Fiji:Fiji's former president and the late Tui Vuda, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, will be buried at the chiefly burial ground in ViseiseiJapan: South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan visits for talks with counterpart Seiji Maehara on bilateral relations, North Korea; second and final day China:Chinese Foreign Ministry holds media briefing at 07:00 GMT.India:International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) conference on aviation security in Delhi, fourth and final dayNepal: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to meet Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav - Nepal finally has a PM.Kazakhstan:Defence Ministry holds meteting in Astana to sum up its performance in 2010 Turkmenistan: US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake visits region to participate in mid-year review of Annual Bilateral Consultations with Turkmenistan, also holds consultations in Uzbekistan, attends Uzbek-American business forum in Tashkent (-18) Iran:Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visits southern Bushehr Province ... Turkey:Council of Europe's human rights commission holds seminar on migration (to Feb. 18)Turkey: Istanbul Independent Film Festival begins (to Feb. 27).Iraq:Demonstration held in Sulaymaniyah against corruption. [A member of the Network to Defend the Rights and Freedom of People, Ako Khalil, said the protest had three aims: to show support for Egypt; to warn the authorities in Kurdistan that if they [want to] stay in power, they need to carry out prompt economic and political reforms and to send a message of coexistence and peace to the political parties to prevent the recurrence of [past] wars] Syria:Turkey's national air carrier, Turkish Airlines (THY), formalizes presence in Syria, inaugurates new offices.Egypt:Ruling in trial of Egyptian man trying to bomb Cairo synagogue handed down Libya:Tension high in Libya with calls to topple Libyan leader in planned demonstrations
Chad: Chinese Foreign Minister visits on last leg of five-nation tour of Africa South Africa: National Defence Force holds "air border safeguarding operation" in Northern Limpopo Province (-23) BurundiThe union of Burundi magistrates has threatened to go on strike for 14 days if their demands are not met.Ghana:Ghana’s parliament will pass an oil revenue management bill.Ghana: UK's minister for Africa, Henry Bellingham, visits Ghana CyprusPresident Demetris [Dimitrios] Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, have decided to intensify the process of direct negotiations to accelerate progress Ukraine: Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, alliance of most of former USSR republics) Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev visits (-18) to discuss preparations for meeting of CIS foreign ministers in Kiev on 8 April Slovakia:Slovakia submits proposal to an intergovernmental committee in a bid to resolve the issue of dual Hungarian -Slovak citizenship through a standard intergovernmental treaty. Belarus:Trials start of activists arrested on December 19 for rallying against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko; a police crackdown and arrests of opposition activists sparked an outcry in the West and have led to renewed EU travel sanctions against Lukashenko and top officials. Kosovo:Third anniversary of independence in Kosovo markedGermany:The Governing EU Council of the European Central Bank will meet in Frankfurt.Germany:Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to election rally in Hamburg Italy:Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to meet Pope Benedict.
Belgium:Students protest in Brussels against political deadlock, when Belgium beats Iraq's record of the number of days of being without a government. (249 days) Spain:Madrid sells bonds at auction, in fact 4.0 billion of 4.20 per cent 2037, and 4.85 per cent 2020 bonds Haiti:Election campaign begins for second round run-off in HaitiBrazil Portugese Foreign Minister Luis Amado starts today a five-day visit to Latin America, where he will visit Panama, Mexico, and Brazil. Economic diplomacy is his main mission.UN:Diplomats expect UN Security Council to vote on Arab motion condemning Israeli settlement on Palestinian territories US:Officials speak on anti-semitism and Muslim communities at OSCE in Vienna, event takes place at 10:00 in the Hofburg Congress CentreUS:American Association for the Advancement of Science holds annual conference in Washington US:Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other top U.S. regulators to appear before the Senate Banking Committee to discuss the implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law (1500).Argentina: A government-scheduled deadline to negotiate a solution to a wage dispute at the Rosario port in Argentina will pass.
Belgium:Students protest in Brussels against political deadlock, when Belgium beats Iraq's record of the number of days of being without a government. (249 days) Spain:Madrid sells bonds at auction, in fact 4.0 billion of 4.20 per cent 2037, and 4.85 per cent 2020 bonds Haiti:Election campaign begins for second round run-off in HaitiBrazil Portugese Foreign Minister Luis Amado starts today a five-day visit to Latin America, where he will visit Panama, Mexico, and Brazil. Economic diplomacy is his main mission.UN:Diplomats expect UN Security Council to vote on Arab motion condemning Israeli settlement on Palestinian territories US:Officials speak on anti-semitism and Muslim communities at OSCE in Vienna, event takes place at 10:00 in the Hofburg Congress CentreUS:American Association for the Advancement of Science holds annual conference in Washington US:Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other top U.S. regulators to appear before the Senate Banking Committee to discuss the implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law (1500).Argentina: A government-scheduled deadline to negotiate a solution to a wage dispute at the Rosario port in Argentina will pass.
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