Go to to consult AFP Agenda Contact us on contact-agenda@afp.com Please note that all times are in GMT. For full details of our coverage of top stories, please see our regularly updated News Advisory (+) : Event added in the last 24 hours. (*) : Event updated in the last 24 hours. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2020 Europe THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - Top UN court holds hearings in France vs E.Guinea embezzlement row VIDEO. (To 21) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (1700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. GRAPHIC. (To 18) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US announces import rules for Chinese-made kitchen cabinets (+) NEW YORK (United States) - UN envoy for human rights in Libya holds press conference (1700 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits VIDEO. (To 18) Sports LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 26: Chelsea v Manchester United (2000 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. ANTHOLZ (Italy) - Biathlon: IBU world championships PICTURE. (To 23) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020 Asia-Pacific BEIJING (China) - European Chamber of Commerce in China briefing on impact of COVID-19 on businesses PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. YOKOHAMA (Japan) - Nissan holds extraordinary shareholders meeting (0100 GMT) PICTURE. HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam holds weekly press conference (0200 GMT) HONG KONG (China) - HSBC Q4 and 2019 results (0400 GMT) Europe ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Trial resumes of leading civil society figure Osman Kavala (+) ATHENS (Greece) - Strike, protests against pensions reform bid PICTURE. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Belgium court decides on European arrest warrant for Catalan separatist ex-leader Puigdemont MADRID (Spain) - Court hearing over Vivendi's efforts to block Mediaset from merging its Italian and Spanish units (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Libya's joint military commission holds talks aimed at securing permanent ceasefire MILAN (Italy) - Fashion week women's fall-winter 2020 PICTURE. (To 24) LONDON (United Kingdom) - BRIT Awards ceremony PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Somali refugees rediscover lost arts and crafts skills in an East London workshop (0100 GMT) VIDEO. (+) THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - Dutch appeals court set to hand down landmark ruling case involving defunct Russian oil giant Yukos (0500 GMT) (+) PARIS (France) - European imams gather for seminar on efforts to counter radicalism (0830 GMT) (To 20) (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - NATO chief Stoltenberg holds talks with North Macedonia's PM Oliver Spasovski (1100 GMT) POMPEII (Italy) - Reopening of three Roman houses, end of safety work on Pompeii's archaeological site (1100 GMT) VIDEO. (*) ROME (Italy) - Italian, Russian defence and foreign ministers meet (1100 GMT) ZAGREB (Croatia) - Leftist Zoran Milanovic sworn in as Croatia's president (1100 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - HSBC 2019 annual results (1400 GMT) VIDEO. (*) COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Verdict due in case against Dane accused of 15 mn euro social security scam (1500 GMT) Middle East and North Africa ORAN (Algeria) - Appeal trial of Kaddour Chouicha, jailed deputy head of League for Defence of Human Rights BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Amnesty International press conference on human rights in the Middle East (0900 GMT) VIDEO. Sports MADRID (Spain) - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg: Atletico Madrid (ESP) v Liverpool (ENG) (2000 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. DORTMUND (Germany) - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg: Borussia Dortmund (GER) v Paris SG (FRA) (2000 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020 Asia-Pacific (+) SEOUL (South Korea) - South Korea's Oscar-winning 'Parasite' director Bong Joon-ho gives press conference (0200 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) MACAU (China) - Casinos set to reopen after 15-day closure over COVID-19 virus epidemic (1700 GMT) Europe BONN (Germany) - Court ruling expected for two British ex-bankers in mass tax fraud case BONN (Germany) - Deutsche Telekom releases annual earnings data BRUSSELS (Belgium) - European Commission unveils proposals for regulating AI VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - 40th anniversary of death of AC/DC singer Bon Scott LONDON (United Kingdom) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in court for remand hearing before his extradition trial PICTURE. ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Hearing in trial of Amnesty International's Turkey director (0700 GMT) (+) ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Syrian NGOs hold press conference on Idlib (0700 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK inflation statistics for January (ONS) (0830 GMT) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Victims of clerical abuse from Argentina hold press conference (0900 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel greets Finland's PM Marin with military honours, followed by press conference (1100 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. VIDEO. North America LAS VEGAS (United States) - Democratic party presidential hopefuls hold televised debate PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. PHOENIX (United States) - Trump holds 'Keep America Great' campaign rally (2330 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits VIDEO. (To 21) Latin America BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) - Demonstration in front of Congress to demand decriminalization of abortion (2200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. Sports LIEVIN (France) - World Athletics Indoor Tour (1800 GMT) MILAN (Italy) - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg: Atalanta (ITA) v Valencia (ESP) (2000 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg: Tottenham (ENG) v RB Leipzig (GER) (2000 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 Europe BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU summit on first post-Brexit longterm budget LIVE VIDEO. GRAPHIC. PICTURE. BERLIN (Germany) - Berlin International Film Festival PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To March 1) ROME (Italy) - Italian, Argentine deaf victims of clerical sex abuse meet to exchange testimonies outside the Vatican (1200 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. FRANCE - Protests, strike over pensions reform VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. GRAPHIC. BERLIN (Germany) - Berlin International Film Festival opening ceremony PICTURE. VIENNA (Austria) - Court hearing in case brought by Rothschild family member against city of Vienna, accusing it of plundering the family's foundation after WWII BERLIN (Germany) - Verdict expected in trial of four men charged over giant gold coin heist VIDEO. VIENNA (Austria) - Vienna Opera Ball PICTURE. DUBLIN (Ireland) - Parliament reconvenes after general election PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Air France-KLM 2019 annual results (0615 GMT) GRAPHIC. NUREMBERG (Germany) - German consumer confidence data (0700 GMT) (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Centrist Renew Europe group leaders meet, among them France's Macron and Netherlands' Rutte (1000 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. GRAPHIC. (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - BAE Systems 2019 annual results (1200 GMT) PARIS (France) - Julian Assange's father John Shipton and his lawyers hold press conference (1345 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (*) LISBON (Portugal) - Parliament debates several draft bills on euthanasia (1500 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Lloyds Banking Group 2019 results (1600 GMT) North America COLORADO SPRINGS (United States) - Trump addresses 'Keep America Great' rally in Colorado (2200 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa KAMPALA (Uganda) - Africa Climate Week (To 24) Sports WELLINGTON (New Zealand) - Cricket: New Zealand v India 1st Test (2200 GMT) PICTURE. (To 25) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020 Asia-Pacific BANGKOK (Thailand) - Constitutional Court rules on Future Forward Party's dissolution over loan from its billionaire leader (0800 GMT) VIDEO. Europe (*) HAMBURG (Germany) - Greta Thunberg attends Fridays for Future protest over climate emergency VIDEO. MUNICH (Germany) - Allianz releases 2019 financial results (0600 GMT) BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT (France) - Court hears bid by ex-Renault chief Carlos Ghosn to recover part of retirement pay (0800 GMT) VIDEO. SLOVAKIA - Nationwide protests marking two years since murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak (1600 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. North America (+) NEW YORK (United States) - Fed governor Lael Brainard delivers speech on 'monetary policy for the next recession' (1515 GMT) NEW YORK (United States) - ECB chief economist Philip Lane gives speech (2300 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (*) TEHRAN (Iran) - Parliamentary election PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. TUNIS (Tunisia) - Deadline for forming a government (*) MUSCAT (Oman) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits VIDEO. (*) SANAA (Yemen) - Five years ago, president Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi fled the country VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa COMOROS - Second round of parliamentary and local elections VIDEO. Latin America RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - Rio Carnival PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 29) Sports SYDNEY (Australia) - Cricket: Women's T20 World Cup (0200 GMT) PICTURE. (To March 8) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2020 Asia-Pacific LHASA (China) - 80 years since Dalai Lama was enthroned Europe PARIS (France) - International Agricultural Show trade fair LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (To March 1) FESSENHEIM (France) - Closure of Fessenheim 1 nuclear plant (0000 GMT) GRAPHIC. VIDEO. KAZAKHSTAN - Opposition holds nationwide protests VIDEO. (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Protest against possible extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the US (1130 GMT) PICTURE. North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US visa curbs on citizens of Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, Tanzania come into force LAS VEGAS (United States) - Democrats in Nevada choose candidate for president in state caucuses PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. Middle East and North Africa ALGERIA - First anniversary of Algeria's protest movement PICTURE. VIDEO. ALGIERS (Algeria) - Trial of opposition journalist arrested during protests (2300 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa LOME (Togo) - Presidential election VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports LAS VEGAS (United States) - Boxing: World heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder defends title against Tyson Fury PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 27: Chelsea v Tottenham (1230 GMT) PICTURE. ROME (Italy) - Rugby: 2020 Six Nations Championship, day 3: Italy v Scotland (1415 GMT) CARDIFF (United Kingdom) - Rugby: 2020 Six Nations Championship, day 3: Wales v France (1645 GMT) PICTURE. LEICESTER (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 27: Leicester v Manchester City (1730 GMT) PICTURE. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2020 Asia-Pacific SYDNEY (Australia) - State memorial service for victims of bushfires in New South Wales (0000 GMT) PICTURE. Europe PARIS (France) - Street art piece 'Rubik Mona Lisa' by Invader goes under hammer PICTURE. BARI (Italy) - Pope Francis meets bishops from countries on the Mediterranean Sea (0630 GMT) PICTURE. Sports LONDON (United Kingdom) - Rugby: 2020 Six Nations Championship, day 3: England v Ireland (1500 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 Asia-Pacific NEW DELHI (India) - Trump makes first visit to India PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 25) HONG KONG (China) - Appeal hearing for 2014 Umbrella Movement protest leaders (To 26) Europe LONDON (United Kingdom) - Full extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange VIDEO. GRAPHIC. LIVE VIDEO. (To 28) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Human Rights Council 43rd session (To March 20) BUCHAREST (Romania) - Pro-European government faces no-confidence vote in push for early polls PARIS (France) - Paris women's autumn-winter fashion week (To March 3) MUNICH (Germany) - Ifo institute publishes monthly business confidence index (0900 GMT) PARIS (France) - Ex-premier Francois Fillon and his wife go on trial over fake jobs scandal (1230 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (To March 11) North America NEW YORK (United States) - Honduran president's brother sentenced after drug trafficking conviction (1930 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa (+) LAGOS (Nigeria) - Hearing scheduled in lawsuit brought by communities evicted by army from their lands (1100 GMT) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020 Europe BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU European affairs ministers meet, possibly to approve Brexit negotiating mandate for UK trade deal WIESBADEN (Germany) - Germany publishes detailed breakdown of 2019 GDP (0700 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - International Petroleum Week conference (0830 GMT) (To 27) North America CHARLESTON (United States) - Democrats hold TV debate, four days before South Carolina presidential primary PICTURE. VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa SAO VICENTE (Cape Verde) - Mindelo Carnival afp