ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, April 6, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
BALIKESIR – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address public at mass opening ceremony in western Balikesir province.
GAZIANTEP – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to hold rally on referendum on constitutional changes.
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk to host Deputy Prime Minister Tugrul Turkes.
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency executives to visit Anitkabir, mausoleum of the founder of modern Turkey and Anadolu Agency, to mark its 97th anniversary.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Ireland’s Taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny for talks on bilateral ties, EU issues, and Brexit.
FRANCE
STRASBOURG – European Parliament to hold debate on Russia and arrest of Alexei Navalny, as well as votes on EU-US privacy shield agreement and visa-free travel for Ukrainians.
STRASBOURG – European Court of Human Rights to rule on transgender French nationals seeking to change their birth certificates.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – Press stakeout with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura’s advisor Jan Egeland, following meeting of the International Syria Support Group’s Humanitarian Access Task Force.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
TUNUSIA
TUNIS – 34th Arab interior ministers’ meeting to wrap up in Tunisian capital.
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM – Extremist Jewish groups plan to converge on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa complex to mark upcoming Jewish Passover holiday.
SUDAN
SPECIAL REPORT
Q&A with head of African Muslim Scholars Association
By Hossam Bedawi
KHARTOUM (AA) – Sheikh Said Bourhane speaks with Anadolu Agency about rising anti-Turkey sentiments in Europe and need to combat extremism.
GAMBIA
BANJUL – Gambians to vote in first parliamentary elections since longtime leader Yahya Jammeh fled the country in January.
