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. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020 Asia-Pacific HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong finance chief announces government budget plan for 2020-2021 (0200 GMT) VIDEO. (+) BEIJING (China) - Beijing residents react to coronavirus lowest death toll in 3 weeks (0700 GMT) VIDEO. (+) BEIJING (China) - China Ministry of Foreign Affairs daily briefing (0700 GMT) VIDEO. (*) BEIJING (China) - National Health Commission daily briefing (0700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. HONG KONG (China) - Appeal hearing for 2014 Umbrella Movement protest leaders Europe LONDON (United Kingdom) - Full extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange VIDEO. GRAPHIC. LIVE VIDEO. (To 28) BERLIN (Germany) - Berlin International Film Festival PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To March 1) (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Prime Minister's Questions (1200 GMT) PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. PORTSMOUTH (United Kingdom) - Sentencing of skipper Charles Lynch for facilitating illegal entry to the UK over discovery of migrants in his boat VIDEO. PICTURE. (+) Vynnyky (Ukraine) - Government to destroy 37,000 bottles of tainted alcohol (0730 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosts Albanian counterpart (0800 GMT) VIDEO. ROME (Italy) - Trial of two US teens over murder of Italian police officer begins (0800 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. KARLSRUHE (Germany) - Constitutional court rules on a law banning professional assisted suicide services (0900 GMT) GENEVA (Switzerland) - UN hosts Libya peace talks VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Spokesman for Libya's Haftar gives press conference (0900 GMT) (+) CONSETT (United Kingdom) - Extinction Rebellion protest at open-cast mine (1000 GMT) PICTURE. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - European Commission publishes report on economic and social development of member states (1100 GMT) (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Putin to host task force on constitutional reforms (1130 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Ex-premier Francois Fillon and his wife go on trial over fake jobs scandal (1230 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (To March 11) (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU Brexit negotiator Barnier delivers speech at European Parliament (1400 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (*) MADRID (Spain) - PM Sanchez opens talks with Catalonia's separatist regional government (1530 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. (*) SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - Trial of two young far-left activists on terrorism charges VIDEO. PICTURE. (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Putin delivers speech before interior ministry officials VIENNA (Austria) - Remaining parties to Iran nuclear deal meet VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. MADRID (Spain) - Venezuelan media mogul summoned to top criminal court as part of money-laundering probe North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Defense Secretary Esper, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Milley testify before Congress Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Top officials and bosses appeal against corruption sentences (0900 GMT) (+) CAIRO (Egypt) - Funeral of ex-president Hosni Mubarak (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) TUNIS (Tunisia) - Vote of no confidence for new government VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa CAPE TOWN (South Africa) - Finance minister presents 2020 budget speech in parliament (1100 GMT) VIDEO. Latin America RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - Rio Carnival PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 29) Sports BERLIN (Germany) - Cycling: UCI Track World Championships PICTURE. (To March 1) DECINES-CHARPIEU (France) - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg: Lyon (FRA) v Juventus (ITA) (2000 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. GRAPHIC. MADRID (Spain) - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg: Real Madrid (ESP) v Manchester City (ENG) (2000 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. GRAPHIC. SYDNEY (Australia) - Cricket: Women's T20 World Cup PICTURE. (To March 8) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 Asia-Pacific MUMBAI (India) - Artworks, luxury watches, handbags and cars belonging to fugitive jewellery mogul Nirav Modi go under the hammer (*) BEIJING (China) - National Health Commission daily briefing (0700 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. (+) BEIJING (China) - Media tour to two factories in Beijing that resume operations after virus shutdown (1200 GMT) VIDEO. Europe NAPLES (Italy) - Franco-Italian Summit VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Vatican's Apostolic archives opened to the press (1300 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. ROME (Italy) - Committee decides whether Salvini goes to trial in 'Open Arms' migrant rescue ship case (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK cabinet publishes details of post-Brexit trade talks objectives LEVERKUSEN (Germany) - Bayer 2019 results (0900 GMT) BARCELONA (Spain) - Press conference on auction of Pablo Neruda's personal archive (1100 GMT) PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - WPP 2019 preliminary results (1500 GMT) North America BERKELEY (United States) - 80th anniversary of discovery of Carbon-14 isotope Latin America SANTIAGO (Chile) - 10th anniversary of earthquake and tsunami that killed over 520 people Sports MILAN (Italy) - Football: Europa League - Last 32 Second Leg: Inter Milan (ITA) v Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) (2000 GMT) PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: Europa League - Last 32 Second Leg: Arsenal (ENG) v Olympiakos (GRE) (2000 GMT) PICTURE. MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) - Football: Europa League - Last 32 Second Leg: Manchester United (ENG) v Club Brugge (BEL) (2000 GMT) PICTURE. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020 Europe LISBON (Portugal) - Verdict in case over fixed football matches (1400 GMT) VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Seminar on AI attended by Microsoft head Brad Smith ZURICH (Switzerland) - UBS 2019 results BERN (Switzerland) - Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo visits (To 29) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Rolls-Royce 2019 annual results MUNICH (Germany) - Munich Re 2019 results (0600 GMT) LUDWIGSHAFEN (Germany) - BASF 2019 results (0900 GMT) PICTURE. FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany) - Bundesbank 2019 report (1000 GMT) BRISTOL (United Kingdom) - Greta Thunberg leads youth climate protest (1100 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - France's European affairs minister Amelie de Montchalin delivers speech at Chatham House on post-Brexit UK ties (1100 GMT) WIESBADEN (Germany) - German inflation data for February (1300 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - IAG 2019 full year results (1600 GMT) North America OTTAWA (Canada) - GDP fourth quarter and full year 2019 (1330 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa PRAIA (Cape Verde) - Court announces verdict for 10 Russians charged over record 9.5-tonne cocaine haul (0900 GMT) Sports MOSCOW (Russia) - Russian Athletics Federation set to appoint its new leadership SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2020 Europe (*) BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) - General election GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. MOSCOW (Russia) - Europe's largest indoor amusement park opens BERLIN (Germany) - 70th Berlin International Film Festival awards ceremony PICTURE. MOSCOW (Russia) - Opposition set to hold major anti-Putin rally (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. PERPIGNAN (France) - Former Catalan president Puigdemont holds political gathering (1100 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. North America CHARLESTON (United States) - South Carolina presidential primary, first in state with major black population PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. LIVE VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa DOHA (Qatar) - US and Taliban due to sign deal after 18 years of war PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. Sports (*) SOWETO (South Africa) - Soccer: Soweto Derby - Orlando Pirates vs Kaiser Chiefs (1300 GMT) PICTURE. BELFAST (United Kingdom) - International Football Association Board holds annual general meeting SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2020 Asia-Pacific MICRONESIA - Referendum on independence for the Micronesian state (date to be confirmed) Europe TAJIKISTAN - Parliamentary elections PICTURE. LESBOS ISLAND (Greece) - Building work on larger migrant camps to begin in March, state officials claim VIDEO. LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - Luxembourg becomes first EU country to make public transport free of charge (1000 GMT) PICTURE. PRAGUE (Czech Republic) - Protesters rally against populist government of billionaire PM Andrej Babis (1500 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Pro-Israel lobby AIPAC holds annual conference PICTURE. VIDEO. NEW YORK (United States) - Ban on plastic bags starts being implemented VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Verdict expected in trial of Fodil Boumala, leading figure in country's protest movement (0800 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa NIAMEY (Niger) - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation foreign ministers meet (date to be confirmed) CONAKRY (Guinea) - Parliamentary election and constitutional referendum VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Latin America MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay) - Luis Lacalle Pou sworn in as new president VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: League Cup - Final: Aston Villa v Manchester City (1630 GMT) PICTURE. MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2020 Europe MOSCOW (Russia) - New final date to submit amendments to constitutional reforms proposed by Putin VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Vatican opens Holocaust-era Pope Pius XII archives LONDON (United Kingdom) - 20th anniversary of release following arrest of Chile's ex-dictator Pinochet GENEVA (Switzerland) - Winner of European car of the year announced at Geneva International Motor Show (1300 GMT) PICTURE. Middle East and North Africa ISRAEL - General election GRAPHIC. PICTURE. VIDEO. BAGHDAD (Iraq) - Deadline for Iraq's PM-designate to form a cabinet (1200 GMT) CAIRO (Egypt) - Verdict in new trial of jihadist Hisham Ashmawy trial AMMAN (Jordan) - King and queen of Norway visit (0800 GMT) (To 4) Sub-Saharan Africa HARARE (Zimbabwe) - 50th anniversary of colonial Rhodesia declaring itself a republic YAOUNDÉ (Cameroon) - Trial of seven soldiers for murders of two women and their children which were filmed, posted online VIDEO. Latin America (*) GUYANA - General election VIDEO. Sports AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) - UEFA Congress 2020 (To 3) (*) MONTERREY (Mexico) - Belgian tennis great Kim Clijsters launches new come-back at age 36 (To 8) TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020 Asia-Pacific NEW DELHI (India) - Scheduled hanging of four men convicted of 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder (0030 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. Europe LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - Ex-European Commission chief Juncker called to testify over wiretap scandal (0800 GMT) (To 13) CASTRES (France) - Trial opens for three charged in French diamond heist GENEVA (Switzerland) - International motor show press days PICTURE. (To 4) (*) WARSAW (Poland) - Iceland's President Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson visits (To 5) MOSCOW (Russia) - Prosecutors request jail terms for group accused of plotting to overthrow the government (1100 GMT) PICTURE. IRELAND - Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit (1500 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 5) MUNICH (Germany) - European cybersecurity summit Command Control (1700 GMT) (To 4) North America UNITED STATES - California, Texas among states holding 'Super Tuesday' presidential primaries PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - Trial of French academics on charges including conspiring against national security begins ALGIERS (Algeria) - Verdict due in appeal of jailed head of Algerian Human Rights League Sub-Saharan Africa LAGOS (Nigeria) - New hearing in trial of 47 men accused of homosexuality (0900 GMT) Sports AMMAN (Jordan) - Boxing: Asia/Oceania qualifying boxing tournament for the 2020 Olympics (To 11) AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) - UEFA Nations League draw PICTURE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2020 Europe (+) ERFURT (Germany) - State election in Thuringia BERLIN (Germany) - International Tourism Fair ITB 2020 PICTURE. (To 8) DUBLIN (Ireland) - Alleged IS member Lisa Smith appears in court PICTURE. (*) MOSCOW (Russia) - TASS news agency airs segment of Putin interview on recent constitutional reforms (0700 GMT) PARIS (France) - Appeals court issues verdict on Spain's extradition requests for ex-ETA leader Josu Ternera (1300 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Supreme Court considers abortion restrictions in Louisiana (1500 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa CONSTANTINE (Algeria) - Verdict due in case of two journalists linked to the protest movement (1300 GMT) THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020 Europe MOSCOW (Russia) - 'World of Tanks' online game co-creator launches political party MOSCOW (Russia) - Russian premiere of Sergei Loznitsa's film State Funeral ROME (Italy) - Raphael blockbuster exhibit opens VIDEO. VIENNA (Austria) - OPEC and non-OPEC ministers hold extraordinary meeting to discuss limits on oil output PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 6) GENEVA (Switzerland) - International motor show (To 15) LONDON (United Kingdom) - European red-carpet launch event for DISNEY+ PICTURE. North America UNITED NATIONS (United States) - 50th anniversary of nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) coming into force Middle East and North Africa CASABLANCA (Morocco) - Trial resumes of journalist over tweet critical of justice system (To 7) Latin America SANTIAGO (Chile) - Hearing on French extradition request for Chilean suspected of murdering ex-girlfriend in France VIDEO. MEXICO CITY (Mexico) - First edition of the Spotify awards afp