Blinken begins week-long Nordic Countries Trip
- Daily Brief
- May 29, 2023
The EU will host the fifth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the future of Syria and the region” virtually today. The conference
READ MOREPeru will begin three days of presidential debates today in the lead-up to April 11 general elections. Over the course
READ MOREThe General Affairs Council of the European Union will today convene at the EU headquarters in Brussels to discuss economic
READ MORERestrictions on non-essential travel across the US-Mexico and US-Canada land borders originally scheduled to expire today have been extended through
READ MOREThe Armenian military will today begin the first of four days of large-scale military exercises. The exercises will coincide with
READ MOREEuropean Council President Charles Michel will today meet the leaders of Georgia’s ruling and opposition parties in Brussels to assess
READ MOREGerman state parliamentary elections will be held today in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Pfalz. The elections mark the beginning of Germany’s “super
READ MOREThe Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will convene today for a virtual military operations meeting hosted by Brunei
READ MOREA session of the Malaysian Parliament originally scheduled to convene today to discuss the 12th Malaysian Plan has been cancelled
READ MORERegional and municipal elections will be held today across Bolivia. The elections are viewed as a test of support for
READ MOREThe TCG Cesme, a Turkish seismographic research vessel, will conclude its Aegean Sea voyage today. Ostensibly launched to conduct scientific
READ MOREEffective today, the Belarusian government will increase fines and prison sentences for participants in unauthorised protests. Nationwide anti-government demonstrations and
READ MOREToday marked the original expiration date of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). However, the mandate was extended after
READ MOREHouse of Representatives (HoR) members from Libya’s opposing factions will meet today to select the speaker of the house for
READ MOREEU foreign ministers will meet today to discuss potential sanctions on Russia for its imprisonment of opposition leader Alexey Navalny.
READ MOREToday marks Iran’s parliamentary deadline for the US to ease sanctions. In December, the Iranian parliament passed legislation requiring the
READ MOREEU Ministers of Economy and Finance (EcoFin) will today meet to discuss removing Panama from its blacklist of tax havens.
READ MORERegional elections will be held today to elect Catalonia’s 13th parliament. One hundred and thirty-five parliamentary seats will be voted
READ MOREIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first official trip to the UAE, initially planned for today, has been postponed. The trip,
READ MOREToday marks the deadline for Somalia to hold a presidential election. As emergency talks between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and
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