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What’s happening in Europe on Thursday:
+ Investigations widen into Brussels attacks
+ Kerry talks on Syria with Putin in Moscow
+ Karadzic verdict expected
+ Anniversary of Germanwings crash
BRUSSELS: Belgian police widen investigations into the country’s worst terrorist attack, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group, that left 31 people dead
EU interior and justice ministers were due to meet from 1400 GMT.
Picture. Video. Graphic. (BELGIUM-ATTACKS)
THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is due to hand down its verdict in the trial of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, accused of some of Europe’s worst atrocities since World War II. Verdict expected from 1200 GMT.
Picture. Live video. Graphic. Videographic.
(SERBIA-BOSNIA-WARCRIMES-ICTY)
MOSCOW: US Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to hold talks on the Syrian conflict with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in view of the latest round of peace talks in Geneva. (SYRIA-CONFLICT-US-RUSSIA-DIPLOMACY-PEACE)
GENEVA: UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura is due to announce the date of the next round of discussions and piece together any areas of agreement which have emerged to date between the participants.
(SYRIA-CONFLICT)
DAMASCUS: The Syrian government was said closing in on the city of Palmyra, currently controlled by Islamic State.
Picture. Video.
(SYRIA-CONFLICT-PALMYRA)
LE VERNET, France/HALTERN, Germany: Hundreds of people in France and Germany will gather to mark the first anniversary of the Germanwings tragedy in which a suicidal pilot crashed a plane into a mountainside, killing all 150 on board.
Relatives of victims will gather at Vernet in the French Alps where the plane went down. From 0841 GMT, the time the plane went down, there will also be a ceremony in the German town of Haltern to mark the loss of 16 schoolchildren and two teachers in the tragedy. Picture. Video.
(GERMANY-FRANCE-SPAIN-AVIATION-GERMANWINGS-ANNIVERSARY)
NANTERRE, France: The verdict is expected in a defamation case brought by children of slain Angolan rebel chief Jonas Savimbi who say the wildly popular video game “Call of Duty” represented their father as a “barbarian”.
(FRANCE-ANGOLA-GAMES-COURT-SAVIMBI)
BRADFORD, England: An English court is to sentence former England footballer Adam Johnson after he was found guilty of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl. Picture
(FBL-ENG-JOHNSON)
CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO: In a pre-Easter ritual, Pope Francis will wash the feet of 12 young asylum seekers to highlight the need for the international community to provide shelter to refugees. Picture
(VATICAN-RELIGION-POPE-EASTER-REFUGEE)
PARIS: Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka will meet French counterpart Manuel Valls from 1100 GMT prior to talks with French President Francois Hollande from 1300 GMT.
(FRANCE-CZECH-EU-DIPLOMACY)