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International 2025 Annual News and Sport Agenda Paris, Dec 20 (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 View events updated in real time on AFP Agenda: https://agenda.afp.com
1 - SOLLENTUNA (Sweden) - Trial of 11 accused of illegally dumping toxic waste (To May 1, 2025) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Court hears proceedings against mining giant BHP over environmental disaster in Brazil (To March 7, 2025) - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026) - WORLD - New Years Day - VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope Francis holds mass on World Day of Peace at St Peter's Basilica 2 - TOKYO (Japan) - Emperor Naruhito addresses well-wishers during New Year appearance 3 - PALM SPRINGS (United States) - 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Night Gala 5 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - 82nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony 6 - CANTERBURY (United Kingdom) - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby ends official duties after resignation, Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell takes over - SAINT-LOUIS (Senegal) - Verdict in trial of 80 opposition security agents over electoral violence - PARIS (France) - Trial of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, 12 others, on corruption charges over money from Libya (To April 10) 7 - ACCRA (Ghana) - New president John Mahama takes oath - LAS VEGAS (United States) - Consumer Electronics Show (CES) (To 10) 8 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - Screen Actors Guild awards nominations announcements - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes 9 - BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Parliament holds session to elect a president - BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Republika Srpska's 'National Day', deemed unconstitutional by Bosnia - OUIDAH (Benin) - Vodun Days festivities (To 11) - ROME (Italy) - US President Joe Biden visits (To 12) 10 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - 80th birthday of rock singer Rod Stewart - CARACAS (Venezuela) - Presidential inauguration - WASHINGTON (United States) - Supreme Court hears TikTok's appeal of a law forcing its Chinese owner to sell or shut it down - DETROIT (United States) - Detroit auto show (To 20) - BEIJING (China) - Outgoing US Ambassador Nicholas Burns gives parting thoughts 11 - BEIJING (China) - 5th anniversary of announcement of first death from pneumonia 'of unknown cause' in Wuhan, eventually named Covid-19 - BERLIN (Germany) - Social Democratic Party (SPD) congress to officially sign-off on their candidate for chancellor ahead of election - RIESA (Germany) - Far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) holds congress (To 12) 12 - BEVERLY HILLS (United States) - AARP The Magazine's 21st annual movies for grownups awards - SANTA MONICA (United States) - 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards 14 - NIMBA (Liberia) - Funeral of Liberian ex-warlord Prince Johnson (To 18) 15 - NAIROBI (Kenya) - Plea hearing for police officers accused of crimes against humanity over killing of baby during 2017 post-election violence 16 - NEW YORK (United States) - Bank of America annual results - UNITED NATIONS (United States) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds New Year media briefing 17 - MILAN (Italy) - Milan Fashion Week Menswear, Autumn/Winter 2025 (To 21) - HOLLYWOOD (United States) - Academy Awards Oscar nominations announced 19 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Deadline for TikTok to divest from ByteDance or face ban in the US 20 - DAVOS (Switzerland) - World Economic Forum annual meeting (To 24) - LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) - Trial of alleged Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana (To February 17) - WASHINGTON (United States) - Inauguration ceremony of President Donald Trump - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup) 21 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin) - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Menswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 (To 26) - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - European new car sales figures for 2024 23 - NAIROBI (Kenya) - Hearing of case against impeachment of deputy president Rigathi Gachagua - PARK CITY (United States) - Sundance Film Festival 2025 (To February 2) 26 - BELARUS - Presidential election 27 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers meet - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 (To 30) 28 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 29) 29 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting - NEW YORK (United States) - Sentencing of ex-senator Robert Menendez convicted on bribery, corruption charges 30 - PARIS (France) - GDP Q1 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q4, first estimate 31 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - 2025 MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead
1 - GENEVA (Switzerland) - 30th anniversary of the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 7 - FRANCE - 10th anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attack, starting a series of jihadist attacks in France 12 - HAITI - 15th anniversary of the the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed some 200,000 people 17 - KOBE (Japan) - 30th anniversary of the Kobe, Japan, earthquake which left more than 6,000 dead 23 - WUHAN (China) - 5th anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown 27 - Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland) - 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi death camp Auschwitz by the Red Army 31 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - 5th anniversary of Britain's exit from the European Union
LEIRIA (Portugal) - Football: Portugese Cup Final 1 - LES SABLES-D'OLONNE (France) - 10th Vendee Globe yacht race (To January 20, 2025) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Darts: 2025 PDC World Championship (To January 3, 2025) - KUWAIT CITY (Kuwait) - Football: Gulf Cup (To January 3, 2025) 2 - RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Italian Super Cup, semi-final - Inter v Atalanta 3 - RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Italian Super Cup, semi-final - Juventus v Milan - SAUDI ARABIA - Auto Rally: Dakar Rally (To 17) - SYDNEY (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v India 5th Test (To 7) - CAPE TOWN (South Africa) - Cricket: South Africa v Pakistan, 2nd Test match (To 7) 5 - DOHA (Qatar) - Football: Trophée des Champions, Paris SG v AS Monaco 6 - RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Italian Super Cup final 8 - JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Spanish Super Cup semi-final - Athletic Club v Barcelona 9 - JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Spanish Super Cup semi-final - Real Madrid v Mallorca 12 - MELBOURNE (Australia) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - Australian Open (To 26) - JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Spanish Super Cup final 17 - DRESDEN (Germany) - ISU Short Track skating European Championships (To 19) 21 - AUSTRALIA - Cycling: World Tour, Tour Down Under 2025 (To 26) 24 - TOKYO (Japan) - Boxing: super-bantamweight world title fight, Naoya Inoue v Sam Goodman 26 - RABAT (Morocco) - Football: Africa Cup of Nations 2025 draw 29 - GALLE (Sri Lanka) - Cricket: Sri Lanka v Australia, first Test (To February 2) 31 - EUROPE - Rugby Union: 2025 Six Nations Championship (To March 15)
OSLO (Norway) - Entry into force of ban on fur farms GERMANY - Legislative elections 1 - SOLLENTUNA (Sweden) - Trial of 11 accused of illegally dumping toxic waste (To May 1, 2025) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Court hears proceedings against mining giant BHP over environmental disaster in Brazil (To March 7, 2025) - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026) - PARIS (France) - Trial of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, 12 others, on corruption charges over money from Libya (To April 10) - LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) - Trial of alleged Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana (To February 17) - PARK CITY (United States) - Sundance Film Festival 2025 (To February 2) 2 - LOME (Togo) - Senatorial election - LOS ANGELES (United States) - 67th Annual Grammy Awards 3 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU leaders, Britain, Nato defence talks - VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - World meeting for children's rights - MADRID (Spain) - Trial of ex-football chief Luis Rubiales accused of sex assualt, coercion over 'unsolicited' kiss on lips of Jenni Hermoso (To 19) - SAN VICENTE (El Salvador) - Retrial of former guerrillas, anti-mining activists, accused of 1989 murder of a woman (To 6) 4 - TOKYO (Japan) - Verdict in appeal for Greg Kelly, former Nissan executive 6 - NEW YORK (United States) - New York Fashion Week, Autumn-Winter 2025 (To 11) - CAPE TOWN (South Africa) - President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a state of the nation address 8 - LITHUANIA - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to disconnect from Soviet-era Russian power grid and connect to EU grid - BEVERLY HILLS (United States) - 36th Annual Producers Guild Awards - LOS ANGELES (United States) - 77th Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards 9 - KOSOVO - Legislative election - ECUADOR - Presidential election, first round - BERLIN (Germany) - First TV debate between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and election rival Friedrich Merz 10 - FRANCE - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit (To 11) 11 - NEW YORK (United States) - Court hearing for Hadi Matar accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie 12 - ROME (Italy) - New hearing in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni deepfake porn trial 13 - CANNES (France) - World AI Cannes Festival, international event on artificial intelligence (To 15) - BERLIN (Germany) - 75th International Berlinale Film festival (To 23) - VEVEY (Switzerland) - Nestle annual results 14 - WORLD - Worldwide release of Ubisoft video game 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' - SAN BRUNO (United States) - 20th anniversary of video sharing platform YouTube 15 - ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) - African Union summit, where leaders will elect a new head of the AU Commission (To 16) 16 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - BAFTA Awards - BERLIN (Germany) - Final TV debate between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and election rival Friedrich Merz 17 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers meet - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup) 18 - ROME (Italy) - Audience de la Cour suprême dans le procès de Greenpeace contre le géant de l'énergie Eni - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin) 19 - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes 20 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - London Fashion Week, Autumn-Winter 2025 (To 24) 22 - SANTA MONICA (United States) - 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards - PARIS (France) - Paris International Agricultural Show (To March 2) 23 - PARIS (France) - 50th Cesar Awards ceremony 24 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers meet - LOS ANGELES (United States) - Screen Actors Guild Awards - HAVANA (Cuba) - 25th Havana Festival, cuban cigar trade show (To 28) 25 - ROME (Italy) - COP16 biodiversity conference resumed (To 27) - MILAN (Italy) - Milan Fashion Week, Womenswear Autumn-Winter 2025 (To March 3) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - International Booker Prize 2025 longlist announced - LONDON (United Kingdom) - International Energy Week 2025 (To 27) 27 - KOSOVO - 3rd anniversary of agreement on 'normalization' of relations between Kosovo and Serbia - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q4, second estimate 28 - PARIS (France) - GDP Q1
4 - YALTA - 80th anniversary of the start of the Yalta conference with victorious World War II leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin 6 - Nine Miles (Jamaica) - 80th anniversary of the birth of Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley 12 - MINSK (Belarus) - 10th anniversary of the signature of the Minsk 2 accords 14 - BEIRUT (Lebanon) - 20th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri 15 - PARIS (France) - 5th anniversary of the death from Covid-19 of an 80-year-old Chinese tourist in Paris, the first reported fatality linked to the coronavirus outside Asia 21 - NEW YORK (United States) - 60th anniversary of the assassination of Black American activist Malcolm X in Harlem 24 - UKRAINE - Third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia
1 - GALLE (Sri Lanka) - Cricket: Sri Lanka v Australia, first Test (To February 2) - EUROPE - Rugby Union: 2025 Six Nations Championship (To March 15) 6 - GALLE (Sri Lanka) - Cricket: Sri Lanka v Australia, second Test (To 10) 12 - LENZERHEIDE (Switzerland) - Biathlon: IBU World Championships Biathlon (To 23) 19 - PAKISTAN - Cricket: ICC Champions Trophy (To March 9) 22 - RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Boxing: IBF heavyweight title fight - Daniel Dubois v Joseph Parker 26 - TRONDHEIM (Norway) - Cross-country skiing: World Championships 2025 (To March 9) 28 - LUSAIL (Qatar) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), Qatar 1812KM
WINDHOEK (Namibia) - New Namibian president to be sworn in (if election results are confirmed) 1 - SOLLENTUNA (Sweden) - Trial of 11 accused of illegally dumping toxic waste (To May 1, 2025) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Court hears proceedings against mining giant BHP over environmental disaster in Brazil (To March 7, 2025) - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026) - PARIS (France) - Trial of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, 12 others, on corruption charges over money from Libya (To April 10) - PARIS (France) - Paris International Agricultural Show (To March 2) - MILAN (Italy) - Milan Fashion Week, Womenswear Autumn-Winter 2025 (To March 3) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - BRIT Awards - BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) - President Javier Milei gives annual speech before the Legislative Assembly 2 - RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - Rio de Janeiro Carnival, samba school parades at Sambadrome (To 4) - BEVERLY HILLS (United States) - 97th Academy Awards - Vanity Fair Party - WEST HOLLYWOOD (United States) - Elton John's Oscars viewing party 3 - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 (To 11) - MUTTENZ (Switzerland) - Appeal trial against Sepp Blatter, former FIFA President, and Michel Platini, former UEFA boss (To 13) - HOLLYWOOD (United States) - 97th Academy Awards 4 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - Trial of 'Ketamine Queen' and doctor who supplied drugs to 'Friends' star Matthew Perry (To 11) 6 - PARIS (France) - Pegasus video games award ceremony - SANTIAGO (Chile) - Sentencing of 34 members of Los Gallegos, the armed wing of the Tren de Aragua criminal organisation 7 - AUSTIN (United States) - SXSW arts and tech festival (To 15) 10 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup) 11 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin) - ARGENTINA - Trial of seven health professionals accused of homicide over death of Diego Maradona - WOLFSBURG (Germany) - Volkswagen annual results 12 - TOKYO (Japan) - 12th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo (To 13) 17 - IRELAND - St Patrick's Day 18 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 19) 19 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting 24 - PARIS (France) - Trial starts of actor Gerard Depardieu accused of sexual assault of two women 27 - NAYPYIDAW (Myanmar) - Myanmar Armed Forces Day - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q4, third estimate 28 - SAO PAULO (Brazil) - Music: Lollapalooza Brazil (To 30) 29 - VIETNAM - Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visit (To April 4) 31 - PARIS (France) - Verdict in trial of Marine Le Pen, the National Rally and 24 other defendants on fraud charges
7 - CIBOURE (France) - 150th anniversary of the birth of French composer Maurice Ravel 8 - TOLSTOY-YURT (Russia) - 20th anniversary of the death of separatist Chechen president Aslan Maskhadov, while fighting Russian forces 10 - TOKYO (Japan) - 80th anniversary of the bombing of Tokyo by US forces during World War II, which killed an estimated 80,000-100,000 people - ARGENTINA - 20th anniversary of the arrest of former Nazi soldier Paul Schaefer 11 - GENEVA (Switzerland) - 5th anniversary of the designation of Covid-19 as a pandemic by the World Health Organization 15 - PARIS (France) - 50th anniversary of the death of Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis 18 - TUNIS (Tunisia) - 10th anniversary of jihadist attack on Bardo Museum in Tunis, which left 22 dead 20 - TOKYO (Japan) - 30th anniversary of sarin gas attack in the metro by Aum Shinrikyo cult, which left 14 people dead 22 - ETHIOPIA - 50th anniversary of the abolition of the monarchy in Ethiopia 24 - LE VERNET (France) - 10th anniversary of Germanwings crash in French Alps, killing all 150 people aboard, after the suicidal co-pilot deliberately downed the plane 25 - Riyad (Saudi Arabia) - 50th anniversary of the assassination of Saudi Arabia's King Faisal 26 - MONTBRISON (France) - 100th anniversary of the birth of French conductor-composer Pierre Boulez
1 - EUROPE - Rugby Union: 2025 Six Nations Championship (To March 15) - PAKISTAN - Cricket: ICC Champions Trophy (To March 9) - TRONDHEIM (Norway) - Cross-country skiing: World Championships 2025 (To March 9) 2 - TOKYO (Japan) - Athletics: Tokyo marathon 3 - EUROPE - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg 5 - INDIAN WELLS (United States) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Indian Wells Masters (To 16) 11 - FRANCE - Football: French midfielder Paul Pogba football doping ban ends - EUROPE - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 Second Leg 14 - MELBOURNE (Australia) - Auto: Formula One - Australian Grand Prix (To 16) - CHELTENHAM (United Kingdom) - Racing: Cheltenham Gold Cup 16 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: English League Cup final 17 - ST. MORITZ (Switzerland) - Snowboarding: FIS Snowboard World Championships (To 30) 18 - ATHENS (Greece) - IOC session, new president set to be elected (To 21) - MIAMI (United States) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Miami Open (To 30) 20 - INGLEWOOD (United States) - Football: CONCACAF Nations League finals start 21 - SHANGHAI (China) - Auto: Formula One - Chinese Grand Prix (To 23) - APELDOORN (Netherlands) - Athletics: European Indoor Athletics Championships (To 23) 22 - EUROPE - Rugby Union: 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship (To April 26) 29 - DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - Horse Racing: Dubai World Cup
- ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026) - PARIS (France) - Trial of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, 12 others, on corruption charges over money from Libya (To April 10) - VIETNAM - Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visit (To April 4) 2 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme starts in UK for European visitors - LOS ANGELES (United States) - Sentencing of doctor Mark Chavez, charged over Matthew Perry's death 3 - KIGALI (Rwanda) - Global AI Summit on Africa (To 4) 4 - UNITED STATES - US release of film 'Minecraft', adapted from the world's best-selling video game 7 - FORT WORTH (United States) - Trial begins for X lawsuit against Media Matters 8 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - International Booker Prize 2025 shortlist announced 9 - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes 11 - ASTANA (Kazakhstan) - Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States - WARSAW (Poland) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup) - INDIO (United States) - Coachella music festival, first weekend (To 13) 12 - WARSAW (Poland) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin) 13 - OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13) - ECUADOR - Presidential election, second round 14 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers meet - WASHINGTON (United States) - Meta faces US antitrust trial 18 - INDIO (United States) - Coachella music festival, second weekend (To 20) 22 - WASHINGTON (United States) - US court antitrust hearing on possible breakup of Google 23 - ENGLAND (United Kingdom) - St George's Day 27 - VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Canonization of the 'cyber-apostle' Carlo Acutis - MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) - World premiere of stage production 'Hamlet Hail to the Thief' 28 - PARIS (France) - Trial of 12 people over 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian (To May 23) 29 - PARIS (France) - Trial of former Salafist rebel Majdi Nema for complicity in war crimes (To May 30) 30 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q1, first estimate
2 - ROME (Italy) - 20th anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II, leader of the world's Roman Catholics - WORLD - 5th anniversary of the lockdown of more than 3.9 billion people, half of the world's population, to fight the spread of the virus Covid 19 4 - ALBUQUERQUE (United States) - 50th anniversary of the foundation of Microsoft by Bill Gates and Paul Allen 11 - GERMANY - 80th anniversary of liberation of Nazi camps Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, Ravensbrueck and Dachau (To 29) 13 - LEBANON - 50th anniversary of the start of Lebanon's 15-year civil war 18 - PRINCETON (United States) - 70th anniversary of the death of Nobel-winning physicist Albert Einstein, considered one of the greatest scientists of all time 24 - ARMENIA - 110th anniversary of the start of the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, which Armenia says was genocide 28 - ITALY - 80th anniversary of the execution of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his lover Clara Petacci 30 - HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam) - 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces, marking the end of the Vietnam War - BERLIN (Germany) - 80th anniversary of the suicide of Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun near the end of World War II
UNITED STATES - Athletics: Grand Slam Track series of four meets 1 - EUROPE - Rugby Union: 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship (To April 26) 4 - SUZUKA (Japan) - Auto: Formula One - Japanese Grand Prix (To 6) 5 - AINTREE (United Kingdom) - Racing: Grand National 6 - MONTE CARLO (Principality of Monaco) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Monte-Carlo Masters (To 13) 10 - AUGUSTA (United States) - Golf: PGA Tour - Masters 2025 (To 13) 11 - SAKHIR (Bahrain) - Auto: Formula One - Bahrain Grand Prix (To 13) 18 - JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) - Auto: Formula One - Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia (To 20) 20 - IMOLA (Italy) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 6 hours of Imola 21 - BOSTON (United States) - Athletics: Boston Marathon 23 - MADRID (Spain) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Madrid Open (To May 4) 27 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Athletics: London Marathon
- ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026) - OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13) - PARIS (France) - Trial of 12 people over 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian (To May 23) - PARIS (France) - Trial of former Salafist rebel Majdi Nema for complicity in war crimes (To May 30) - ENGLAND (United Kingdom) - Local elections 3 - BELGRADE (Serbia) - 2nd anniversary of Ribnikar primary school massacre 4 - MLADENOVAC (Serbia) - 2nd anniversary of the massacre near Mladenovac, where 9 people died 5 - NEW YORK (United States) - Trial starts of Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of racketeering and sex trafficking 6 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 7) 7 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting 8 - FRISCO (United States) - 59th Academy of Country Music awards 9 - MOSCOW (Russia) - Military parade to celebrate Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II - TIRANA (Albania) - European Political Community meeting 12 - PHILIPPINES - General election - WASHINGTON (United States) - Trial begins of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir al-Marimi accused of bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup) 13 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin) - CANNES (France) - Cannes Film Festival (To 24) 16 - WOLFSBURG (Germany) - Volkswagen general assembly 17 - BASEL (Switzerland) - Eurovision Song Contest 2025 final 18 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - 51st American Music Awards 20 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - International Booker Prize 2025 award ceremony - LONDON (United Kingdom) - RHS Chelsea Flower Show (To 24) 22 - HAY-ON-WYE (United Kingdom) - Hay Festival of literature (To June 1) 23 - KOSOVO - 5th anniversary of the agreement on relocation of prisoners from Denmark to Kosovo 27 - SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 30th anniversary of the storming of the Vrbanja bridge, considered a turning point in the Bosnian war 28 - VIENNA (Austria) - Ministers from Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies (Opec+) meet - LAGOS (Nigeria) - 50th anniversary of the creation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes 29 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q1, second estimate
8 - EUROPE - 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, after the defeat of Nazi Germany 14 - WARSAW (Poland) - 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance between communist countries in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union 21 - GERMANY - 50th anniversary of trial of far-left organisation Baader Meinhoff 30 - PARIS (France) - 50th anniversary of creation of European Space Agency (ESA)
UNITED STATES - Athletics: Grand Slam Track series of four meets ROME (Italy) - Football: Italian Cup final LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: English FA Cup final BERLIN (Germany) - Football: German Cup final LISBON (Portugal) - Football: UEFA Women's Champions League final 1 - MADRID (Spain) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Madrid Open (To May 4) 2 - MIAMI GARDENS (United States) - Auto: Formula One - Miami Grand Prix (To 4) 3 - LOUISVILLE (United States) - Horse Racing: Kentucky Derby 7 - ROME (Italy) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Italian Open (To 18) 10 - GUANGZHOU (China) - Athletics: World Athletics Relays (To 11) - SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS (Belgium) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps - ITALY - Cycling: World Tour, Giro d'Italia (To June 1) 15 - WESLEY CHAPEL (United States) - Golf: PGA Tour - PGA Championship 2025 16 - NEPAL - 50 years ago Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the peak of Mount Everest - IMOLA (Italy) - Auto: Formula One - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (To 18) 17 - BALTIMORE (United States) - Horse Racing: Preakness Stakes 21 - BILBAO (Spain) - Football: UEFA Europa League final 22 - NOTTINGHAM (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v Zimbabwe, one-off Test match (To 25) 23 - MONTE CARLO (Principality of Monaco) - Auto: Formula One - Monaco Grand Prix (To 25) - CARDIFF (United Kingdom) - Rugby Union: European Challenge Cup final 24 - CARDIFF (United Kingdom) - Rugby Union: European Champions Cup final 25 - PARIS (France) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - French Open (To June 8) 29 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - 40th anniversary of Heysel Stadium disaster in which 39 football fans died 30 - MONTMELÓ (Spain) - Auto: Formula One - Spanish Grand Prix (To June 1) 31 - MUNICH (Germany) - Football: UEFA Champions League final
MILAN (Italy) - Milan Fashion Week Menswear, Spring-Summer 2026 1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026) - OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13) - HAY-ON-WYE (United Kingdom) - Hay Festival of literature (To June 1) - ENGLAND (United Kingdom) - Ban comes into force for sale of disposable vapes in England, Scotland and Wales 2 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - South by Southwest festival, European edition (To 7) 9 - NICE (France) - Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) (To 13) - WASHINGTON (United States) - Trial begins of man arrested for attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh - SEATTLE (United States) - Trial starts against Amazon over Prime enrollment 12 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - London Fashion Week, menswear Spring-Summer 2026 (To 15) 13 - RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - Rio Book Biennial Fair (To 22) 14 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Trooping the Colour military parade to mark the British sovereign's birthday 17 - CAPE TOWN (South Africa) - The Africa Hospitality Investment Forum, Africa's premier conference for tourism and hospitality investment (To 19) - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 18) 18 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting - SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - St Petersburg Economic Forum (To 21) 19 - YANGON (Myanmar) - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 - LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup) 20 - LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin) 21 - STONEHENGE (United Kingdom) - Summer Solstice celebrations (To July 21) 22 - UNITED KINGDOM - Windrush Day, marking the arrival of the first West Indian immigrants to the UK after World War II 24 - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 (To 29) 25 - PILTON (United Kingdom) - Glastonbury festival (To 29) 26 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q1, third estimate
14 - SCHENGEN (Luxembourg) - 40th anniversary since the signing of the Schengen accords under which border checks would be progressively lifted in Europe 17 - NEW YORK (United States) - 140 years ago the French-made Statue of Liberty by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, arrives in New York 26 - SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - 80th anniversary of the birth of the United Nations
UNITED STATES - Athletics: Grand Slam Track series of four meets EUROPE - Football: UEFA Nations League final 1 - ITALY - Cycling: World Tour, Giro d'Italia (To June 1) - PARIS (France) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - French Open (To June 8) - MONTMELÓ (Spain) - Auto: Formula One - Spanish Grand Prix (To June 1) 7 - NEW YORK (United States) - Horse Racing: Belmont Stakes - EPSOM (United Kingdom) - Racing: Epsom Derby 9 - OAKMONT (United States) - Golf: PGA Tour - US Open 2025 (To 15) 11 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Cricket: ICC World Test Championship final (To 15) 13 - MONTREAL (Canada) - Auto: Formula One - Canadian Grand Prix (To 15) 15 - UNITED STATES - Football: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 (To July 13) 19 - ASCOT (United Kingdom) - Racing: Royal Ascot - Gold Cup 20 - LEEDS (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 1st Test (To 24) 27 - SPIELBERG BEI KNITTELFELD (Austria) - Auto: Formula One - Austrian Grand Prix (To 29) 30 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - Wimbledon (To July 13)
1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026) - OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13) - STONEHENGE (United Kingdom) - Summer Solstice celebrations (To July 21) - COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Denmark takes over rotating EU presidency 4 - CARDIFF (United Kingdom) - Oasis play first date of reunion tour 'live '25' 5 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Pride in London festival and parade 7 - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025-2026 (To 10) 9 - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes 10 - ROME (Italy) - Ukraine Recovery Conference (To 11) 11 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - Film 'Superman: Legacy' released 19 - YANGON (Myanmar) - Myanmar Martyrs' Day - LONDON (United Kingdom) - BBC Proms classical music festival (To September 13) 22 - CROATIA - First anniversary of nursing home massacre 25 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Oasis play first of four dates in the capital as part of their reunion tour 'live '25' 29 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 30) 30 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q2, first estimate
6 - DHARAMSALA (India) - 90th birthday of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama 8 - AUCKLAND (New Zealand) - 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior, in Auckland harbour 11 - SREBRENICA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre by Bosnian Serb forces 14 - - 60th anniversary of first spacecraft Mariner 4 reaching Mars 17 - ANAHEIM (United States) - 70th anniversary of Walt Disney opening its first theme park in Anaheim, California 23 - SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt) - 20th anniversary of attacks in Egypt's resort of Sharm El-Sheikh
FRANCE - Cycling: Tour de France 2025 1 - UNITED STATES - Football: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 (To July 13) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - Wimbledon (To July 13) 2 - SWITZERLAND - Football: UEFA Women's Euro 2025 (To 27) - BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 2nd Test (To 6) 4 - SILVERSTONE (United Kingdom) - Auto: Formula One - British Grand Prix (To 6) 10 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 3rd Test (To 14) 11 - SINGAPORE (Singapore) - Swimming: 2025 World Aquatics Championships (To August 3) 13 - PORTRUSH (United Kingdom) - Golf: European Tour - The Open 2025 (To 20) - SAO PAULO (Brazil) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 6 hours of Sao Paulo 23 - MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 4th Test (To 27) 25 - SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS (Belgium) - Auto: Formula One - Belgian Grand Prix (To 27) 27 - TORONTO (Canada) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Montreal Masters (To August 7) 31 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 5th Test (To August 4)
1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026) - OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - BBC Proms classical music festival (To September 13) - VIENNA (Austria) - 50th anniversary of Helsinki Accords - EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - Edinburgh Festival Fringe (To 25) 3 - VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Canonisation of the Italian Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925) 5 - CROATIA - 30th anniversary of the end of the war of independence 6 - HIROSHIMA (Japan) - 80th anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima 7 - LAS VEGAS (United States) - Def Con hacking conference (To 10) 9 - NAGASAKI (Japan) - 80th anniversary of atomic bombing of Nagasaki 17 - BOLIVIA - General election 20 - COLOGNE (Germany) - Gamescom international video games fair (To 24) - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes 24 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Notting Hill Carnival (To 25) - BLACK ROCK CITY (United States) - Burning Man 2025 festival (To September 1) 25 - SERBIA - 25th anniversary of the assassination of ex-president Ivan Stambolic in Fruska Gora 27 - VENICE (Italy) - Venice Film Festival (To September 6) 28 - TUZLA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 35th anniversary of the firedamp explosion that killed 180 miners in the Mramor mine - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q2, second estimate
1 - SINGAPORE (Singapore) - Swimming: 2025 World Aquatics Championships (To August 3) - TORONTO (Canada) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Montreal Masters (To August 7) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 5th Test (To August 4) - BUDAPEST (Hungary) - Auto: Formula One - Hungarian Grand Prix (To 3) 7 - CINCINNATI (United States) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Cincinnati Open (To 18) 22 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Rugby Union: Women's World Cup (To September 27) 23 - SPAIN - Cycling: World Tour, Vuelta a Espana (To September 14) 25 - PARIS (France) - Badminton: BWF World Championships (To 31) - NEW YORK (United States) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - US Open (To September 7) 27 - CYPRUS - Basketball: EuroBasket 2025 (To September 14) 29 - ZANDVOORT (Netherlands) - Auto: Formula One - Dutch Grand Prix (To 31)
- OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - BBC Proms classical music festival (To September 13) - BLACK ROCK CITY (United States) - Burning Man 2025 festival (To September 1) - VENICE (Italy) - Venice Film Festival (To September 6) 5 - TORONTO (Canada) - Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) (To 15) 6 - BRAEMAR (United Kingdom) - Braemar Gathering 8 - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Pacific Islands Forum summit (To 12) 9 - FRANKFURT (Germany) - International Motor Show Germany (IAA) 2025 (To 14) 11 - NEW YORK (United States) - New York Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2026 (To 16) 13 - TOKYO (Japan) - 40th anniversary of release of 'Super Mario Bros' video game 16 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 17) 17 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting 18 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - London Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2026 (To 22) 23 - MILAN (Italy) - Milan Fashion Week Womenswear, Spring-Summer 2026 (To 29) 24 - BANJSKA (Kosovo) - Second anniversary of the Banjska Attack 25 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q2, third estimate 29 - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 (To October 7) - PARIS (France) - Prosecutors appeal the acquital of Airbus and Air France over 2009 Rio-Paris crash (To November 27)
NEW YORK (United States) - Golf: 2025 Ryder Cup 1 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Rugby Union: Women's World Cup (To September 27) - SPAIN - Cycling: World Tour, Vuelta a Espana (To September 14) - NEW YORK (United States) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - US Open (To September 7) - CYPRUS - Basketball: EuroBasket 2025 (To September 14) 5 - MONZA (Italy) - Auto: Formula One - Italian Grand Prix (To 7) 7 - AUSTIN (United States) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), Lone Star Le Mans 13 - TOKYO (Japan) - Athletics: World championships (To 21) 19 - BAKU (Azerbaijan) - Auto: Formula One - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (To 21) 21 - BERLIN (Germany) - Athetlics: Berlin Marathon - - Cycling: UCI Road World Championships (To 28) 28 - OYAMA (Japan) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 6 hours of Fuji 29 - SANTIAGO (Chile) - Football: FIFA U-20 World Cup (To October 19)
1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026) - OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13) - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 (To October 7) - PARIS (France) - Prosecutors appeal the acquital of Airbus and Air France over 2009 Rio-Paris crash (To November 27) 5 - SERBIA - 25th anniversary of the fall of Slobodan Milosevic 8 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - London Film Festival (To 19) - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes 10 - OSLO (Norway) - Nobel Peace Prize awarded 15 - FRANKFURT (Germany) - Frankfurt Book Fair (To 19) 18 - TOKYO (Japan) - Tokyo Odaiba Triennale 2025 international art festival (To December 25) 28 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 29) 29 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting - VALENCIA (Spain) - First anniversary of floods that killed 230 people in southeastern Spain 30 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q3, first estimate
1 - BALI (Indonesia) - 20th anniversary of bomb blasts on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali 3 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - 30th anniversary of acquittal of American football star O.J. Simpson accused of murdering his ex-wife and her male companion 8 - PAKISTAN - 20th anniversary of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan 13 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - 100th anniversary of the birth of former British Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher 16 - WASHINGTON (United States) - 30th anniversary of the Million Man March on Washington called by radical black pride group Nation of Islam
SYDNEY (Australia) - Horse Racing: The Everest 1 - SANTIAGO (Chile) - Football: FIFA U-20 World Cup (To October 19) - SHANGHAI (China) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Shanghai Masters (To 12) 3 - SINGAPORE (Singapore) - Auto: Formula One - Singapore Grand Prix (To 5) 12 - CHICAGO (United States) - Athetlics: Chicago Marathon 15 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Grand Sumo Tournament (To 19) 17 - AUSTIN (United States) - Auto: Formula One - US Grand Prix (To 19) 24 - MEXICO CITY (Mexico) - Auto: Formula One - Mexican Grand Prix (To 26)
- PARIS (France) - Prosecutors appeal the acquital of Airbus and Air France over 2009 Rio-Paris crash (To November 27) - TOKYO (Japan) - Tokyo Odaiba Triennale 2025 international art festival (To December 25) 4 - VILLEPINTE (France) - World Nuclear Exhibition (To 6) 9 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph 10 - BELÉM (Brazil) - COP30 (To 21) 11 - WORLD - Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I - UNITED KINGDOM - Remembrance Day 16 - CHILE - Presidential, parliamentary elections 19 - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes 20 - MADRID (Spain) - 50th anniversary of the death of General Franco 21 - DAYTON (United States) - 30th anniversary the signing of peace agreement between Alija Izetbegovic, Slobodan Milosevic and Franjo Tudjman 22 - JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - G20 summit (To 23) 26 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q3, second estimate 30 - SCOTLAND (United Kingdom) - St Andrew's Day - HONDURAS - National elections
1 - DEL MAR (United States) - Horse Racing: Breeders' Cup Classic 2 - NEW YORK (United States) - Athletics: New York Marathon 4 - MELBOURNE (Australia) - Horse Racing: Melbourne Cup 7 - SAO PAULO (Brazil) - Auto: Formula One - Brazilian Grand Prix (To 9) 8 - SAKHIR (Bahrain) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 8 hours of Bahrain 20 - UNITED STATES - Auto: Formula One - Las Vegas Grand Prix (To 22) 21 - AUSTRALIA - Cricket: The Ashes - Australia v England (To January 8, 2026) - PERTH (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v England, 1st Test (To 25) 28 - DOHA (Qatar) - Auto: Formula One - Qatari Grand Prix (To 30) 29 - - Football: Copa Libertadores final (host city TBC)
- TOKYO (Japan) - Tokyo Odaiba Triennale 2025 international art festival (To December 25) - LONDON (United Kingdom) - British Fashion Awards ceremony 9 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 10) 10 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting - OSLO (Norway) - Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony 14 - CHILE - Presidential election, second round 19 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - Film 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' scheduled to be released by Disney - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q3, third estimate 25 - WORLD - Christmas Day 31 - WORLD - New Year's Eve - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes
1 - AUSTRALIA - Cricket: The Ashes - Australia v England (To January 8, 2026) 4 - BRISBANE (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v England, 2nd Test (To 8) 5 - ABU DHABI (United Arab Emirates) - Auto: Formula One - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (To 7) 17 - ADELAIDE (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v England, 3rd Test (To 21) 21 - MOROCCO - Football: 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (To January 18, 2026) 26 - MELBOURNE (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v England, 4th Test (To 30) |
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