MONDAY, JUNE 24
NEW DELHI: The Indian parliament begins meeting for the first time since elections in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP lost their absolute majority; the selection of speaker and deputy speaker tops the agenda.
* HALLE, GERMANY: Trial proceedings begin against German far-right leader Björn Höcke for using a banned Nazi slogan during an event in Gera in December
LUXEMBOURG: The European Court of Auditors, a top EU watchdog, publishes a report on the security of gas supply in the bloc.
LUXEMBOURG: EU foreign ministers meet to discuss the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and the situation in Georgia after anti-government protests; West Balkan foreign ministers will take part.
LUXEMBOURG: EU agricultural ministers meet.
* TEL AVIV: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock travels to Israel and goes on to Lebanon.
MUNICH: Germany's Ifo Business Climate index for June is released.
BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the opening day of a conference organized by the German industry lobby group BDI (until Tuesday).
HAMBURG: A man who last year smashed his car through the gates of Hamburg Airport and parked on the tarmac with his young daughter inside hears the verdict in his trial on hostage-taking and other charges.
DUSSELDORF/LEIPZIG: Euro 2024 group matches Albania v Spain and Croatia v Italy.
VARIOUS DATELINES: WTA and ATP Wimbledon tune-ups (until June 29).
VARIOUS DATELINES: Copa America in the United States continues (until July 14).
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TUESDAY, JUNE 25
INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA: China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe is expected to return to Earth carrying rocks collected from the far side of the moon.
LUXEMBOURG: EU affairs ministers meet to lay the groundwork for a leaders’ summit to nominate the next president of the European Commission.
THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court delivers its judgement in the war crimes case of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, who is accused of torture, rape and destruction of World Heritage sites in Timbuktu; Al Hassan was the alleged leader of the Islamic police for the rebels who overran the Mali desert city in 2012.
* BRUSSELS: Negotiations on Ukraine and Moldova joining the European Union begin
MUNICH/COLOGNE/DORTMUND/BERLIN: Euro 2024 group matches Denmark v Serbia, England v Slovenia, France v Poland and Netherlands v Austria.
LONDON: Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla welcome Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako with a ceremonial procession along London's Mall, a tour of Westminster Abbey and a state banquet at Buckingham Palace (UK visit runs through Friday).
BERLIN: Germany's foreign, finance and defence ministers address the second and final day of a German industry conference organized by the BDI lobby group.
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: Parcel delivery giant FedEx reports fourth-quarter earnings.
FRANKFURT: Nomination of third group of German athletes for the Paris Olympics.
WORLD: The new Amazon Prime documentary "I am: Celine Dion" is released; it documents the legendary singer's recent struggles with a rare neurological disorder called stiff-person syndrome.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft is due to return to Earth carrying its inaugural crew of astronauts — Suni Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore — after its flight to the ISS was beset by technical glitches.
YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA: The closed-door espionage trial in Russia of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich begins.
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer go head-to-head in an hour-long BBC debate, a week before the general election (at 2000 GMT).
VIENNA: The UN's annual World Drug Report is released.
BUENOS AIRES: Three people go on trial for the attempted assassination of former Argentinian president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in September 2022.
FRANKFURT/STUTTGART/GELSENKIRCHEN/HAMBURG: Euro 2024 group matches Slovakia v Romania, Ukraine v Belgium, Georgia v Portugal and Czech Republic v Turkey.
BERLIN: Germany's DIW economic institute releases its latest growth forecast for the country.
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA: Chipmaker Nvidia, one of the biggest names in artificial intelligence, holds its annual shareholder meeting.
BOISE, IDAHO: US chipmaker Micron reports third quarter earnings.
PILTON, ENGLAND: Britain's most famous music festival, Glastonbury, opens (until Sunday).
WORLD: UN's International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 27
BRUSSELS: EU leaders meet for a two-day summit with the aim of reaching an agreement on who should hold the bloc's top jobs for the next five years, after a previous meeting ended without results.
ATLANTA: US President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump hold their first presidential debate of 2024 at CNN's studios with just over four months until the election (at 0100 GMT Friday).
BERLIN: A long-debated citizenship reform law takes effect that eases the pathway to a German passport, including making it easier to hold dual citizenship.
STOCKHOLM: H&M releases second-quarter results.
BEAVERTON, OREGON: Nike releases fourth-quarter results.
WASHINGTON: Revised first-quarter US gross domestic product data are issued.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 28
TEHRAN: Iran holds a snap presidential election following the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in May.
ULAANBAATAR: Mongolia holds elections for the State Great Khural, the country's unicameral parliament.
BERLIN: German unemployment data for June is released.
SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA: Practice and sprint race qualifying at the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix.
MUNICH: The 41st Munich Film Festival opens (until July 7).
KARLOVY VARY, CZECH REPUBLIC: The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival opens (until July 6).
SARAJEVO: Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to Austro-Hungarian throne, 110 years ago, setting in motion World War One.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 29
BERLIN/DORTMUND: Two Euro 2024 round of 16 matches.
SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA: Sprint race and qualifying for the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix.
FLORENCE, ITALY: Start of the Tour de France (until July 21).
ROSKILDE, DENMARK: The Roskilde music festival, one of the largest in Europe, opens (until July 6).
LONDON: London Pride parade.
NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritania holds first-round presidential election.
BUCHAREST: The 31st annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly opens (until July 3)
ESSEN, GERMANY: The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) chooses a new federal executive committee at a party conference (until Sunday).
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SUNDAY, JUNE 30
PARIS: France holds the first-round of snap legislative elections called by President Emmanuel Macron following his centrist camp's rout by the far-right in European Parliament elections on June 9.
GELSENKIRCHEN/COLOGNE: Two Euro 2024 round of 16 matches.
SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA: Austrian Formula One Grand Prix.
DOHA: A two-day UN conference on Afghanistan that aims to increase international engagement with the Taliban opens; the third-round of such talks will be attended for the first time by Taliban authorities.
BEIJING: China releases the monthly Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for manufacturing firms.