– This diary is filed daily. Indicates new events – MONDAY, MAY 17 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis meets Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Vatican. MADRID – Spain’s economy minister Nadia Calviño holds a press conference with regional policy minister Miquel Iceta to explain initiatives on the recovery, transformation and resilience plan – 1600 GMT. BRDO, SLOVENIA – Presidents of Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia and leaders of Bosnia’s Croat, Muslim Bosniak and Serb inter-ethnic three-man presidency meet in Slovenia at the annual Brdo-Brijuni Process summit to discuss the Western Balkan countries Eu accession prospects – 0900 GMT. PARIS – French President Macron meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Elysee Palace in Paris – 1130 GMT. GENEVA – Director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
Green Party Minister takes to the Slieve Blooms on the trail of the Hen Harrier
Minister of State, Senator Pippa Hackett visits High Nature Value Farm
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Minister Pippa Hackett visits an upland high nature farm in the Slieve Blooms which participates in the Hen Harrier Project and hears of how the land is sustainably managed. );
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Super junior Laois Offaly Minister Pippa Hackett took to the Slieve Blooms as National Biodiversity week got underway to see first-hand what is necessary for the protected Hen Harrier to flourish in the Slieve Bloom mountains.
Minister of State Hackett visited what is called a high nature farm of George and Hazel McBryde, near Kinnitty.
Arknights Starts Coexistence Biodiversity Day WWF Charity Event
Mobile tower-defense RPG
Arknights is commemorating the International Day for Biological Diversity (a.k.a. Biodiversity Day) by hooking up with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and promoting an in-game charity event. Set to begin May 19, 2021, the event is titled “Coexistence.” It will generate money for the WWF by selling special bonus packs on the in-game store. The announcement was posted on
Arknights in-game news tab and global official Twitter account.
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Arknights x @WWF Joint Charity Event: Coexistence will soon be live on May 19, 04:00 (UTC-7), and some of the contents are available for a limited time. Please refer to the following notification for the event details.#Arknights#Yostar#WWFpic.twitter.com/ykzJJGzmp1
BirdLife Malta is inviting people to donate clothes to be used for the creation of a giant image of a Yelkouan Shearwater (
Garnija).
The image will be used for an event on May 22, the International Day for Biological Diversity by Nature2020: a global collaborative artwork for biodiversity which will unite diverse communities across the world.
Giant images of locally endangered plant and animal species will be created in a tapestry of species which will be filmed and transmitted on YouTube and other social media platforms in a live event at 5pm
Majjistral Nature & History Park will be taking part in the local initiative with BirdLife.
Today in Washington – This diary is filed daily. Indicates new events – TUESDAY, MAY 11 SMARDAN, Romania – Polish President Andrzej Duda attends “Justice Sword 21” multinational military exercise at the Smardan shooting range conducted by allied Eastern Flank forces of the NATO Multinational Brigade of Craiova.
BUCHAREST – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will virtually visit Romania to evaluate the state of the country’s economy. (To May 28) SEOUL – Israel Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Economy Minister Amir Peretz will arrive for a four-day visit that includes talks with Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, Industry Minister Moon Sung-wook and Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee. (To May 13) RIYADH – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Saudi Arabia. (final day) ATHENS – European Commission Vice-President for Promoting Our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas, visits Greece during