Tuesday, February 22, 2011

What's Happening Today - Wednesday 23 February

New Zealand:

Search for missing continues following second earthquake

Australia: 

Mongolian Prime Minister Suhbaataryn Batbold continues visit (-24) 

Japan: 

Final day of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's three-day visit 

Japan

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari meets Japanese Emperor Akihito (1400).

Japan: 

Tokyo hosts Asia-Pacific Operational Drug Enforcement Conference 

Taiwan

Chinese envoy Chen Yunlin is scheduled to visit Taiwan.

South Korea:

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will visit South Korea to meet with his South Korean counterpart, Kim Song Hwan, and discuss a number of issues, including North Korea. He will then travel to Mongolia to meet the Mongolian foreign minister.

China: 

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visits north China's economic hub of Tianjin on third and final day of visit 

Hong Kong: 

Financial Secretary John Tsang delivers budget speech to Legislative Council 

Hong Kong: 

Four people including two Cathay Pacific ground staff to be jailed for roles in ring helping illegal migrants from China board planes to other countries; all pleaded guilty on 1 February 

Singapore: 

Austrian President Heinz Fischer concludes three-day visit 

Singapore:

Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is scheduled to visit 

Bangladesh:

A 15-member technical team of Russian oil company finalize the technical and financial aspects of agreements to be made with Petrobangla on drilling 10 to 12 wells in different gas fields of the country

Afghanistan: 

"Mini-jerga" (which was set up to find solution to impasse over election of Speaker of Wolasi Jerga, lower house of parliament) may announce its conclusions at a sitting of the house; "mini-jerga" is made up of about 60 members of the chamber

Russia: 

Day of Defender of Fatherland; officials lay wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier outside Kremlin 

ran:

Kerman will hold its first International Clean Energy Conference where discussions will focus on technological developments in clean technology energy projects and issues related to electric power distribution and energy conservation.

Iran:

President Ahmadinejad unveils Iranian-built supercomputers

Turkey: 

Malaysian Prime Minister Seri Najib Tun Razak visits to meet counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan; third and final day

Qatar: 

UK Prime Minister David Cameron continues regional tour in Qatar and Oman; previously in Egypt and Kuwait

UAE: 

Final day of Abu Dhabi hosts 10th annual International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX)

Saudi Arabia: 

King Abdallah returns after having spent nearly month recuperating in Morocco following back surgery in US 

Saudi Arabia:

Bahrain's King Shaykh Hamad Bin-Isa Bin-Salman Al Khalifah may visit; follows days of deadly unrest in Manama last week 

Israel:

25th Jerusalem Book Fair. Italian author Umberto Eco news conference 1200 GMT.

Libya: 

Watching developments after leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi made defiant speech last night vowing to put revolt down by force if necessary

South Africa:

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presents 2011 budget to parliament.

South Africa: 

National Defence Force holds "air border safeguarding operation" in Northern Limpopo Province

Ukraine:

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko in Kiev to discuss bilateral and regional cooperation.

Bulgaria

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy visits Bulgaria and meets Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov.

Greece

Private and public sector union GSEE and ADEDY hold a 24-hour nationwide strike against the government's austerity policies and a rally (0900).

Switzerland:

UN press briefing on situation in Afghanistan takes place in Geneva. Robert Watkins, UN deputy special representative of the secretary general for Afghanistan and resident and humanitarian co-ordinator in Afghanistan, is due to discuss the situation from 12:00-12:45 

Germany:

Chancellor speaks at election campaign events in Baden-Württemberg

Germany:

Berlin sells notes at auction - 7.0 billion, two-year Federal Treasury Notes (Schatz), due 15 March, 2013.

Finland:

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou visits 

Italy:

Interior ministers from France, Cyprus, Malta, Greece and Spain meet ahead of an EU justice Affairs Council meeting to discuss the latest influx of illegal immigrants from North Africa.
 
Holland:

Status conference in case of former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj takes place at Hague tribunal [ Haradinaj, who handed himself in to the court on 9 March 2006, faces 17 counts of crimes against humanity for murder, rape, persecution, inhumane acts, unlawful detention and the deportation or forcible transfer of civilians. He also faces 20 counts of violations of the laws or customs of war for cruel treatment, murder and rape. He is to appear with Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, two other Kosovar Albanian rebel commanders who also turned themselves in. The charges relate to the 1998-99 guerrilla war waged against Serb forces by the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK).

Holland:

Judges deliver verdicts in the trial of former Serb police officer Vlastimir Djordjevic for alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo. Hearing due to start 1315.

Belgium:

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to visit Belgium, accompanied by some 12-15 ministers, including the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, the finance minister, Alexei Kudrin, the justice minsiter, Alexander Konovalov, and the trade and industry minister, Viktor Khristenko

Belgium:

European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet is scheduled to address a Forum on "Perspectives and Challenges of the Belgian and European economies", in Brussels.

Spain:

Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro will visit 

Spain:

Madrid marks 30th anniversary of attempted military coup against its young post-Franco democracy.

Canada: 

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

UN: 

Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea meets to consider report on Pyongyang's nuclear programme, unlikely to adopt as China will use veto

US:

Hillary Clinton hosts meeting with foreign ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington

Colombia:

Salvadorian President Mauricio Funes will visit Colombia. Funes is scheduled to meet with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and business representatives.

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