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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, March 5, 2019
ANKARA
Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lead campaign rallies for March 31 local elections in Sancaktepe, Eyup and Esenyurt districts.
ISTANBUL – Erdogan to attend an opening ceremony of newly built houses and facilities in Kasimpasa district by state-backed housing agency TOKI.
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency’s Editors Desk to host National Education Minister Ziya Selcuk.
ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release entrepreneurship statistics for 2015-2017 period.
ANKARA - European Statistical Office (Eurostat) to release retail trade figures for January.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to meet Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci, Parliament Speaker Teberruken Ulucay and Prime Minister Tufan Erhurman.
UK
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May to meet Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades in London.
LONDON - The Security and Counter Terror Expo SCTX 2019 to kick off.
LUXEMBOURG
LUXEMBOURG – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to hold talks with his Luxembourgian counterpart Xavier Bettel on bilateral trade, as well as economic and investment cooperation.
SAUDI ARABIA / KUWAIT
RIYADH / KUWAIT CITY – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to continue his five-day trip to Persian Gulf's countries.
VENEZUELA
CARACAS - Monitoring crisis over nation’s leadership.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
SPORTS
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - Borussia Dortmund will take on Tottenham Hotspur at Signal Iduna Park, while Real Madrid will host Ajax at Santiago Bernabeu in Round of 16's second leg matches.
SPECIAL REPORT - Foreign students hail Turkey for hosting refugees
By Busra Nur Bilgic
ANKARA (AA) – Foreign students studying in Turkey are praising the country’s efforts to care for refugees.
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