ANKARA
Here are the main stories that the Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover on Wednesday, April 29, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chairs National Security Council meeting at Presidential Palace
ANKARA - Slovenian Parliamentary Speaker Milan Brglez meets Turkish counterpart Cemil Cicek and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
SPECIAL REPORT- FDI to emerging markets depends on stability: WAIPA
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ISTANBUL (AA) – Law, political stability and regulation provide the best environment to attract foreign direct investment, a conference on FDI held by the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies.
SPECIAL REPORT - Pepsico Turkey: Turkish consumers want more choice
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ISTANBUL (AA) – The food and beverage market in Turkey offers room for product-line expansion, Pepsico Turkey General Manager Neil Pryor told the Anadolu Agency.
EUROPE
FRANCE
PARIS - President Francois Hollande in talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
PARIS - Hollande meets World Bank President Jim Yong Kim
PARIS - Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius meets UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres
STRASBOURG - European Parliament on action to halt migrant deaths in Mediterranean region
GERMANY
SPECIAL REPORT - German intelligence agencies ‘not under democratic control’
By Ayhan Simsek
BERLIN (AA) – Recent scandals surrounding Germany’s intelligence service show that “parliamentary oversight has completely failed,” Germany’s former Human Rights Commissioner says.
CYPRUS
NICOSIA, Southern Cyprus - Greek Cypriot Administration leader Nicos Anastasiades to discuss energy and security issues with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
AMERICAS
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – Third day of protests in Baltimore following the funeral of African-American man who died from injuries sustained in police custody
NEW YORK - President of Syrian National Coalition holds press conference at UN headquarters
NEW YORK - UN special envoy for Libya to brief Security Council in closed meeting
NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank to make a statement on interest rate at the conclusion of two-day meeting
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
ZIMBABWE
HARARE - Southern African Development Community summit
SUDAN
KHARTOUM - Opposition press conference on results of presidential and parliamentary elections
SAUDI ARABIA
RIYADH - King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud expected to hold talks with Moroccan King Mohammed VI
QATAR
DOHA - Final day of Yemeni Vice President Khaled Bahah's visit
SPECIAL REPORT - Ugandan youth find solace in lucrative politics
By Halima Athumani
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Ugandan youths joining politics, especially the ruling National Resistance Movement, are being informed by political survival and optimism.
ASIA
NEPAL
KATHMANDU - Relief efforts in Nepal shift to remote areas but Nepalis frustrated by lack of aid reaching them
SRI LANKA
COLOMBO - Reaction to parliamentary approval of constitutional amendment to clip powers of presidency
SPECIAL REPORT - The Nepalese town that lost its history
By Deepak Adhikari
BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AA) – The Kathmandu Valley town of Bhaktapur saw its history collapse during the devastating earthquake on Saturday.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE - Australia withdraws ambassador to Indonesia as details emerge of executions of eight prisoners in Indonesia
INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Response to execution of drug convicts from Ghana, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, and Nigeria
SPORTS
TURKEY
MUGLA - Fourth stage of Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey between Fethiye and Marmaris
