WORLD AGENDA 2025 JANUARY 1 Donald Trump is to be inaugurated as the 47th President of the U.S., four years after he left the White House 2. Non-Europeans visiting UK need an ETA (electronic travel authorisation), which costs £10. ETA expandsto Europeans in April 3 China marks the Year of the Snake. People born under this sign are said to
 be intuitive, calm and intelligent FEBRUARY 4 Voters in Germany go to the polls seven months earlier than planned, amid a political crisis triggered by the collapse of the ruling coalition 5 Ecuador holds presidential and legislative elections 6 The Super Bowl LIX will be held in New Orleans. Rapper Kendrick Lamar, the Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning artist will headline the half-time show MARCH 7 The F1 season starts in Australia, the last before a new engine era and major rules revamp in 2026 8 A partial solar eclipse is visible from parts of North America, Greenland, Europe, north-west Africa and north-west Russia 9 The 97th Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles APRIL 10 Venice is to double the number of days it charges tourists an entrance fee of €5 for a total of 54 days 11 India’s financial capital is set to open its new Navi Mumbai International Airport, which could handle 90m passengers per year 12 The World Expo 2025 is held in Osaka, Japan MAY 13 Europe’s biggest airline Ryanair goes fully digital and phases out paper boarding passes and check-in desks 14 The 80th anniversary of VE Day marks the end of World War II in Europe following the defeat of Nazi Germany 15 Basel in Switzerland hosts the 69th Eurovision Song Contest JUNE 16 France and Saudi Arabia host an international conference in New York aimed at establishing a Palestinian state 17 The music, technology and film festival South by Southwest “SXSW” held each year in Austin, Texas is going to London in a new European edition 18 The FIFA Club World Cup, the first under an expanded format with 32 teams, begins in the U.S. JULY 19 The UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 football tournament kicks off in Switzerland 20 Russia plans to begin “extensive introduction” of the digital ruble, a government-issued cryptocoin 21 The 112th edition of the Tour de France starts in Lille AUGUST 22 The 80th anniversaries of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are commemorated in Japan 23 Bolivia holds a general election 24 The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup starts in England SEPTEMBER 25 Italian rocker Damiano David (left), the iconic frontman of 2021 Eurovision winning band Måneskin, embarks on his first-ever solo world tour, starting in Warsaw 26 Parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place in Norway 27 Tokyo hosts the World Athletics Championships OCTOBER 28 Canada’s federal election must be held no later than Oct 20 29 Microsoft ends support for Windows 10 which launched in July 2015 30 Palisades in Michigan is the first of several decommissioned nuclear power stations in the U.S. due to come back online in a move signifying the growing popularity of this energy source NOVEMBER 31 Brazil hosts the COP30 climate conference in the Amazon city of Belém, bringing delegates closer to nature 32 Chile holds general elections 33 South Africa, the first African country to hold the G20 presidency, hosts the group’s summit in Johannesburg DECEMBER 34 The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) football finals begin in Morocco after a six-month delay to avoid a clash with revamped Club World Cup 35 Jane Austen enthusiasts around the world mark the 250th anniversary of the author’s birth 36 James Cameron takes audiences on another journey to the world of Pandora with his upcoming sequel, Avatar: Fire and Ash Sources: NewsAhead, Emma Luck Pictures: Newscom, Getty Images, NASA, 20th Century Fox © GRAPHIC NEWS