An electronic device and a screen display method thereof are described. In one aspect, a display is configured to display a screen that includes an information area, an item area disposed at the edge of the information area, and a pointer configured to point within the item area, where the item area is configured to display at least one event item, and a controller is configured to control the display to move the pointer based on a rotation input and to display event information of an event item to which the pointer points, in the information area.