DIARY - Germany - to June 15

GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

Date GMT City Event
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28/05 FRANKFURT Germany to auction new 10 year Bund

(8.0 billion euros), July 2018

GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

FRIDAY, MAY 30
FRANKFURT- ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber opens a
symposium to mark the 10th anniversary of the ECB-

FRANKFURT- ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber attends the
opening of the University of Frankfurt's House of Finance with
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck-

JUNE 2008
BERLIN- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and peace envoy Tony
Blair will jointly organise a Middle East security conference to
discuss the strengthening of the Palestinian police force and
justice apparatus (beginning of June).-

GERMANY- The next round of U.N. climate change talks; will
address the issue of funding and technology to mitigate climate
change, a key demand of developing nations who argue that rich
countries should foot much of the bill.

SUNDAY, JUNE 1
FRANKFURT- 10th Anniversary of the founding of the European
Central Bank. Link: www.ecb.int-

BERLIN- Dmitry Medvedev to visit Germany and hold talks with
Chancellor Angela Merkel in June on one of his first foreign
trips as Russian president.-

SUNDAY, JUNE 1
BRUSSELS- New EU rules for the testing of chemicals, known as
REACH, comes into force.-

MONDAY, JUNE 2
FRANKFURT- EuroGroup Finance Ministers meeting.-

FRANKFURT- Ceremony to mark 10th anniversary of the European
Central Bank. Speakers include ECB President Jean-Claude
Trichet, European Parliament President Hasn-Gert Poettering,
European Union Council President Janez Jansa, European
Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Eurogroup President
Jean-Claude Juncker, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (1330-1530
GMT)-

TUESDAY, JUNE 3
RIGA- Baltic Sea States Summit (to June 4). Leaders or
representatives from Russia, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Norway,
Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania expected
to attend. Link: www.cbss.st/calendar/-

THURSDAY, JUNE 5
FRANKFURT- ECB Governing Council meeting, followed by interest
rate announcement 1145 GMT. News conference follows at 1230
GMT.-

FRIDAY, JUNE 6
FRANKFURT- ECB Executive Board member Juergen Stark addresses a
FORUM institute conference on "The subprime crisis: challenges
for monetary policy" (0715 GMT)-

LONDON- ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber speaks at
Financial Markets Group public lecture on "Financial Market
Stability"- 1700 GMT

SATURDAY, JUNE 7
AOMORI, Japan- G8 energy ministers' meeting (to June 8).-

SUNDAY, JUNE 8
AOMORI, Japan- Final day of G8 energy ministers' meeting-

MONDAY, JUNE 9
STRAUBING, Germany- German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets French
President Nicolas Sarkozy-

TUESDAY, JUNE 10
BERLIN- U.S. President George W. Bush is expected to visit
Germany.-

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
TOKYO- G8 Justice & Home Affairs' meeting (to June 13).-

GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

Date GMT City Event
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11/06 FRANKFURT Germany to auction new 2 year Schatz

(8.0 billion euros), June 2010

GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

THURSDAY, JUNE 12
FRANKFURT- ECB publishes its monthly Bulletin - 0800 GMT

FRIDAY, JUNE 13
OSAKA, Japan- G8 finance ministers meeting (to Jun. 14). Link:
www.mofa.go.jp/-

SATURDAY, JUNE 14
OSAKA, Japan- G8 finance ministers meeting (final day). Link:
www.mofa.go.jp/-

SUNDAY, JUNE 15
UNITED NATIONS- Mandate expires of a U.N. probe into the killing
of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. -

GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

Date GMT City Event
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16/06 FRANKFURT Germany to auction new 6 month Bubill

(6.0 billion euros), December 2008

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