Contact us on contact-agenda@afp.com MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2020 Europe VIENNA (Austria) - Austrian Airlines suspends all flights over coronavirus PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. (To 28) BADHOEVEDORP (Netherlands) - Trial of four men charged over MH17 downing resumes behind closed doors LONDON (United Kingdom) - Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. (To April 3) MOSCOW (Russia) - Russia shuts borders to all foreign citizens VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To May 1) MOSCOW (Russia) - Schools close over coronavirus pandemic VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Libel lawsuit by Johnny Depp against The Sun tabloid scheduled to begin PICTURE. MOSCOW (Russia) - US ex-marine Paul Whelan set to go on trial on espionage charges (0800 GMT) Middle East and North Africa ALGERIA - Air and sea links with France suspended over virus (To 31) EGYPT - Airports closed over coronavirus pandemic (To 31) Sub-Saharan Africa N'DJAMENA (Chad) - Chad to close airports over coronavirus fears PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. (To April 2) Misc. Europe - EU external borders closed PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. (To April 17) TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2020 Europe DIGNE-LES-BAINS (France) - Fifth anniversary of Germanwings crash that claimed 150 lives FRANCE - Launch in parts of Europe of Disney+ streaming service DUBLIN (Ireland) - Suspension of most Ryanair flights begins Latin America SAN SALVADOR (El Salvador) - 40th anniversary of murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero VIDEO. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2020 Asia-Pacific BANGKOK (Thailand) - Supreme Patriarch of Thailand leads televised recital at three royal temples Europe PARIS (France) - Appeals court rules on Belgium's extradition request for Malian singer Rokia Traore LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK March consumer price index data (0830 GMT) VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope Francis livestreams general audience on Vatican website (0830 GMT) Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Verdict in appeal of former Bouteflika-era leaders charged with graft PICTURE. Sub-Saharan Africa LUANDA (Angola) - Final arguments, verdict in the corruption trial of ex-president Dos Santos's son (To 27) THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 Europe BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU summit via videoconference (date to be confirmed) MOSCOW (Russia) - 20th anniversary of Putin's election to the presidency NUREMBERG (Germany) - GfK consumer confidence survey for April (0700 GMT) Middle East and North Africa YEMEN - Fifth anniversary of the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2020 Asia-Pacific SHANGHAI (China) - Air China expected to announce 2019 FY earnings SHANGHAI (China) - China oil giant PetroChina expected to announce 2019 earnings SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2020 Asia-Pacific SHANGHAI (China) - China Eastern Airlines expected to announce 2019 FY earnings SHANGHAI (China) - ICBC and other top Chinese banks expected to announce 2019 FY results SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2020 Asia-Pacific SHENZHEN (China) - Huawei 2019 results Europe MOSCOW (Russia) - 10th anniversary of Moscow metro bombings that killed 40 people Sub-Saharan Africa MALI - First round of long-delayed parliamentary elections GRAPHIC. VIDEO. MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2020 Asia-Pacific SHANGHAI (China) - China oil giant Sinopec expected to announce 2019 FY earnings Europe PARIS (France) - Online charity lottery draw for Picasso painting worth 1 million euros (1600 GMT) WIESBADEN (Germany) - Preliminary German inflation data for March (1200 GMT) TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2020 Asia-Pacific SHANGHAI (China) - China Southern Airlines expected to announce 2019 FY earnings SHENZHEN (China) - Huawei annual report 2019 (0800 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Europe LONDON (United Kingdom) - Harry, Meghan set to formally step down as senior royals STEPANAKERT (Azerbaijan) - Breakaway Nagorny Karabakh holds presidential and primary elections BERLIN (Germany) - Penguin Random House owner Bertelsmann annual results for 2019 North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Attorney General Bill Barr set to testify in Congress PICTURE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020 Europe BRUSSELS (Belgium) - European Parliament plenary session (To 2) North America UNITED STATES - Census, conducted online in response to coronavirus emergency Middle East and North Africa CAIRO (Egypt) - Top appeals court sentences monks over killing monastery abbot (1000 GMT) THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020 Europe BRUSSELS (Belgium) - NATO foreign ministers set to meet (To 3) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - European Court of Justice rules on legality of Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic's rejection of migrants (0830 GMT) North America NEW YORK (United States) - Pre-trial hearing of Mexico's ex-public security secretary Genaro Garcia Luna, indicted for receiving bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel (1430 GMT) Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - First anniversary of ex-president Bouteflika's resignation PICTURE. VIDEO. Misc. WORLD - World Autism Awareness Day FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020 Asia-Pacific MANILA (Philippines) - Verdict due in libel trial that journalist Maria Ressa asserts is government retribution for her work PICTURE. VIDEO. SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2020 Asia-Pacific CHINA - Chinese honour loved ones' graves during tomb sweeping day (0800 GMT) VIDEO. HONG KONG (China) - China oil giant CNOOC to announce earnings HONG KONG (China) - Chinese communities mark Qingming, tomb sweeping day North America UNITED STATES - Hawaii, Alaska and Wyoming hold presidential primary contests PICTURE. VIDEO. (To June 20) Sub-Saharan Africa SENEGAL - 60th anniversary of independence from France GRAPHIC. VIDEO. SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2020 Europe VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Vatican holds Easter celebrations without congregation (To 12) VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope Francis livestreams Palm Sunday Mass (1000 GMT) YEREVAN (Armenia) - Constitutional referendum Misc. WORLD - World Health Day MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2020 Europe BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan) - Supreme Court reviews case of jailed ethnic minority rights defender Azimjon Askarov ROME (Italy) - 500th anniversary of painter Raphael's death WIESBADEN (Germany) - German industrial orders data for February (0600 GMT) Middle East and North Africa TUNISIA - 20th anniversary of death of Tunisia's first president, Habib Bourguiba Sub-Saharan Africa YAOUNDE (Cameroon) - Trial of seven soldiers for murders of two women and their children which were filmed, posted online VIDEO. Sports TOKYO (Japan) - Artistic Gymnastics: Tokyo Olympic test event TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2020 Europe BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan) - 10th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan's 'April revolution' MOSCOW (Russia) - 90th anniversary of creation of gulag forced labour camps WIESBADEN (Germany) - German industrial production data for February (0600 GMT) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2020 Europe LONDON (United Kingdom) - Tesco 2019 earnings (0900 GMT) THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020 Europe BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan) - Soyuz spacecraft takes off, with two cosmonauts and an astronaut on board PICTURE. WIESBADEN (Germany) - German trade data for February (0600 GMT) FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2020 Europe SMOLENSK (Russia) - Polish delegation visits to mark 10th anniversary of air disaster that killed president LONDON (United Kingdom) - 50th anniversary of breakup of The Beatles SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2020 Europe GERMANY - 75th anniversary of liberation of Nazi camps Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, Ravensbrueck and Dachau Sub-Saharan Africa KHARTOUM (Sudan) - First anniversary of Omar al-Bashir's ouster SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2020 Middle East and North Africa JERUSALEM - Deadline for Israel's ex-military chief Benny Gantz to form a government, unless he is granted a two-week extension by the president Sub-Saharan Africa DR CONGO - Expected end of Ebola epidemic in DR Congo if no more cases diagnosed PICTURE. VIDEO. Misc. WORLD - Easter Sunday MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2020 Asia-Pacific KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - Ex-Goldman Sachs banker Ng Chong Hwa to stand trial over 1MDB scandal PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 15) North America NEW YORK (United States) - Trial of Sayfullo Saipov over 2017 minivan attack that killed eight people in Lower Manhattan (1400 GMT) Middle East and North Africa LEBANON - Lebanon marks 45 years since start of civil war TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2020 Sub-Saharan Africa MASERU (Lesotho) - First lady in court over murder of PM's estranged wife VIDEO. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2020 Asia-Pacific PYONGYANG (North Korea) - North Korea marks 108th anniversary of birth of founder Kim Il Sung SOUTH KOREA - Parliamentary election Europe PARIS (France) - 40th anniversary of Jean-Paul Sartre's death PARIS (France) - First anniversary of Notre-Dame Cathedral blaze North America NEW YORK (United States) - 30th anniversary of Greta Garbo's death Sports NEW DELHI (India) - Indian Premier League starts PICTURE. VIDEO. THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2020 Europe AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) - World Press Photo 2020 winners announced TORSHAVN (Denmark) - Tourist sites closed as volunteers carry out clean-up operation to protect environment (To 17) WIESBADEN (Germany) - Final German inflation data for March (0600 GMT) AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) - Airbus annual general meeting, with shareholders urged not to attend and to vote by proxy (1130 GMT) North America NEW YORK (United States) - Court set to deliver sentence in Nxium sect leader sex slave case (1400 GMT) FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2020 North America WASHINGTON (United States) - IMF and World Bank Spring meetings (To 18) Middle East and North Africa BAGHDAD (Iraq) - Deadline of newly named PM Adnan Zurfi to form his cabinet Sub-Saharan Africa KIGALI (Rwanda) - 20th anniversary of Paul Kagame's election to presidency SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2020 Sub-Saharan Africa HARARE (Zimbabwe) - 40th anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence Sports UNITED STATES - Basketball: NBA playoffs 2020 set to begin SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020 Europe SAN REMO (Italy) - Centenary of San Remo conference that set up British, French mandate rule in Middle East (To 26) BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP (Germany) - Ceremony to mark 75th anniversary of liberation of Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp (0800 GMT) North America OKLAHOMA CITY (United States) - 25th anniversary of Oklahoma City truck bomb attack Sub-Saharan Africa BAMAKO (Mali) - Second round of long-delayed parliamentary elections (0700 GMT) VIDEO. MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2020 North America NEW ORLEANS (United States) - 10th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion Middle East and North Africa ISRAEL - Yom HaShoah, Holocaust remembrance day (1400 GMT) (To 21) ALGIERS (Algeria) - 40th anniversary of Berber Spring TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020 Asia-Pacific COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) - First anniversary of Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people VIDEO. North America NEW YORK (United States) - Trial set to begin of Cuba Gooding Jr on charges he groped three women (1300 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa ABUJA (Nigeria) - West Africa court set to to rule on 2012 Guinea massacre (1700 GMT) Latin America CHILE - Referendum to change dictatorship-era constitution scheduled VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 26) Sports MANILA (Philippines) - Badminton Asian Championships shifted from China (To 26) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2020 Europe ULYANOVSK (Russia) - 150th anniversary of Lenin's birth LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK Consumer price inflation statistics for March (1000 GMT) Misc. WORLD - Earth Day afp