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Predicted and scheduled events * May – The 2027 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled; the location is typically determined by the previous year's winner. * May 15– August 15 – Expo 2027 is scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Serbia. * June – Istanbul, Turkey, will host the 2027 European Games. * June 24– July 25 – The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be held in Brazil. * August 10 – The 2027 Kenyan general election will be held. Incumbent president William Ruto will be eligible for reelection. * August 22 – If not triggered earlier, the next Spanish general election will occur no later than this date. * August 27– September 12 – The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup is scheduled to be held in Qatar. *September 1 – a possible date the Autonomous Region of Bougainville will leave Papua New Guinea and become an independent state. * October 1–November 13 – The 2027 Rugby World Cup will take place in Australia. * November 7 – If not triggere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expo 2027
Expo 2027 ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, ЕКСПО 2027, EKSPO 2027, separator=" / ") is the working title for a BIE recognised specialised exposition to be held in 2027 in Belgrade, Serbia. It is scheduled to begin on 15 May 2027 and close on 15 August 2027. This will be the first world exposition to be held in the former Yugoslavia. Bidding process Candidatures Five countries submitted competing candidatures to organise a Specialised Expo in either 2027 or 2028: the United States of America (in Minnesota), Thailand (in Phuket), Serbia (in Belgrade), Spain (in Malaga), and Argentina (in San Carlos de Bariloche). The candidature list closed on 28 January 2022. Each candidate submitted a detailed candidature dossier by 7 June 2022, and the BIE then organised Enquiry Missions, assessing the feasibility and viability of each candidature project. Serbia was elected as the host country of Specialised Expo 2027/28 by BIE Member States, gathered in the 172nd General Assembly which took place on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2027 Men's Rugby World Cup
The 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the 11th edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It is scheduled to take place in Australia from 1 October to 13 November 2027. It will be the first tournament to be branded as the Men's Rugby World Cup, a change that was announced in October 2023 to promote gender parity. It will also be the first to host 24 teams. The defending champions are South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa, who beat New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final, 2023 final. Host selection and bidding World Rugby was hoping to award the bids for both the 2027 and 2031 men's World Cups (along with the bids for the 2025 and 2029 Women's World Cups) by May 2022. The process of talking to prospective nations began in February 2021 with the formal candidate process commencing three months later. Finalists were evaluated in February 2022. By June 2019, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the tenth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will include 32 teams for the second time after FIFA announced the expansion of the tournament in July 2019. Spain are the defending champions, having won their first title in 2023. This will be the second and last edition of the tournament to be contested by 32 teams, with FIFA confirming an expansion to 48 teams for the next edition in 2031. On 17 May 2024, FIFA announced that Brazil won the hosting rights, making this the first FIFA Women's World Cup to be held in South America. Brazil will become the sixth country—after Sweden, the United States, Germany, France, and Canada—to host both the men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the former in 1950 and 2014. It is also the first country to host eight different FIFA competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2027 European Games
The 4th European Games (), also known as the 2027 European Games or Istanbul 2027 (), is an upcoming fourth edition of the European Games planned to be held in 2027 in Istanbul, Turkey. Host selection In October 2022, leading officials at the European Olympic Committees (EOC) claimed that they are closing in on securing a host for the 2027 European Games. Spain, France and Portugal had been touted as potential bidders. Split, Croatia had also expressed in interest in hosting the games. In October 2023, Istanbul indicated it intends to host the 2027 European Games and the 2027 European Para Championships, as part of a long-term bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Plans to bring back gymnastics and swimming events to the 2027 games were also revealed. Istanbul's goal for the games was a result of bidding for the 2000, 2008, and 2020 Summer Olympics, but they were ultimately defeated by Sydney, Beijing, and Tokyo. A delegation from Istanbul presented their plans t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 20th FIBA Basketball World Cup, the quadrennial international basketball championship contested by the men's national teams of FIBA. The tournament will be hosted in Qatar from 27 August to 12 September 2027. It will be the first FIBA Basketball World Cup to be held in the Arab world, and the third straight to be held in Asia after the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 2019 tournament in China and the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 2023 edition co-hosted by the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia. Qatar will also be the third Muslim country to host, after the 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2010 edition in Turkey and 2023 edition in Indonesia. Germany men's national basketball team, Germany will be the defending champions heading into the tournament, having beaten Serbia men's national basketball team, Serbia in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup final, 2023 final. Host selection During its Central Board meeting in Metro Manila, Philipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Next Polish Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections will be held in Poland by 11 November 2027 at the latest to elect members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, Senate, although they can be held sooner if a snap election is called. The last snap election was in Polish parliamentary election, 2007, 2007. The previous elections 2023 Polish parliamentary election, in 2023 saw the Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Justice party win the most seats but fail to form a governing coalition, with a Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk, coalition government led by Civic Platform's Donald Tusk formed. Electoral system The Sejm is elected by party-list proportional representation with seats allocated via the D'Hondt method in multi-seat constituency, constituencies, with a 5% threshold for single parties and 8% threshold for coalitions (requirements waived for national minorities). The date of the election will be set by the President of Poland. If the election is not Snap electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Resorts
Wynn Resorts, Limited is an American publicly traded corporation based in Paradise, Nevada, that is a developer and operator of high-end hotels and casinos. It was founded in 2002 by former Mirage Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn and is now run by CEO Craig Billings. , the company has developed six properties. History In 2000, Steve Wynn agreed to sell Mirage Resorts to MGM Grand Inc., MGM Grand, after having led Mirage and its predecessors since 1973. Wynn laid the foundation for his next venture that same year, buying the Desert Inn for $270 million. Wynn found an early partner in Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada of Universal Entertainment Corporation. Wynn, together with Universal subsidiary Aruze USA, controlled almost half the stock, making it harder for outside investors to exert control, as they had done at Mirage in response to Wynn's prolific spending. Wynn hired investment banker Ronald Kramer (business), Ronald Kramer as president and director in 2002 in order to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Next Spanish General Election
A General elections in Spain, general election will be held in Spain no later than Sunday, 22 August 2027, to elect the members of the 16th . All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies will be up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate of Spain, Senate. As the 2023 Spanish general election, 2023 election resulted in no outright majority for either the right-wing or left-wing blocs, an agreement was reached between the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Together for Catalonia (2020), Together for Catalonia (Junts) to support the re-election of incumbent Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, in exchange of a controversial amnesty law for Catalan politicians convicted or investigated for events related to the 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis and the 2019–2020 Catalan protests. Sánchez's Third government of Pedro Sánchez, third cabinet was a continuation of the coalition between his party, the PSOE, and the political forces to its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qatar
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain, an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain. The capital is Doha, home to over 80% of the country's inhabitants. Most of the land area is made up of flat, low-lying desert. Qatar has been ruled as a hereditary monarchy by the House of Thani since Mohammed bin Thani signed an agreement with Britain in 1868 that recognised its separate status. Following Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule, Qatar became a British protectorate in 1916 and gained independence in 1971. The current emir is Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who holds nearly all executive, legislative, and judicial authority in an autocratic manner under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Next Italian General Election
The next Italian general election will occur no later than 22 December 2027, although it may be called earlier as a snap election. Background Electoral system The Italian electoral law of 2017, electoral law currently in force in Italy assigns seats in both houses of the Italian Parliament using mixed-member majoritarian representation. The 400 deputies are to be elected as follows: * 147 in single-member constituencies by Plurality (voting), plurality (FPTP). * 245 in multi-member constituencies by national proportional representation. * 8 in multi-member abroad constituencies by constituency proportional representation. The 200 elective senators are to be elected as follows: * 74 in single-member constituencies by plurality (FPTP). * 122 in multi-member constituencies by regional proportional representation. * 4 in single-member abroad constituencies by plurality (FPTP). For Italian residents, each house member is to be elected in single ballots, including the constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. It is one of the Balkans#Urbanization, major cities of Southeast Europe and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, third-most populous city on the river Danube. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
