120 The Solari Report / 2018 Annual Wrap Up / Part Two 01/01 Qatar withdraws from OPEC INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Same sex marriage becomes legal in Australia Free access to abortion in Ireland Brazilian new president Jair Bolsonaro is inaugurated for 4-year term INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 01/06 Election results in Democratic Republic of Congo INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 01/25 The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 02/03 Presidential elections in El Salvador INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 02/16 General elections in Nigeria INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 02/24 General elections in Thailand INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 03/05 National People’s Congress in Beijing, China INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 03/29 UK is leaving the European Union (Brexit) INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 03/31 Presidential elections in Ukraine INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 04/09 Parliamentary elections in Israel INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 04/17 General and presidential elections in Indonesia INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 04/22 Earth Day INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 04/30 Emperor Akihito of Japan will abdicate INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 05/23 European Parliament election INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 05/26 Regional and local elections in Spain INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 06/06 75th anniversary of D-Day INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 06/03 Women Deliver conference in Vancouver, Canada INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 06/28 G-20 annual summit in Japan INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 07/22 4th World Congress on Healthcare & Technologies in London, UK INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 08/25 G-7 summit in Biarritz, France INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 09/01 80th anniversary of the start of WWII (key events to take place in Poland) INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 09/17 United Nations General Assembly with world leaders attending in New York, US INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 09/21 International day of peace INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 10/01 70th anniversary of founding People’s Republic of China INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 10/06 Parliamentary elections in Portugal INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 10/21 Federal elections in Canada INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 10/26 Climbing Uluru becomes permanently banned INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 10/27 Presidential and parliamentary elections in Argentina INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 10/31 New President of the European Commission will be appointed INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 11/05 State and local elections in the US INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 11/11 COP 25 (Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) in Chile INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 01/01 Thailand takes over chairmanship of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)- summits to be held in April or June and November KEY FINANCIAL EVENTS 01/22 Bank of Japan meeting KEY FINANCIAL EVENTS DATE EVENT CATEGORY