ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, July 30, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair the National Security Council meeting at the presidential complex.
ANKARA – TurkStat to release economic confidence index for July.
ANKARA – Turkey's banking watchdog (BDDK) will release the sectoral figures for June.
ISTANBUL – Anadolu Agency's finance desk will host Abdurrahman Kaan, head of the Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MUSIAD).
US
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to meet Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at the White House.
WASHINGTON – Department of Justice to hold Religious Liberty Summit.
GERMANY
BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to meet Albanian counterpart Ditmir Bushati for talks on bilateral ties, Albania’s EU membership bid.
RUSSIA
SOCHI – Russia, Iran and Turkey to attend first day of meeting on Syrian crisis to be presided by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura.
KLYAZMA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to speak at the Terra Scientia on Klyazma River National Educational Youth Forum.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS – Monitoring Syrian civil war.
DARAA – Following ongoing evacuations of opposition fighters and civilians from southern Syria.
ZIMBABWE
HARARE – Zimbabweans go to the polls in the country's first election since longtime leader Robert Mugabe was ousted last year.
NIGERIA
LAGOS – Nigeria's opposition People's Democratic Party to hold a crucial meeting to decide the fate of defectors coming into its fold.
SPECIAL REPORT: Ankara museum depicts chess through ages
By Merve Aydogan and Cansu Dikme
ANKARA (AA) – An extraordinary museum in the Turkish capital Ankara takes visitors on a long journey of chess through the ages.
