ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, April 29, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of Barutsan Rocket and Explosive Factory's Energetic Materials Production Facility.
ANKARA – Monitoring developments on coronavirus pandemic in Turkey, worldwide.
US
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden to meet with former President Jimmy Carter in Georgia, also to hold drive-in car rally.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – UN-led informal Cyprus conference to conclude on third day in Geneva with attendance of UN secretary-general, Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, foreign ministers of three guarantor countries, Turkey, Greece, UK.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Monitoring developments in Myanmar after Feb. 1 military coup triggered violent protests.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – TurkStat to announce economic confidence index for April.
ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to reveal second inflation report of year.
SPORTS
VILLARREAL/MANCHESTER – UEFA Europa League semifinals' first legs, Villarreal-Arsenal and Manchester United-Roma, to be played.
BERLIN – Draw for 2022 European basketball championship (FIBA EuroBasket 2022) that Turkish national team enters will be held.
MADRID – Turkish basketball club Anadolu Efes to visit Spain's Real Madrid in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague quarterfinal game four in best-of-five series.
SPECIAL REPORT
Fusion of Anatolian music traditions with jazz
By Handan Kazanci
ISTANBUL (AA) – As the world marks International Jazz Day on Friday amid restrictions to stem the spread of coronavirus, the director of a prominent Turkish music festival explains the link between Turkish metropolis Istanbul and jazz music.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘Jazz is a language that has reached wide audiences’
By Seda Sevencan
ISTANBUL (AA) – Jazz music developed into a unique language that has become an important international ground for communication, according to a Turkish musician.
