What's happening this week 31/08/15

MONDAY

FRANCE – MIGRANTCRISIS

Calais • French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve visit Calais with EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos.

USA – ARCTIC

Anchorage • US President Barack Obama addresses a meeting on global leadership in the Arctic region.

WEDNESDAY

ITALY – MOSTRA

Venice • 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival (to the 12.09)

KAZAKHSTAN – LAUNCH

Baikonour • Cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, and Aidyn Aimbetov of Kazakhstan launch on a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station.

THURSDAY

CHINA – PARADE

Beijing • 70th Anniversary parade commemorating the end of World War II.

FRANCE – FARMERS

Paris • 1000+ tractors in the French capital for demonstration against low prices.

FRIDAY

LUXEMBOURG – EU

Luxembourg • Informal EU foreign affairs ministers meeting with the migrant crisis high on agenda.

TURKEY – G20

Antalya • G20 Finance ministers and Central Bank Governors’ two-day meeting.

Governors’ two-day meeting.

Of course schedules can change and euronews may not cover all of the events above.