ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, June 15, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), to launch a protest march at Guvenpark after a CHP deputy was sentenced to 25 years in jail for revealing state secret in MIT trucks case.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to announce labor statistics for March.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – Congress to hold annual charity baseball game a day after Republican practice targeted by gunman in northern Virginia.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Ongoing search-and-rescue operation after a massive fire has ripped through a residential tower block and killed at least 12 people in west London.
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to hold talks with political leaders from Northern Ireland ahead of the formation of a minority central government and the new power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – At Eurogroup meeting, Eurozone finance ministers and IMF representatives to discuss Greek bailout program and possible new loans.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – A press stakeout with U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura’s advisor Jan Egeland following the meeting of the International Syria Support Group’s Humanitarian Access Task Force.
GREECE
THESSALONIKI – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to meet Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades for trilateral summit plus separate meetings.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to hold an annual televised question and answer session.
KUWAIT
KUWAIT CITY – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu hold talks amid a diplomatic row in the Gulf region.
NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA – Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci to meet with Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide.
