ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories): </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>TURKEY</p> <p>ERZURUM – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s presentation of mayoral candidates for eastern Erzurum province.</p> <p>ANKARA – Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release sectoral confidence indices for January.</p> <p>ANKARA – Ministry of Industry and Technology to release patent and trademark statistics for 2018.</p> <p>ANKARA – Central Bank to release capacity utilization rate of the manufacturing industry figures for January.</p> <p>ANKARA – Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) to release industrial capacity reports statistics for 2018.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br>
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to be received by Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci. They are also due to hold news conference.
GIRNE – Cavusoglu to be awarded honorary doctorate by Girne American University.
VENEZUELA
CARACAS – Monitoring developments on opposition-held demonstrations in different parts of capital Caracas.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to hold news conference following meeting of NATO-Russia Council.
GREECE
ATHENS – Greek parliament to vote on Macedonia name deal.
MOROCCO
RABAT – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with Moroccan officials.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.
YEMEN
SANAA – Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.
SPORTS
<p>ABU DHABI – 2019 AFC Asian Cup quarterfinal matches to continue. Qatar to face Korea Republic and UAE to play against Australia. </p> <p>MELBOURNE – World number one men's tennis player Djokovic to face 28th-seeded French Pouille in Australian Open 2019 semifinal.</p> <p>ISTANBUL – Round of 20 of 2018-19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season to continue. Turkey's Darussafaka to face Spain's Baskonia.</p> <p>
