ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
MOLDOVA
CHISINAU – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to start two-day visit to Moldova.
CHISINAU – Erdogan to meet his Moldovan counterpart Igor Dodon, with strategic partnership statement to be signed followed by joint press conference.
CHISINAU – Erdogan to attend lunch with Dodon and meet Moldovan Premier Pavel Filip, with signing of more agreements.
TURKEY
ANKARA – Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu to be guest at Anadolu Agency Editor's Desk.
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to give short-term debt statistics for August.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Leaders of the EU's 28 countries to meet at first session of summit to discuss Brexit.
RUSSIA
SOCHI – President Vladimir Putin to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
MOSCOW – Defense Ministry briefing on the situation in Syria.
MOSCOW – Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zaharova to hold news conference.
MOSCOW – Visit of Syrian parliamentary delegation.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to address lawmakers before heading to Brussels for EU leaders’ summit.
UK
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to take questions from lawmakers at parliament.
LONDON – May to attend EU Council meeting in Brussels to make presentation on final Brexit deal.
SERBIA
BELGRADE – Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen to arrive for two-day official visit.
BELGRADE – President Aleksandar Vucic to meet with Russia's General Prosecutor Yury Chaika.
CROATIA
ZAGREB – Greenpeace to present art installation in Zagreb's main square to highlight problem of plastic pollution.
YEMEN
SANAA – Monitoring developments on civil war in Yemen.
MYANMAR
SPECIAL REPORT
Myanmar's deadly betel-chewing habit
By Kyaw Ye Lynn
YANGON (AA) – It was a Monday in September when former British diplomat Vicky Bowman was hit by a warm stream of betel juice as she was waiting at the railroad crossing in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL – Round 2 of THY Euroleague to continue as last Euroleague finalist Fenerbahce to host Russia's Khimki, and Anadolu Efes will take on Lithuania's Zalgiris.
BUENOS AIRES – Third Youth Olympic Games to continue in Argentina.
EKATERINBURG – Euroleague Women’s champions UMMC Ekaterinburg to take on EuroCup Women winners Galatasaray in 2018 edition of SuperCup Women.
