Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, March 25, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

TOKAT - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cut ribbon of Tokat Airport, attend mass opening ceremony of other projects.

US

WASHINGTON - White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to gaggle aboard Air Force One en route Rzeszow, Poland.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss North Korea's latest long-range ballistic missile test.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Second-day sessions to be held as part of EU Leaders’ Summit.

UKRAINE

KYIV - Following Russia's war in Ukraine, sanctions, efforts for peace, and related international developments.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to meet with winners of presidential awards for young cultural workers.

MOSCOW- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to chair a meeting of Board of Trustees of Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Seventh round of Syrian Constitutional Committee to be concluded under auspices of UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen, who will hold press conference regarding talks.

ECONOMY

LONDON - The UK retail sales for February to be revealed.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to reveal capacity utilization rate for the manufacturing sector in March.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce sectoral confidence indices for March.

SPORTS

BARCELONA - Turkiye's Fenerbahce Beko to visit Spanish basketball club Barcelona in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 32.

SPECIAL REPORT

Toxic sludge kills fish in Tanzania’s Mara River

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) - Authorities in the East African country of Tanzania have banned fishing in the transboundary Mara River after a toxic spill of cow excrement and urine caused pollution that killed hundreds of fish, harming people’s livelihoods.

SPECIAL REPORT

History-making war on Ukraine, one month on

By Gozde Bayar

ANKARA (AA) – It has been one month since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched what he called a "special military operation" against Ukraine, sparking the biggest war on a European state since World War II.

SPECIAL REPORT

Safari park plan to endanger reserve forest in Bangladesh

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Despite huge protest, Bangladesh forest department started implementing the project of a new safari park allegedly endangering the lone biodiversity-enriched reserved forest in Lathitila in north-eastern city of Moulvibazar.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkiye entices growing number of Serbian tourists as arrivals soar: Envoy

By Talha Ozturk

BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) - Interest in Turkiye’s tourist sites is skyrocketing in Serbia, according to the Turkish ambassador to Belgrade, who said on Thursday that arrivals from the Balkan nation had surged 85% compared to previous years.