtrade Germany holds annual press conference to speak about its annual report for 2023-2024
VARIOUS DATELINES: First quarter figures for: Ferrari, Sixt, UBS, Infineon Technologies, Fresnius Medical Care, Lyft, Zalando, DHL, Sandoz, Bouygues, BP. Second Quarter Figures: Disney
FRANKFURT: Lufthansa annual meeting
MUNICH: Philips annual meeting
PARIS: Champions League semi-final, second leg match Paris Saint-Germain v Borussia Dortmund
ROME: Rome ATP and WTA tennis tournament starts, until May 19
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
BELGRADE/BUDAPEST: Chinese President Xi Jinping continues his trip to Europe
SKOPJE: Presidential and parliamentary elections in North Macedonia following first round voting that showed the nationalist, anti-Western VMRO-DPMNE alliance with an almost unassailable lead over the incumbent social Democrats
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a summit honouring the 10th anniversary of the Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia along with Belarus and Armenia
BERLIN: Conference on 20 years of EU expansion with Economy Minister Robert Habeck and German industry leaders
LUXEMBOURG: The EU Court of Justice will rule on whether the publication of an Austrian athlete’s name, after she was found guilty of doping, is a breach of data protection law
INTERNATIONAL: The six-part Sky series "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" starring Harvey Keitel, Melanie Lynskey and Jonas Nay. The series is based on the experiences of Lali Sokolov and is inspired by Heather Morris' bestseller from 2018, which sold 12 million copies worldwide
HAMBURG: German Aerospace Centre (DLR) presents designs for low-emission commercial aircraft
VARIOUS DATELINES: First quarter data: BMW, Munich Re, Continental, Fresniusm SE, KfW Bank group, Uber, Evonik, Jenoptik, Anheuser-Busch InBev. Second Quarter Data: Siemens Energy, Carl Zeiss Meditec
MUNICH: Allianz, Wacker Chemical, MTU Aero Engines, annual meeting
STUTTGART: Mercedes-Benz annual meeting
MADRID: Champions League semi-final, second leg match Real Madrid v Bayern Munich
BRUGES, BELGIUM: Conference League semi-final, second leg match Club Brugge v Fiorentina
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THURSDAY, MAY 9
VENICE: Group of Seven (G7) justice ministers meeting through May 10
MOSCOW: Annual military parade on Red Square to mark the anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in 1945 over Nazi Germany in World War II
BELGRADE/BUDAPEST: Chinese President Xi Jinping continues his European visit
MALMÖ: Semi-finals for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, with 15 countries competing
BUENOS AIRES: For the second time this year, the trade union confederation CGT is calling for a general strike against the economic reforms of ultra-liberal President Javier Milei, who has dismissed numerous public servants, cut subsidies and wants to privatize a number of state-owned companies
BEIJING: China releases its foreign trade figures for April
DETROIT: Ford Motor Co's annual meeting
VARIOUS DATELINES: Europa League semi-final, second leg matches Atalanta v Olympique Marseille and Bayer Leverkusen v Roma
PIRAEUS, GREECE: Conference League semi-final, second leg match Olympiacos v Aston Villa
COLOGNE: Women's German Cup final Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg
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FRIDAY, MAY 10
BELGRADE/BUDAPEST: Final day of Chinese President Xi Jinping's European trip
TEHRAN: Run-off elections in Iran for parliamentary seats, with nearly 100 candidates vying for the remaining 44 seats, as not all seats were decided in the March 1 election because some candidates did not obtain the minimum number of votes required
BEIJING: EU Chamber of Commerce in China presents its business climate survey
VARIOUS DATELINES: First quarter figures: Pirelli, Warner Music Group
JAPAN: Mazda releases its annual figures
VARIOUS DATELINES: Matches in top European football leagues, including Augsburg v VfB Stuttgart, Alaves v Girona and Frosinone v Inter Milan
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SATURDAY, MAY 11
MALMÖ: The final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest Final
POTSDAM: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz participates in a round table sponsored by the German media group RND
BEIJING: China's statistics office releases consumer price data
VARIOUS DATELINES: Matches in top European football leagues, including Mainz v Borussia Dortmund, Fulham v Manchester City, Nottingham Forest v Chelsea, AC Milan v Cagliari and Granada v Real Madrid
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SUNDAY, MAY 12
DRESDEN: Posthumous award of the Dresden Peace Prize to the Russian civil rights activist Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian prison camp in February
VILNIUS: Lithuania holds presidential elections and a referendum on the introduction of dual citizenship
BARCELONA: Early parliamentary elections in Catalonia after
Regional President Pere Aragonès called for an early vote in March after parliament denied his budget law
VARIOUS DATELINES: Matches in top European football leagues, including Manchester United v Arsenal, Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg, VfL Bochum v Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus v Salernitana