EUROPEAN UNION
| 14/04 - | PRAGUE: - Meeting of environment ministers |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP/political groups: week preparing for upcoming plenary |
| 15/04 - | PRAGUE: - Conference of health ministers (also 16/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (also 16/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: transport, energy, infrastructure and information society section |
| 16/04 - | BRUSSELS: - EP: committees: Budgets; Employment and Social Affairs; Industry, Research and Energy; Women's Rights and Gender Equality; Petitions; Human Rights. - Public hearing on business and human rights |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: foreign relations section |
| 17/04 - | PRAGUE: - Transatlantic lawmakers dialogue between EP and US Congress - 66th interparliamentary meeting (also 18/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: agriculture, rural development and environment section |
| 20/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Presentation of RAPEX 2008 report on dangerous consumer goods (DG Health and Consumers) |
| - | PRAGUE: - Ministerial conference on a safer internet for children |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on literary translation and culture, opened by the president of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso |
| - | BRUSSELS: - 1st meeting of European Integration Forum jointly organised by EESC and European Commission (also 21/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC/single market, production and consumption section, public hearing on pharmaceutical products |
| - | BRUSSELS: - 4th Inter-institutional forum on “Communiquer l'Europe: investir l'échelon local” (also 21/04) - Forum 'Europe's Creative Regions and Cities' |
| 21/04 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament plenary session (until 24/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Committee of the Regions: plenary session (also 22/04) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Hearing C-135/08 Rottmann (European citizenship). - Court of First Instance: Hearing in combined cases T-300/05, T-316/05 Cyprus/Commission (agriculture) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 13/04 - | SOFIA: - EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva addresses World Bank conference on “Consumer Protection and Financial Capability” |
| 14/04 - | BRUSSELS: - “The Digital World in 2025: Socio-Political Aspects,” event organised by the European Internet Foundation |
| 15/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Launch of EuroMed-News - a European and Mediterranean media project |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Round table on “Climate Change - how can policy reflect the latest science? ” organised by The Centre |
| 16/04 - | BRUSSELS: - CEPS conference “The crisis of globalised finance” |
| - | RIGA/LATVIA: - Riga Agro 2009 - agricultural fair (until 19/04) |
| 17/04 - | PRAGUE: - International conference on social enterprise and the social economy, organised by the Czech Presidency of the EU (also 18/04) |
| - | TOKYO: - Pakistan donor conference |
| - | BRATISLAVA: - Pan-European Conference (also 18/04) |
| 18/04 - | TREVISO: - G8 Agriculture, ministerial summit (also 19/04) |
| 20/04 - | NEW YORK: - United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF8) (until 1 May) |
| - | PRAGUE: - Conference on wills and testaments in Europe, organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA) (also 21/04) |
| 21/04 - | Global action week on education for all (until 27/04) |