EUROPEAN UNION
| 18/04 - | VIENNA: - Troika meeting of EU and New Zealand foreign affairs ministers |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: International Trade (also 19); Economic and Monetary Affairs (also 19); Fisheries (also 19); Transport and Tourism (until 20); Industry, Research and Energy (until 20); Internal Market and Consumer Protection (until 20); Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs |
| - | SANKT PÖLTEN: - Conference on subsidiarity organised by the Austrian Presidency of the EU (also 19/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Speech by Janez Potocnik on 'Networking National Research Programmes' at inauguration of 'COST - a vision for European Science' exhibition |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Budgetary Control (also 20); Employment and Social Affairs; Legal Affairs; Foreign Affairs (also 20). - Public hearing on the assassination of women in Mexico and Guatemala (human rights subcommittee and Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities Committee).- Awareness raising event on anti-personnel mines in Colombia |
| 20/04 - | GRAZ: - Competitiveness Council (until 22/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Economic and Social Committee: plenary session (also 21/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Employment and Social Affairs Committee; Regional Development Committee; temporary committee on alleged CIA renditions.- Assessment of effectiveness and functioning of directives on public procurement (Internal Market Committee). Public hearing on new dynamics, new challenges and new opportunities in relations between the EU and the Arab world. Public hearing on European energy markets (Industry, Research and Energy Committee). |
| - | VIENNA: - Vladimir Spidla addresses conference on social services of general interest |
| - | CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE: - 5th Citizen Forum - Dialogue on Europe: reducing the gap between the EU and citizens |
| 25/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Agriculture/Fisheries Council |
| - | VIENNA: - Health Council (also 26/04) |
| 26/04 - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: plenary session (also 27/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
OTHER EVENTS
| 18/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Dinner debate on the differences between the EU's relations with Russia and the EU's relations with China, organised by Eur-IFRI (one of their regular Tuesday debates) |
| 20/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on the EU and fusion energy, a 'clean, new, sustainable energy option', organised by the European Studies Institute of the ULB (university) and TEPSA |
| - | BRUSSELS: - British Chamber of Commerce “Breakfast briefing” with Mr. Kesteris, Head of Cabinet of Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs |
| 21/04 - | WASHINGTON: - Meeting of G7 finance ministers |
| 22/04 - | WASHINGTON: - Spring Summit of IMF and World Bank (also 23/04) |
| 23/04 - | HELSINKI: Conference on the schools of tomorrow (environment, pedagogy and architecture) organised by the Finnish National Education Council and the OECD Education Directorate's programme for the reconstruction and equipping of education (also 24) |
| 25/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Eur-Ifri conference addressed by EU Development and Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel on 'L'Europe, en panne de projet?' |
| - | BRUSSELS: - British Chamber of Commerce Breakfast briefing with Michael Leigh, Director General at DG Enlargement |
| 26/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference 'Towards a Legal Framework for Space Activities and Applications: Belgian, Comparative and European Perspectives' |