dpa WEEKLY PLANNER for JUNE 10-16, 2024

MONDAY, JUNE 10

BRUSSELS: European Parliament election results come in from 27 member states, deciding who will sit in the 720-seat parliament, and kicking off the process of choosing the next European Commission president, among other top EU posts

ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE, FRANCE: French President Emmanuel Macron and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier commemorate the victims of the SS massacre of 1944

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA: Apple developers conference WWDC

BERLIN: German Development Minister Svenja Schulze speaks at a Social Democratic economic forum on the theme of Ukraine reconstruction

VARIOUS DATELINES: International friendlies/Euro 2024 tune-up games, including Czech Republic v North Macedonia, Netherlands v Iceland and Poland v Turkey

STUTTGART: ATP grass court tournament, until June 16

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TUESDAY, JUNE 11

BERLIN: Ukraine Recovery Conference, this year hosted by Germany and attended by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (until June 12)

AMMAN: Jordan, Egypt and the UN host a summit to try and improve the critical humanitarian situation for Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip

TEHRAN: Iran's Guardian Council announces which candidates have been approved to run in the snap presidential elections on June 28

COPENHAGEN: Norway set to approve plan to drastically increase its defence budget over the next 12 years

BERLIN: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric Font

VARIOUS DATELINES: International friendlies/Euro 2024 tune-up games, including Moldova v Ukraine and Portugal v Ireland

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12

BERLIN: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius presents new plans for military service conscription

BRUSSELS: European Commission presents a performance report for the EU budget; the commission will also reveal a strategy to activate the bloc's new EU migration pact

WASHINGTON: US Federal Reserve makes interest rate decision

BERLIN: Nationwide day of action against anti-Semitism at German schools on Anne Frank's 95th birthday with opening speech by Justice Minister Marco Buschmann

LONDON: Televised TV debate between UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition leader Keir Starmer, ahead of July 4 elections

LONDON: Two men due in court for illegal felling of the so-called "Robin Hood tree" in northern England

ROME: One year since death of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi

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

BEIJING: Official inflation figures released

ORLANDO, FLORIDA: International friendly United States v Brazil

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND: International Olympic Committee executive board meetings (until June 14)

ROME: Final day of European athletics championships

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THURSDAY, JUNE 13

MONOPOLI, ITALY: First day of G7 summit in the luxury Borgo Egnazia hotel in southern Italy; leaders of Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the US and UK will attend along with other invited leaders such as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (until June 15)

GENEVA: UN refugee agency presents new figures for global refugees

BONN, GERMANY: Final day of preparatory UN climate conference ahead of the COP29 in Baku

BERLIN: Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024, focussing on innovations in administration

COTTBUS, GERMANY: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to the state of Brandenburg with the diplomatic corps

WASHINGTON: Tesla stockholders scheduled to vote on huge pay package for Elon Musk at the company's annual general meeting

WASHINGTON: International friendly Guatemala v Argentina

PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA: US Open golf tournament, until June 16

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FRIDAY, JUNE 14

MONOPOLI, ITALY: Second day of the G7 summit in the luxury Borgo Egnazia hotel in southern Italy

MAINZ, GERMANY: Second meeting of the Synodal Committee of the Catholic Church (until June 15)

WASHINGTON: US former president Donald Trump turns 78

MUNICH: Euro 2024 opening match Germany v Scotland

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SATURDAY, JUNE 15

BÜRGENSTOCK, GERMANY: International Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland, organized at the request of Kiev; the gathering will discuss a peace plan presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the United Nations in autumn 2022; Russia is not attending the gathering (until June 16)

MONOPOLI, ITALY: Last day of the G7 summit in the luxury Borgo Egnazia hotel in southern Italy

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia's Zuzana Čaputová formally hands over the presidency to social democrat Peter Pellegrini

COLOGNE/BERLIN/DORTMUND: Euro 2024 group matches Hungary v Switzerland, Spain v Croatia, Italy v Albania

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SUNDAY, JUNE 16

STUTTGART/GELSENKIRCHEN/HAMBURG: Euro 2024 group matches Slovenia v Denmark, Serbia v England, Poland v Netherlands

VILLARS-SUR-OLLON, SWITZERLAND: Final stage of Tour de Suisse cycling race

PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA: US Open golf tournament, final round