Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, March 22, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Monitoring developments on coronavirus pandemic in Turkey, worldwide.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - EU ministers of foreign affairs to meet in Brussels.

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to hold news conference ahead of meetings of bloc's foreign ministers on March 23-24.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to hold video conference with premiers of federal states to discuss COVID-19 strategy, extension of country's lockdown measures.

RUSSIA - CHINA

MOSCOW/BEIJING - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to embark on four-day visit to China, South Korea.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Ministerial segment of ongoing 53rd Session of UN Economic Commission for Africa and conference of finance ministers to be launched in virtual and in-person event.

SOUTH SUDAN

JUBA - First batch of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccines to arrive in capital Juba.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monitoring developments in Myanmar after Feb. 1 military coup triggered violent protests.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to reveal central government debt stock for February.

SPECIAL REPORT

'World must agree to bring Syria's Assad regime before justice'

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) - The necessary measures must be put in place “to prevent the occurrence of great catastrophes” against civilians in Syria, according to the CEO and founder of London-based The Cordoba Foundation.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangladesh: Child marriages rise manifold in pandemic

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - The coronavirus pandemic has caused a sharp and steady rise in child marriages in Bangladesh, raising fears that the South Asian country might not meet its goal of eliminating child marriage any time soon.

SPECIAL REPORT

No single party will secure simple majority in Israel's Knesset

By Ahmed Asmar

ANKARA (AA) - Israeli voters will cast ballot on Tuesday to elect members of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) in the fourth elections in two years.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkic nations celebrate traditional Nowruz spring festival

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) - People across the Turkic speaking nations shared with Anadolu Agency their customs and traditions of celebrating Nowruz, a spring festival which has been celebrated for more than 18 centuries across Anatolia and Asia.

OPINION - Democracy is need of hour for Palestinian struggle

By Ismail Haniyeh

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - We are currently participating in the Cairo dialogue with our brothers in the Fatah movement and the rest of the Palestinian factions and national figures.