Events to follow on October 1st

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ENTRY OF THE NEW ITALIAN AMBASSADOR IN MOSCOW

Giorgio Starace, the former Italian ambassador to Japan, will become the country’s top diplomat in Russia. His predecessor, Pasquale Terracciano, said he was leaving Russia after four years in power.

Starace said last month at an economic forum in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok that he would use his experience as an envoy to Tokyo to promote trilateral cooperation and closer ties between Japan and the ‘Russian Far East.

THE SLOVENIAN LEADER WILL MOVE TO MOLDOVA

Slovenian President Borut Pahor will travel to Moldova on Friday for a two-day visit at the invitation of his Moldovan counterpart, Maia Sandu.

This will be their first face-to-face meeting since European-leaning Sandu took over from longtime Moldovan leader Igor Dodon after winning the December election. They last spoke by videoconference in April.

VERY DELAYED PARLIAMENTARY SURVEYS SHOULD CONTINUE IN SOMALIA

Indirect elections to the lower house of Somalia’s bicameral parliament are expected to begin, although voting is still pending in senatorial elections across the divided country.

The electoral cycle began with elections to the upper house of parliament last month and will end when the two chambers meet to vote for the president.

Elections were delayed by several months due to clashes in the capital Mogadishu. Fighting erupted after parliament extended the incumbent president’s tenure by two years, forcing him to quash the vote.

MERKEL TO WELCOME LIBYAN OFFICIAL SENIOR MENFI

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel will welcome Mohamed Menfi, head of the Libyan Presidential Council, in Berlin for an interview.

Germany says it feels responsible for the Libyan peace process after hosting two international conferences in Berlin. The two leaders will discuss the next step for the war-torn country, which is heading for a general election in December.

EU AND NORWAY HOLD ENERGY CONFERENCE

The European Union will co-organize an energy conference with its strategic supplier Norway in Brussels. Although not a member of the EU, the Nordic nation has been fully integrated into the bloc’s energy market.

The fifth edition of the conference will be hosted by EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson and Norwegian Oil and Energy Minister Tina Bru. The partners will discuss the energy transition, the European Green Deal and climate neutrality.

JAPAN LAUNCHES VIETNAMESE MICROSATELLITE

A Japanese rocket will put a batch of satellites, including the Vietnamese microsatellite NanoDragon, into orbit in the early hours of Friday.

The Epsilon-5 launcher is scheduled to take off at 9:51 a.m. Japanese Standard Time (00:51 GMT). The launch window closes at 9:55 am JST.

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