ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, April 17, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to hold news conference following Coronavirus Science Board meeting.
ANKARA – Following latest developments on coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
ANKARA – Following latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey, Russia.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova to hold press teleconference on top foreign policy issues.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Monitoring political developments after intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi tasked with forming government.
LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA – Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to resolve Libyan crisis.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to release short-term external debt statistics for February.
ANKARA – Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey to release data on established and liquidated companies for March.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to share statistics on children for 2019.
LUXEMBOURG – European statistics authority Eurostat to release inflation figures for March.
BRUSSELS – European Automobile Manufacturers Association to release new passenger car registrations data for March.
SPECIAL REPORT
Dropping charges against Rohingya 'just an eyewash'
By Sorwar Alam
ANKARA (AA) – Myanmar's recent move to drop charges against over 100 Rohingya was "just an eyewash" meant "to cheat the international community," according to a Rohingya advocate group.
SPECIAL REPORT
Celebrities in East Africa face uncertain future
By Andrew Wasike
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – At a time when the global economy is entering a stage of unparalleled ambiguity and coronavirus is forcing social distancing, lights have faded on the entertainment industry in East Africa like all over the world.
SPECIAL REPORT
Communalizing pandemic has dangerous portents
By Iftikhar Gilani
ANKARA (AA) – Soon after many in India’s mainstream media launched an all-out assault against Tablighi Jamaat, accusing their headquarters in the capital Delhi of spreading coronavirus, the resident welfare association (RWA) of my locality in South Delhi, home to mostly middle-income groups, banned the entry of vegetable sellers and other menial workers.
SPECIAL REPORT
Virus death toll in hard-hit Europe passes 80,000 mark
By Busra Nur Bilgic Cakmak
ANKARA (AA) – The coronavirus pandemic keeps taking its toll across Europe, one of the worst-hit regions in the world, as the total number of lives lost has crossed the grim threshold of 80,000.
SPECIAL REPORT
Expats: Turkey doing better against virus than Europe, but more needed
By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA (AA) – Praising Turkey's fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic as doing better than many European countries, local expatriates also told Anadolu Agency that more and further measures are called for.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turgut Ozal: Leader who transformed Turkey's economy
By Dilara Hamit
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey commemorated Turgut Ozal on the 27th anniversary of his passing for both his politics and the economic innovations he brought to the country.
