Sunday, February 27, 2011

What's Happening Today - Monday 28 February

China:

China's Vice-Commerce Minister Fu Ziying signs $100 million loan agreement for 60 MW Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower project. 

Koreas: 

South Korea, US start annual military drill amid North Korean denunciation

Vietnam:

Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong begins visit

India:

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presents the federal budget for 2011/12 fiscal year beginning April 1 (0530).

Russia:
 
Russian Airborne Troops starts large-scale command-and-post exercise in Tula and Ryazan regions (-5 Mar); supervised by Airborne Troops Commander Lt-Gen Vladimir Shamanov 

Pakistan:

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has urged all the registered Afghans to get their Proof of Registration (PoR) cards renewed before today’s deadline 

Georgia:

The Abkhaz population census, launched on 21 February, is completed. 

Iraq:

Iraqi parliament resumes after week-long suspension and rioting in several parts of the country

Iraq:

Sadrists to carry out a draft popular survey in some Iraqi cities which demand an improvement in the quality of the services provided.

Iraq:

Verdict in trial of British security contractor Danny Fitzsimons expected in Baghdad

Qatar:

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is to visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates at the beginning of next week to improve business opportunities for Spanish companies operating in those countries.

Syria:

Sergey Vershin, director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is to visit Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories as a personal envoy of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Yemen:

The Specialized Penal Court in the capital Sana'a judges four defendants, accused of collaborating with Iran

Sudan:

The [opposition] Alliance of National Consensus forces says it intends to hold a sit-in at the Popular Congress Party HQ to put pressure on the government and secure the release of political detainees including Darfur activists

Libya:

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to rally support over Libya at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

Mauritania:

Panel of five heads of state appointed by African Union to deal with post-election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire meet in Nouakchott; they are presidents Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz of Mauritania, Jacob Zuma of South Africa, Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso and Idriss Deby Itno of Chad 

Bulgaria:

Census begins – people can pick their national identity. [May be interesting to see who records themselves as ethnically Turkish]

Switzerland:

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Switzerland to push the UN body to condemn Libya.

Switzerland: 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivers first-ever addres to UN Human Rights Council in Geneva 

Switzerland:

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi meets with a select group of reporters including AP. Expected from 1700 GMT.

Germany:

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits, attends official ceremony of opening CeBIT technology fair in Hanover with Chancellor Angela Merkel; fair itself starts on 1 March

Italy: 

Resumption of tax fraud trial of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi 

Holland:

Radovan Karadzic trial continues

France:

Following up as foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, who is caught up in the wrangling over her controversial Tunisian holiday, leaves the government - first EU victim of Arab revolutions 

Belgium:

EU ministers meet to discuss energy policy, including integrating the European energy market, investing in renewable energy and preventing fraud in energy trading.
    
Belgium:

The British Council and the Migration Policy Group publish a new study that measures integration policies in 31 countries in Europe and North America according to 148 different indicators. The U.S. will be included in the survey for the first time (as will Romania and Bulgaria).

Belgium:

EU to formally impose arms embargo on Libya

US:

President Barack Obama meets UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to discuss Libyan crisis

US:

TED 2011 conference takes place in California

US: 

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski begins visit (- 5 Mar) 

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