EUROPEAN UNION
| 18/10 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (until 21/10) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Meeting of Eurogroup |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Economic governance workgroup meeting |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Committee meetings: Foreign Affairs; Development; Economic and Monetary Affairs; Fisheries; and Legal Affairs |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Ninth round table on poverty and social exclusion |
| 19/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Economic and Monetary Affairs Council (ECOFIN) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of EU ministers responsible for tackling poverty |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: Anti-poverty week ceremony with UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Meeting of Jerzy Buzek and Catherine Ashton with chairs of the various EP delegations and the EP Foreign Affairs Committee, Development Committee, Human Rights Committee, Security and Defence Committee and International Trade Committee |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Economic and Social Committee: opening session (until 21/10) |
| 20/10 - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: Mid-term review by EP president, Jerzy Buzek |
| - | STOCKHOLM: - Green Capital of Europe conference (until 22/10, the two cities that will be the European Green Capitals in 2012 and 2013 will be announced on 21/10) |
| 21/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Employment, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Affairs Council |
| - | ANTWERP: - Meeting of EU sports ministers (also 22/10) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Conference of leaders of political groups |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB: Meeting of Governing Council of European Central Bank |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-185/08 Lachtways and Eurosafe Solutions (approximation of legislation), Ruling C-467/08 SGAE (intellectual property), Ruling C-81/09 Idryma Typou (company law), Ruling C-205/09 Eredics, Ruling C-306/09 I.B. (police and judicial cooperation on matters of criminal law), Ruling C-227/09 Accardo, Ruling C-242/09 Albron Catering (social policy) and Ruling C-385/09 Nidera Handelscompagnie (taxation) |
| 22/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of EU development cooperation ministers |
| 25/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (also 26/10) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - General Affairs Council - Foreign Affairs Council |
OTHER EVENTS
| 18/10 - | NAGOYA: - United Nations conference on biodiversity (until 29/10) |
| - | MILAN: - Conference “Europa 2020 - Stati e Regioni per l'innovazione e la crescita” (ISPI in collaboration with the European Commission's representation office in Milan and the region of Lombardy) |
| - | PARIS: - OECD: Annual meeting of sustainable development experts (also 19/10) |
| - | European Anti-Human Trafficking Day |
| 19/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Seminar organised by IEE/Les mardis du droit européen de la concurrence: “Le secret professionnel dans les enquêtes en matière de concurrence après l'Ruling Akzo sur le LPP” (Eric Gippini Fournier, Legal Department, European Commission, and Philippe Marchandise, Total SA) |
| 20/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on the role of social partners in tackling poverty and social exclusion, organised by the European Social Observatory |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe: high-level meeting on the Roma |
| - | HELSINKI: - Helsinki 2010, International Seminar on Urban Safety - a Success Factor for a Vibrant City (until 22/10) |
| - | World Statistics Day |
| 21/10 - | GYONGJU (SOUTH KOREA): - Meeting of G20 finance ministers (until 23/10) |
| 22/10 - | BRUSSELS: - CEPS: “The Financial Perspectives: the Commission's position” (EU Budget Commissioner, Janusz Lewandowski) |
| 24/10 - | United Nations Day |