EUROPE • Oct. 1: Cyprus celebrates its independence day. • Oct. 1: In Hungary, the Financial Supervisory Authority will be merged into the Hungarian Central Bank. • Oct. 1-7: An International Monetary Fund delegation will visit Serbia to assess the governments policies for 2014. • Oct. 2: The Governing Council of the European Central Bank will meet in Paris. • Oct. 3: Officials from Moldova, Transdniestria, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union, Russia, the United States and Ukraine are expected to meet in Brussels for a further round of negotiations over the conflict regarding Transdniestrias status. FORMER SOVIET UNION • Oct. 1: The next meeting of the EU-Azerbaijan Cooperation Committee is expected to be held in Baku to discuss prospects for development. • Oct. 1: The lower house of Tajikistans Parliament will consider ratification of an agreement regarding the deployment of Russias 201st military base on its territory. • Oct. 2: The Kyrgyz Parliament is set to discuss issues surrounding the Kumtor gold mine. • Oct. 3: An election for the heads of rural precincts is expected to take place in Kyrgyzstan. ASIA PACIFIC • Sept. 30: A joint secretariat to oversee administrative operations and prevent a work stoppage at the Kaesong inter-Korean factory complex in North Korea will start work. • Sept. 30-Oct. 1: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will visit Jakarta along with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Immigration Minister Scott Morrison to meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and explain his immigration policies. • Oct. 1: Start of Chinas weeklong National Day holiday. • Oct. 1-9: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will make an official state visit to Singapore and then to Indonesia. • Oct. 2-3: Indonesias central bank will sign a currency swap deal with China, designed to protect the rupiah from value fluctuations. • Oct. 2-3: Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Jakarta, Indonesia, where he will address a special session of Indonesias Parliament. • Oct. 4-6: Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Kuala Lumpur and Sabah, Malaysia. • Oct. 7-8: The summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will be held in Bali, Indonesia. SOUTH ASIA • Sept. 29-30: India and China will hold meetings for the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on Border Affairs, discussing Line of Actual Control incursions and a Border Defense Cooperation Agreement. • Sept. 29-Oct. 6: Nepalese army head Gen. Gaurav Shamsher JB Rana is set to visit to India to discuss military links and the purchase of military hardware. • Sept. 29-Oct. 7: The Chinese government will close the Sino-Pakistani border for 10 days ahead of National Day of China celebrations. • Oct. 1: Pakistans power tariff will be raised 30 percent for consumers of over 200 units. • Oct. 2: Indian and Bangladeshi border security forces will hold a first ever retreat ceremony on the Petrapole-Benapole border in the wake of biannual talks. • Oct. 5: Bangladesh will begin importing commercial power from India for the first time. • Oct. 6: The conclusion of India-Nepal joint military training, Exercise Surya Kiran-V, will be held at Pithoragarh. MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA • Sept. 30: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will unveil a democratization package designed to strengthen democracy and keep the Kurdistan Workers Party peace process on track. • Sept. 30: The Tunisian Tamarod movement plans to launch a Day of Rage in collaboration with the General Union of Students of Tunis and the Union of Unemployed Graduates. • Sept. 30-Oct. 4: The UNHCRs Executive Committee Meeting begins in Geneva to discuss greater cooperation between international organizations and the countries hosting Syrian refugees. • Oct. 1: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the U.N. General Assembly. • Oct. 1: Subsidy payments to energy-intensive companies will be reduced by 50 percent in Tunisia. • Oct. 1: Egypts Religious Endowments Ministry plans to begin banning weekly prayers at small mosques. AMERICAS • Sept. 30: The U.S. Supreme Court will convene to consider Argentinas appeal on its defaulted debt rulings. • Sept. 30: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House to consult with U.S. President Obama on Irans nuclear program, Syria and the Palestinian peace talks. • Sept. 30: The Peruvian Union of Informal Miners and Small Mineral Producers has called for an indefinite national strike. • Sept. 30: Paraguayan Presidnet Horacio Cartes will travel to Brasilia, Brazil, to hold talks with his counterpart, Dilma Rousseff. • Sept. 30-Oct. 1: South Korea and the United States will hold the eighth round of negotiations over the review of a civilian nuclear cooperation accord in Washington. • Oct. 1: Farmers in Colombias Cordoba province will go on an indefinite strike. • Oct. 1: The Brazilian government will allow import tariff renewals on 100 products to expire. • Oct. 3: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A workers are considering a 24-hour strike on the companys 60th anniversary. • Oct. 3: The Colombian government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia will resume peace talks in Havana, Cuba.
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:46:59 +0000
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