Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA – Vice President Fuat Oktay to chair meeting of the High Council for the Struggle against Addiction at presidential complex.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Russian, Ukrainian, French, and German diplomats to gather for Normandy Format talks to discuss situation in eastern Ukraine, implementation of Minsk agreements.

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet his Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian counterparts for talks on international issues, recent tensions with Russia over Ukraine.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to hold joint presser following their meeting in the alliance’s headquarters.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to hold talks with Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss.

ECONOMY

ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release unemployment figures for December

SPORTS

BEIJING - Following 2022 Winter Olympics in China.

ANTALYA, Turkey - Tour of Antalya, Turkish cycling race in UCI Road Race calendar, to start with stage one.

PIRAEUS, Greece - Turkish basketball club Anadolu Efes to take on Olympiacos in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 26.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkology students in Yerevan welcome thaw in ties with Turkey

By Rabia Iclal Turan

YEREVAN, Armenia (AA) - Armenian students of Turkology have welcomed the normalization of relations with Turkey saying this will help them practice the Turkish language more.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzania grapples with deadly clashes over dwindling water resources

By Kizito Makoye

KILINDI, Tanzania (AA) - Besides conflicts pitting humans against wildlife, the East African country of Tanzania is also grappling with clashes between farmers and cattle herders, who have often killed each other in their pursuit of grazing land and dwindling water resources.

SPECIAL REPORT

Despite peace accord, insecurity haunts villages in South Sudan

By Benjamin Takpiny

JUBA, South Sudan (AA) – Even two-and-half years later, when waring groups in South Sudan signed a peace agreement to end a decades-old war, the insecurity still haunts the people in the landlocked African country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Skilled workers hope better deal in India’s crucial provincial polls

By Ahmad Adil

ALIGARH/ SAMBHAL/MORADABAD, India (AA) – As the election campaign takes a feverish pitch in India’s politically significant province of Uttar Pradesh (UP), hundreds of thousands of skilled workers are seeking a better deal and promises from politicians to address their issues.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ukrainian activists keep flag waving over 'temporarily occupied territories'

By Jeyhun Aliyev and Talha Yavuz

SVITLODARSK, Ukraine (AA) - A group of activists in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine are doing their best to keep the country's flag waving over the territories currently controlled by pro-Russian separatists.