Wednesday, February 23, 2011

What's Happening Today - Thursday 24 February

New Zealand:

22-member Taiwanese rescue team arrives in Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's South Island.

Japan: 

Third and final day of Asia-Pacific Operational Drug Enforcement Conference in Tokyo 

Taiwan: 

China's top envoy to Taiwan, Chen Yunlin, continues visit (-28) 

South Korea: 

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visits for talks with counterpart Kim Sung-hwan; expected to focus on differences over North Korea's nuclear programme; second and final day 

Indonesia:

Abu Bakr Bashir faces his second trial under terrorism act.

Brunei:

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will make a two-day working visit 

India:

Indian Government unveils budget for state monopoly Indian Railways (0630).

Pakistan: 

Deadline for government to meet 10 demands put forward by opposition party Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz 

Russia:

Russia votes on 2010 Person of the Year

Russia:

President Dmitry Medvedev meets Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan.

Russia: 

King of Spain Juan Carlos visits St Petersburg, accompanied by Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez Garcia-Herrera and Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade Miguel Sebastian Gascon; meets President Dmitriy Medvedev for dinner (-25) 

Russia: 

New-generation Glonass-K navigation satellite launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Azerbaijan:

Hungarian Foreign Ministry State Secretary Zsolt Nemeth to visit 

Azerbaijan: 

US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon visit from Armenia 

UAE:

Tenth annual International Defence Exhibition and Conference concludes (IDEX) 

Oman: 

UK Prime Minister David Cameron continues regional tour of Oman Qatar, Egypt and Kuwait 

Bahrain:

Deadline set by opposition for government to resign; opposition threatens to start civil disobedience if not met

Jordan: 

Islamist groups including Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Action Front prepare for pro-reform rallies on "Friday of Rage" (25); protesters plan to set up camp outside Al-Husayni Mosque tonight

Israel: 

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visiting for talks on cultural, education, health and military cooperation 

Egypt: 

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle visits 

Egypt:

Stock market expected to re-open; was closed on 28 January after the benchmark Egyptian index lost about 17 per cent of its value in two days of trading.

Libya: 

Watching developments after Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi yesterday fought to maintain hold on west while protesters consolidated control over cities in east 

Libya:

Iskenderun ferry arrives in Libya to start evacuating thousands of Turkish expats.

Algeria:

Butafliqa may change ministers who have remained in government for a long time, may deliver a speech on the occasion of the anniversary of the nationalization of hydrocarbons

South Africa:

The African National Congress and its trade union and communist partners will hold an alliance summit.

South Africa: 

Finnish President Tarja Halonen visits South Africa, has talks with counterpart Jacob Zuma; the two co-chair meeting of UN High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability

Ukraine:

'Guam' foreign ministers from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine meet in Kiev

Ukraine:

Nato secretary general visits Ukraine

Bulgaria:

EU Defence Ministers Meeting (Informal)

Romania:

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy meets Romanian President Traian Basescu.
    
Albania:

Lawmakers to vote on lifting the immunity of former economy minister Dritan Prifti, accused of corruption, a week after they lifted immunity for former deputy premier Ilir Meta, paving the way for him to be investigated in a case that has triggered a severe political crisis. Parliament session starts at 0900 GMT.

Austria:

Press round-table with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis, whose country currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. 1445 GMT.

Germany:

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano meets Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff. A Joint news conference to follow (1515).

Germany:

Finance minister speaks in Frankfurt.  Wolfgang Schaeuble is scheduled to speak on "the relationship between state and financial markets-learning from the crisis" at the Centre for Financial Studies in Frankfurt at 14:00 GMT.

Belgium: 

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels for discussions on energy, trade foreign policy

France:

France releases unemployment figures

France:

President Nicholas Sarkozy meets rival Dominique de Villepin over G8 and G20

UK: 

Belmarsh Magistrates Court in London delivers ruling in Sweden's extradition case against Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange 

UK:

Research predicts world's biggest mud volcano in Indonesia will keep erupting for 26 years

Canada: 

Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) leaders from Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia conclude meetings to develop a common Inuit position on resource development in the Arctic 

UN:

Launch of UN Women takes place in New York. The speakers are due to include the General Assembly president, Joseph Deiss, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and the UN Women executive director, Michelle 
Bachelet. The event begins at 18:00.

UN:

Security Council debates East Timor and Middle East

Panama:

Latin American Cities conference takes place in Panama

Argentina

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will hold talks with her Uruguayan counterpart Enrique Mujica in Buenos Aires.

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