dpa WEEKLY PLANNER for MAY 27-JUNE 2, 2024

MONDAY, MAY 27

SEOUL: Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan meet for first trilateral talks in more than four years

BERLIN: French President Emmanuel Macron continues state visit to Berlin (until Tuesday)

BRUSSELS: EU foreign ministers to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Israel-Hamas war

BRUSSELS: EU hosts donor aid conference for Syrian support

BRUSSELS: EU agriculture ministers meet to give final approval to agricultural reforms

ERFURT, GERMANY: Results and fallout from local elections in German state of Thuringia

PARIS: Start of parliamentary debate on active euthanasia in France

MUNICH: Publication of the ifo German Business Climate Index for May

GENEVA: World Health Assembly, the highest decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), holds annual meeting (until Saturday)

BERLIN: German regional public broadcaster WDR's live Europe Forum "Under pressure - how does the EU stand up to populism, extremism and nationalism?" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck

BERLIN: re:publica 2024 - Festival for the digital society (until Wednesday)

COOPER'S HILL, ENGLAND: Annual cheese rolling competition on hill outside city of Gloucester in west of England

TETBURY, ENGLAND: English town, in Gloucestershire, holds its traditional woolsack races where competitors must race up and down its steepest street carrying a full woolsack on their back

BLANKENHAIN, GERMANY: Hosts Germany start final Euro 2024 preparations

DUSSELDORF: Bundesliga relegation/promotion second leg play-off Fortuna Düsseldorf v Bochum

PARIS: French Open grand slam continues, until June 9

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TUESDAY, MAY 28

DUBLIN/MADRID/OSLO: Ireland, Spain and Norway complete formal moves to recognize an independent Palestinian state in defiance of Israel

BRUSSELS: EU defence ministers meet with rearming on the table as well as weapon supplies to Ukraine

MÜNSTER, GERMANY: French President Emmanuel Macron continues his state visit to Germany, receives the Peace of Westphalia Award

ESSEN, GERMANY: Creditors of German department store chain Galeria meet to decide on insolvency plan

NEW YORK: US stock exchanges shorten settlement period for securities trading from two days to one day

OSLO: Yara holds annual general meeting

FRANKFURT: Airport operator Fraport AG holds annual general meeting

VIENNA: OMV holds annual general meeting

BRUSSELS: Solvay holds annual general meeting

HAMBURG: TAG Real Estate holds annual general meeting

MILAN: Pirelli holds annual general meeting

BERLIN: Annual general meeting of the Association of German Women Entrepreneurs with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz giving a keynote speech

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY: Judgement in a dispute between Adidas and Nike at the Higher Regional Court in Dusseldorf

NEW YORK: Merck & Co holds annual general meeting

NEW YORK: Bristol Myers squibb holds annual general meeting

NEW YORK: Closing arguments expected in Donald Trump's hush money trial

FRANKFURT: Trial continues of alleged far-right German coup plotters with Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss as suspected ringleader

FRANKFURT: Press conference on Italy's Guest of Honour appearance at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024

FRANKFURT: 24th Nippon Connection Film Festival featuring films of all genres - from blockbusters and anime to independent and documentary films - as well as cultural events such as readings and concerts (until Sunday)

GENOA, ITALY: Auction of items owned by the Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida (until Wednesday)

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29

PRETORIA: South Africa elects a new parliament

LUXEMBOURG: European Court of Auditors publishes report on artificial intelligence

ERFURT, GERMANY: Opening of the 103rd German Catholic Congress in Erfurt with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (until Sunday)

WIESBADEN, GERMANY: German Federal Statistical Office publishes inflation data for May

BERLIN: Publication of Amnesty International's annual report on the use of the death penalty worldwide

NEW YORK: Disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein to appear in court after a retrial of his rape case was ordered when his previous 23-year conviction was overturned

ISTANBUL: Trial begins for murder of Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist shot dead in the street outside the editorial offices of his weekly newspaper Agos in Istanbul in January 2007

BONN: Beethoven Orchestra Bonn presents programme for the 2024-25 season

ROSTOCK, GERMANY: University of Rostock presents international conference on the cinema of the former East Germany (until Friday)

WIESBADEN, GERMANY: Federal Statistical Office announces German inflation rate for May 2024

NUREMBERG, GERMANY: Research institutes GfK and NIM present their monthly study on the consumer climate in Germany

BERLIN: Publication of DIW German economic barometer

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY: Douglas presents figures for second quarter

FRANKFURT: Kion holds annual general meeting

LUXEMBOURG: Aroundtown SA presents figures for its first quarter

NEW YORK: HP Inc presents figures for second quarter

NEW YORK: Agilent Technologies presents figures for its first quarter

ROME: Telecom Italia presents figures for its first quarter

KÖNIGSWINTER, GERMANY: 14th Petersberg Regulatory Conference

WOLFSBURG, GERMANY: Volkswagen AG holds annual general meeting

HAMBURG: Annual press conference of the Otto Group

FRANKFURT: Energiekontor holds annual general meeting

NEW YORK: Abercrombie & Fitch presents figures for its first quarter

AMSTERDAM: NXP Semiconductors holds annual general meeting

NEW YORK: Meta holds annual general meeting

ATHENS: Conference League final Olympiacos v Fiorentina
Thursday, May 30

FLORENCE, ITALY: Title holders Italy start final Euro 2024 preparations

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THURSDAY, MAY 30

LONDON: Dissolution of British parliament ahead of July 4 general election

PRAGUE: NATO foreign ministers meeting to discuss future defence plans, next secretary general and support for Ukraine (until Friday)

NEW YORK: Dell presents figures for its first quarter

NEW YORK: Foot Locker presents figures for its first quarter

FRANKFURT: Birkenstock presents figures for second quarter

FRANKFURT: PNE WIND holds annual general meeting

WASHINGTON: Second estimate of gross domestic product growth for the first quarter in the US

HAMBURG: Presentation of the city's first quantum computer with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher

BERLIN: Announcement of the shortlist for the International Literature Prize 2024 for an "outstanding foreign-language title in international contemporary literature and its first German translation"

DRUMNADROCHIT, SCOTLAND: Large-scale search for "Nessie" to mark the 90th anniversary of the first organized exploration for the so-called Loch Ness Monster

GENEVA: UN Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Good (until Friday)

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FRIDAY, MAY 31

SINGAPORE: Shangri-La Dialogue Security Conference (until Sunday)

BERLIN: Fridays for Future climate activists stage protests across Germany ahead of the European election

BEIJING: China's statistics bureau publishes Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for manufacturing for May 202

LUXEMBOURG: European statistics authority Eurostat publishes flash estimate for eurozone inflation in May 2024

PARIS: Accor holds annual general meeting

NEW YORK: Amgen holds annual general meeting

EMDEN, GERMANY: 33rd Soused Herring (Matjes) Festival, with dozens of traditional ships, shanty choirs and tens of thousands of visitors expected in the region of East Frisia

LONDON: 49-year-old whiskey with an estimated value of $95,000 goes under the hammer

VARIOUS DATELINES: Start of qualifying for women's Euro 2025, including Denmark v Spain, England v France and Germany v Poland

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1

REYKJAVÍK: Presidential election held in Iceland

BERLIN: Demonstration by numerous German initiatives against high rents

OTTAWA: 50th birthday of pop singer Alanis Morissette

LONDON: 65th birthday of pop musician Alan Wilder, former member of Depeche Mode

LOS ANGELES: 90th birthday of pop singer Pat Boone

LONDON: Champions League final Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid

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SUNDAY, JUNE 2

MEXICO CITY: Presidential, parliamentary and regional elections held in Mexico

BAD SAAROW, GERMANY: East German Economic Forum with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Economy Minister Robert Habeck (until June 4)

SCHWERIN, GERMANY: Day of action for democracy across north-eastern Gwrman state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern organized by the Democratic MV alliance

FREIBURG, GERMANY: German civil society alliance has organized a "major demonstration" against right-wing extremism

BERGAMO, ITALY: Serie A match Atalanta v Fiorentina