Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of renovated museum at Dolmabahce Palace.

ISTANBUL - Erdogan also to receive board members of Turkish Foreign Economic Relations Board at his office in Dolmabahce.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

US

WASHINGTON - Desk to monitor ongoing developments regarding last week’s violent Capitol riot.

NEW YORK - President of UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir to hold press conference.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union to hold its annual party congress.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Following latest developments after Indonesian Sriwijaya Air flight went down at sea on Saturday.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to announce central government budget balance for 2020.

ANKARA - Turkey’s Central Bank to share short term foreign debt statistics for November.

SPECIAL REPORT

Rwanda: Tracker device boon or bane for COVID-19 patients?

By James Tasamba

KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) - When Japhet Gakuba, 38, was detected COVID-19 positive in December 2020, he felt relieved when told to quarantine and take treatment at his home in the Gasabo district in Rwanda’s capital Kigali, instead of getting confined to a hospital.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish athletes train in Ethiopia for Tokyo Olympics

By Seleshi Tessema

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA - Turkish topnotch athletes training in Sululta, one of Ethiopia’s high-altitude training sites hope to clinch the qualifying time required to compete in the marathon and 3,000 meters steeplechase -- an obstacle race -- at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, said the team leaders.

SPECIAL REPORT

Israel’s vaccine drive excludes Palestinian prisoners

By Salam Abu Sharar ​​​​​​​

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - Despite the fast rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, Israel’s decision not to vaccinate Palestinian prisoners or those inhabiting the occupied territories has alarmed families and civil rights groups.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Turkey’s trade volume with UK set to rise’

By Yunus Turk and Yunus Girgin

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s high growth potential and technological development along with recently signed free trade deal with the UK will assure the rise of trade volume between the two countries, said the chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Turkey (BCCT).