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