The Week Ahead: 10 January – 16 January 2011

Posted on January 9th 2011 by Johannes Ledel

Back after the holidays, here are some of the stories coming up in the week ahead.

Sarkozy goes to the US, the South Sudan referendum and Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.

The French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be meeting with US President Barack Obama on Monday. Talks are believed to focus France’s G20 presidency as well as economic issues regarding soaring food prices and the international dominance of the dollar.

A story which has been receiving a lot of coverage this past autumn is the South Sudan referendum which took place this weekend. The people of Southern Sudan voted on whether they wanted to secede from the north. The vote is believed to be in favour of a split from the north, and while Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir has said he will respect the outcome of the vote he has also warned that he thinks Southern Sudan is not ready for independence. This is surely something that will remain a top story for some time to come.

Julian Assange will be in the headlines this week again as he’ll be facing a hearing on a potential extradition to Sweden this Tuesday in London. He is wanted in Sweden in relation to sexual allegations from two women.

Also this week.

This Wednesday marks the one year anniversary of last year’s devastating earthquake in Haiti.

And finally on Sunday the Golden Globe awards ceremony is being held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Watch these stories unfold on Livestation.

The Week Ahead: July 12 – July 18 2010

Posted on July 11th 2010 by Johannes Ledel

The World Cup is now over after Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0 in the final, giving Spain its first ever World Cup title. While the final match will certainly remain in memory for some time this also opens up the news agenda for other stories. Here are some of those coming up in the week ahead.

China will be in the spotlight as it releases its yearly figures for GDP, inflation and production. With China’s increasingly important role in the global economy these figures will affect the faith put in the giant country’s economy. The figures will be released on Thursday July 15th.

France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy will be holding a live interview to the nation on Monday July 12th to address the accusations that he had received an illegal donation from the richest woman in France, Liliane Bettencourt.

Former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Jean-Pierre Bemba will go on trial for war crimes at the International Criminal Court on July 14th. He stands accused of three charges of war crimes and two of crimes against humanity.

Also in the news next week:

On Thursday India’s and Pakistan’s foreign ministers will be meeting  and on Tuesday the Finance Ministers in the EU will convene. The US Senate will be meeting this week to vote on the nomination of Elena Kagan for Supreme Court justice.

Watch these stories and more develop on Livestation.