AP Weekly News Calendar
Thursday, May 17:
THE HAGUE, Netherlands Prosecutors wrap up their opening statement in Ratko Mladic’s genocide trial, outlining their case on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
KYIV, Ukraine Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe report on their visit with Yulia Tymoshenko, the jailed former Ukrainian prime minister. Her imprisonment and claims of abuse in custody have alarmed the West, and have led to calls to boycott games held in Ukraine during the European football championship in June.
TANEGASHIMA Japan’s H2-A rocket to launch four satellites into space, including the South Korean KOMPSAT-3 environment monitoring satellite, the first payload the Japan space agency, JAXA, has taken on for a foreign customer.
PRAGUE Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and seven other ministers of his government, including Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, meet their Czech counterparts in Prague. The Czech Republic is a close Israeli ally in the EU.
GWANGJU South Korea and U.S. Air Forces hold an annual joint drill ‘Max Thunder’, which showcases air force jets landing and taking-off in training.
KUALA LUMPUR Verdict in drug trafficking case involving three Mexican brothers who face mandatory death sentence if convicted.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Lanny Breuer take part in legal forum. Among the topics will be the balance between rule of law and police efficiency, a topic relevant in Russia as police face off against anti-government protesters.
BEIJING Chinese Vice Minister in charge of Ethnic affairs, Dan Zhu Ang Ben, gives briefing on government efforts to create harmony and unity among ethnic minorities in China.
TOKYO Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr visits Japan to discuss with Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka and his counterpart Koichiro Gemba on security issues including the signing of a Japan-Australia Information Security Agreement, the fourth such agreement Australia has signed. Previous agreements were with the U.S., NATO and France.
AACHEN, Germany German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble receives the International Charlemagne Prize, which recognizes services to European unification. Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to deliver laudatio.
HAVANA The Cuban capital is teeming with American artists, art lovers and collectors taking advantage of a rare opportunity to visit the communist-run island that has been off limits for most U.S. travelers for decades. Cuban officials say some 1,300 “yumas” have been invited to the Biennial art festival. Through June 11.
CANNES, France Wes Anderson and his cast talk about his Cannes Film Festival-opening movie of adolescent love and adult anxiety.
PYONGYANG North Korean accordion group whose cover version of Norwegian pop group Aha’s “Take On Me” went viral on the Internet performs at the first Norwegian National Day Festival. The event will also feature Norwegian performers.
MADRID Spain’s treasury auctions off bills maturing in 2015 and 2016 in its second bond sale since the government announced a new financial sector reform last week.
SINGAPORE Singapore is scheduled to announce complete first quarter gross domestic product results.
TOKYO Japan releases January-March economic growth numbers likely to highlight a recovery from a disaster-ravaged 2011.
TOKYO Toyota chief Akio Toyoda talks to reporters after taking the helm at this nation’s auto manufacturing lobby.
SEOUL, South Korea LG Electronics launches its flagship smartphone for the coming year in its latest effort to get back into the game after losing ground to Apple Inc.
Friday, May 18:
CAMP DAVID, Maryland President Barack Obama hosts leaders of the Group of Eight nations at Camp David for an economic summit meeting. Through May 19. Participants include the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia.
WASHINGTON Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gamini Peiris meets with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti The former military veterans and their young recruits are planning marches as part of their effort to press the government to reinstate the armed forces. The protests are timed for Flag Day, a national holiday.
SYDNEY Parliamentary staffer’s claim that he was sexually harassed by Parliament’s speaker listed in Federal Court for pretrial hearing.
VIENNA Review of new production of Mozart’s La Clemenza Di Tito at Vienna State Opera
NEW YORK Facebook Inc. is expected to list its IPO on the Nasdaq Stock Market, perhaps valued as high as $100 billion.
Saturday, May 19:
VIENNA City Hall welcomes Bill Clinton, Antonio Banderas, Al Jarreau and hundreds of revelers in full costume or wearing next to nothing at Vienna’s Annual Life Ball charity event for AIDS awareness.
AMSTERAM ING Groep NV reports first quarter earnings.
Sunday, May 20:
CHICAGO Kabul watches closely as NATO leaders meet for summit in the U.S., where progress in the war in Afghanistan and NATO drawdown will top the agenda. Through May 21.
TAIPEI, Taiwan Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou is sworn in to begin his second four-year term.
Monday, May 21:
MOSCOW Syria’s finance minister leads a delegation to Moscow. Russia, which sells arms to Syria and maintains a naval base in the country, has shielded President Bashar Assad from harsher U.N. sanctions over his crackdown on an anti-regime uprising.
VIENNA A senior Iranian envoy meets U.N. nuclear negotiators seeking access to sites, people and documents relevant to their probe of suspected nuclear weapons research and development. Two days ahead of a key meeting between six world powers and Tehran, the talks are a closely watched indicator of whether the Islamic Republic will be ready to compromise at that May 23 encounter in Baghdad.
JOPLIN, Missouri President Barack Obama delivers commencement address at a high school hit by a tornado.
HONG KONG_Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn and other execs launch Infinit brand’s global HQ in Hong Kong and discuss upscale brand’s strategic objectives.
MANILA Philippines hosts ASEAN-US Dialogue meeting expected to discuss tensions between Manila and Beijing. Assistant U.S. Secretary for East Asia and the Pacific Kurt Campbell attends.
Tuesday, May 22:
BERLIN A German court is set to deliver a verdict on a German-Afghan man suspected of belonging to al-Qaida and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan terrorist groups in the Koblenz terror trial.
PRAGUE A protest march in Prague by labor unions against government austerity measures.
MADRID Nationwide teachers’ strike over cuts in education spending.
LISBON, Portugal Inspectors from international lenders who provided Portugal’s 78-billion-euro bailout last year arrive on a two-week fact-finding mission to assess the country’s progress on promised spending cuts and economic reforms.
UNITED STATES Presidential primaries held in Arkansas and Kentucky.
WASHINGTON National Geographic Bee, through May 24.
STOCKHOLM The newborn daughter of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel is baptized. Princess Estelle is the couple’s first child and a future heir to the throne.
Wednesday, May 23:
CAIRO Egypt holds its first free presidential election, a much-anticipated vote that would end the rocky transitional period that followed Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in a popular uprising a year ago. Through May 24. If no candidate wins 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two finishers would take place June 16-17. The winner is to be announced June 21.
BAGHDAD International talks to be held in Iran on the country’s nuclear program. The U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany will attend. This is the second set of negotiations held with Iran.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Ministerial-level meeting of the international Friends of Yemen group, hosted by Saudi Arabia, Britain and Yemen. The gathering of the 20-member group, its first since September 2010, is to discuss Yemen’s deteriorating security situation and challenges of transition after Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down.
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colorado President Barack Obama will be the guest speaker at the 2012 U.S. Air Force Academy Graduation at Falcon Stadium.
WASHINGTON The Senate Homeland Security committee holds a hearing to review the Secret Service investigation of the Colombia prostitution scandal with testimony by the agency’s director, Mark Sullivan.