Fiji's former president and the late Tui Vuda, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, will be buried at the chiefly burial ground in Viseisei
Japan:
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 day
Nepal:
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
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)
Burundi
The 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
Cyprus
President 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 marked
Germany:
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 Haiti
Brazil
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 Centre
US:
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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