Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA – Turkiye’s Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to attend 7th MIKTA Parliamentary Speakers Meeting which will be held online.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet French President Emmanuel Macron.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Polish President Andrzej Duda to hold joint press conference after their meeting at NATO headquarters.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to welcome German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at White House.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at Department of State.

SPORTS

BEIJING - Following 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China.

ECONOMY

ANKARA – Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry to release cash realizations for January.

SPECIAL REPORT

Shopkeepers in Armenian border city look for border opening

By Rabia Iclal Turan

GYUMRI, Armenia (AA) - As talks to normalize relations with Turkiye and Armenia continue and reciprocal charter flights resume, business owners in the Armenian border city are eagerly looking for the opening of the border.

SPECIAL REPORT

UK's low-income households to face 'severe effects' of rising gas bills

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) – Millions of Britons with low incomes will be “severely affected” by a record 54% increase in their energy bills that will come into effect in April as announced by the government’s gas market regulators last week.

SPECIAL REPORT

Israelis using underhanded ways to expand settlement activity

By Salam AbuSharar

NABLUS, Palestine (AA) - Since early last May, the people of the village of Beita southeast of Nablus have been protesting every Friday near the top of Jabal Sbeih, one of the highest mountains in the area.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkiye-Armenia normalization: Analysts see cause for optimism but wary of history’s ‘trap’

By Rabia Iclal Turan

YEREVAN, Armenia (AA) – Achieving the final objective “will not be easy, but the hardest parts have been overcome,” said an Armenian analyst as he delved into why he is “justifiably optimistic” about the historic bid by Turkiye and Armenia to normalize their long-strained ties.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkiye's engagement in Somalia has opened avenues for Somali businesses

By Mohammed Dhaysane

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) - Somalia and Turkiye enjoy a special relationship, including trade, which encourages the Somali business community to travel to Turkiye to import everything from clothing to medicine.