Diary
Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018
By Faruk Zorlu
ANKARA
Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia and to hold joint press conference afterwards.
ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to release central government’s budget balance table for August.
ANKARA - TurkStat to release labor force statistics for June, industrial production index for July, and turnover indices for July.
ANKARA - European Union statistical office Eurostat to release inflation figures for August.
US
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to host Hispanic Heritage Month celebration event.
NEW YORK - UN Security Council expected to receive briefing on UN mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA.
UK
LONDON - Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to head to Japan for three-day visit.
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to evaluate Brexit process on state broadcaster BBC.
FRANCE
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron to host Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for talks.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - Defense Ministry briefing on 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash in Ukraine.
SYRIA
IDLIB - Civilians in Idlib, Syria’s last opposition stronghold, brace for expected attack by Assad regime and its allies.
YEMEN
SANAA - War-weary Yemenis struggle with effects of recent plunge in value of local currency.
SPORTS
LJUBLJANA - Turkey's national basketball team to play against Slovenia in the second round of the 2019 FIBA European Qualifiers.
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