ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to speak at parliamentary group meeting of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.
ANKARA – Health Minister Fahrettin Koca special guest at Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk, with discussion focusing on coronavirus outbreak and efforts to fight it.
US
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet Kosovar President Hashim Thaci at State Department.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to take part in Interior Ministry expanded board meeting and meet with working group on proposals to amend Constitution.
MOSCOW – Visit by Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, Economy Minister Peter Ziga.
MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama.
LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA – Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to resolve Libyan crisis.
SYRIA
IDLIB – Monitoring humanitarian crisis in Idlib and attacks of Assad regime, Iranian-backed terrorist groups, Russia in de-escalation zone.
PALESTINE
GAZA CITY – Following escalation after Israeli army carried out dozens of airstrikes on various parts of Gaza Strip.
CHINA
WUHAN – Following global spread of coronavirus outbreak and efforts to fight it.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to meet with ambassadors of EU states.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to announce marriage and divorce statistics for 2019.
SPORTS
MADRID – In UEFA Champions League last 16 matches, Real Madrid to face Manchester City and Olympique Lyon to take on Juventus.
SPECIAL REPORT
Peace in South Sudan to bolster Turkish investment
By Mehmet Ozturk and Felix Tih
ANKARA (AA) – South Sudan’s ambassador to Turkey urged Turkish investors to ''be among the first'' to invest in his country, even as the new transitional government takes shape under a peace deal.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish women set to be nuclear energy pioneers
By Dilara Hamit
ANKARA (AA) – Three Turkish women who have been studying at Moscow's National Nuclear Research University are preparing to become pioneers at Turkey's first nuclear power plant.
SPECIAL REPORT
Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak dies at 91
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt’s former President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak died Tuesday at age 91 following years of illness, according to local media.
SPECIAL REPORT
ANALYSIS – Millenarianist vision in Europe being shaped by radical right, Islamophobia
By Taceddin Kutay
ISTANBUL (AA) – Europe started the third week of February full of concerns. Coronavirus topped headlines, as expected, but issues such as anti-foreigner sentiment and the radical right also made their mark.
SPECIAL REPORT
Confusion raises Iranian fears of coronavirus
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
TEHRAN (AA) – Three more people have died in Iran from coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the outbreak in the country to 15.
