dpa NEWS SCHEDULE for SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1200 GMT

UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA-SWITZERLAND

An international conference opening in a secluded resort in Switzerland is set to discuss the first building blocks of a peace process in the Ukraine war. Moving

UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA

Russian authorities say that seven people have been killed by Ukrainian shelling on the Russian border region of Belgorod. Moving

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GERMANY-POLITICS

German leader Olaf Scholz is convinced that he will once again be his centre-left party's candidate for chancellor in next year's general election, despite the battering he received in the recent vote for the European Parliament. Moving

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SLOVAKIA-POLITICS

Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of left-wing populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, is sworn in as president of Slovakia. Moved

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BRITAIN-ROYALTY

Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, makes a return to public life in the midst of her cancer treatment and joins the royal family to celebrate King Charles' official birthday. Moving on 3p wire.