DIARY - Germany - to June 13

GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
FRANKFURT- ECB Governing Council meeting. No interest rate
announcements scheduled. Any announcement about other issues to
be released at 1230 GMT.-

THURSDAY, MAY 22
ELTVILLE, Germany - ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber
opens 10th Bundesbank Spring Conference on central banks and
globalisation (0700-0730 GMT).-

SATURDAY, MAY 24
JERUSALEM- Israel to host the Group of Thirty (G30) Spring
Meeting (to May 26). Attendeed include; ECB Governor Jean-Claude
Trichet and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King as well as the
central bank chiefs of India and China.-

KOBE, Japan- G8 environment ministers meeting (to May 26).-

SUNDAY, MAY 25
KOBE, Japan- G8 environment ministers meeting continues (to May
26).-

MONDAY, MAY 26
KOBE, Japan- Final day of G8 environment ministers meeting.-

TUESDAY, MAY 27
BERLIN- International cocoa organization (icco) hosts
international cocoa council (to May 28).-

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28
MUNICH, Germany - Marcus Evans' international conference
entitled: "Russian Power Generation 2008" (to May 30). LINK:
here
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LEIPZIG, Germany- International Transport Forum 2008. Transport
and Energy: The Challenge of Climate Change, organised by the
OECD International Transport Forum (to May 30). News conference
on final day.-

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.-

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

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