EUROPEAN UNION
| 20/04 - | BRUSSELS: - 4th forum on 'Communicating Europe: going local' organised by the CoR (also 21) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European integration forum organised by the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Forum (EESC) (also 21/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Commission conference on culture and literary translation |
| - | CORDOBA: - Benita Ferrero-Waldner addresses 7th conference of Western Mediterranean foreign ministers |
| 21/04 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (until 24/04) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | PRAGUE: -EU foreign minsiters' troika - Turkish foreign minister Ali Babacan and Turkey's chief EU accession negotiator Egemen Bagis |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Committee of the Regions: plenary session (also 22/04) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: committees: Foreign Affairs; Economic Affairs; Environment and Public Health; Industry, Research and Energy; Transport; Legal Affairs |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Policy and Security Committee (also 22/04) |
| 22/04 - | STRASBOURG: - EP: committees: Budgets; Constitutional Affairs |
| - | PRAGUE: - Conference 'Les services sociaux, un instrument de mobilisation de la main-d'œuvre et de renforcement de la cohésion sociale' (also 23/04) |
| 23/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (also 24/04) |
| - | MARIÁNSKÉ LÁZNE: - Meeting of EU regional development ministers (also 24/04) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee: hearing on Larosière Group's recommendations and the follow-up |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-167/08 Draka NK Cables, Ruling C-533/07 Falco Privatstiftung and Rabitsch (freedom, security and justice), Ruling C-59/08 Copad (intellectual property), Ruling C-509/07 Scarpelli, Ruling in combined cases C-261/07, C-299/07 VTB-VAB, Ruling C-460/07 Puffer (approximation of legislation), Ruling C-362/06 P Sahistedt /Commission (environment), Ruling C-357/07 TNT Post UK (taxation), Ruling C-425/07 P AEPI/Commission (competition), Ruling C-544/07 Rüffler (free circulation of individuals), Ruling in combined cases C-378/07, C-379/07, C-380/07 Angelidaki (social policy) |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB: European Central Bank Governing Council |
| 24/04 - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: Single market, manufacturing and consumer section |
| 26/04 - | PRAGUE: - Ministerial conference on building migration partnerships (until 28/04) |
| 27/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - General Affairs and External Relations Council (also 28/04) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Meeting of EU-Egypt Association Council (also 28/04) |
| - | PRAGUE: - EU-United States ministerial troika meeting on justice and home affairs (also 28/04) |
| - | PRAGUE: - Conference on the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructure (also 28) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 20/04 - | TREVISO: - G8 agriculture ministers' meeting (19 & 20/04) |
| 22/04 - | SIRACUSA: - G8 environment ministers' meeting (until 24/04) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - First meeting of new Council of Europe monitoring group on terrorism and money-laundering (also 23/04) |
| 23/04 - | BRUSSELS: - CoR conference on 'L'avenir de la propriété intellectuelle, créativité et innovation à l'ère du numérique' (also 24/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Somalia Security Conference |
| - | World Book and Copyright Day |
| 24/04 - | SOFIA: - Conference on natural gas for Europe, security and partnership (also 25/04) |
| - | SARAJEVO: - Conference 'Developing Regional Research Strategy for the Western Balkans' |
| 25/04 - | WASHINGTON: - World Bank and IMF spring summits (also 26/04) |
| 27/04 - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly: plenary session (until 30/04) |