Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Russian and Ukrainian delegations, deliver speech at Dolmabahce Palace ahead of peace talks.

ISTANBUL - President Erdogan to hold press conference before leaving for Uzbekistan. He also to attend a sapling planting ceremony and an official dinner hosted by his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

ISTANBUL - Following peace talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to welcome Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at White House, followed by joint press conference by two leaders.

WASHINGTON - House Judiciary Committee to hold oversight hearing of Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division.

TEXAS - Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’ commercial space company Blue Origin to launch crewed space mission.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht to travel to US to discuss new weapons deals, trans-Atlantic cooperation and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

SLOVENIA

LJUBLJANA - Mustafa Sentop, speaker of Turkiye’s parliament, to attend Conference of Speakers of EU Parliaments. He also to hold a meeting with Alojz Kovsca, president of Slovenia’s National Council.

UKRAINE

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

KYIV - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address Danish lawmakers via video link.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Data analytics firm GfK to announce Germany’s consumer sentiment expectation for April.

ANKARA - Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency to release February monthly data for Turkish banking sector.

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to announce JOLTS job openings for February.

WASHINGTON - Research group Conference Board to release US consumer confidence data for February.

SPORTS

PORTO, Portugal - Portugal to face North Macedonia in World Cup playoff final at Estadio do Dragao.

CHORZOW, Poland - Poland and Sweden to meet in World Cup playoff final at Silesian Stadium.

KONYA, Turkiye - Turkiye to host Italy for international friendly football match.

ISTANBUL - Fenerbahce Beko to host Germany’s ALBA Berlin for Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fixture.

SPECIAL REPORT

Book cafes in Tanzania combine leisure and learning

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) - To revive the dying culture of book reading amid the growing adoption of digital technologies, a non-profit organization in Tanzania is conducting myriad activities to provide people with an ambiance that motivates them to read books.

SPECIAL REPORT

Uganda to jail for life anyone who kills endangered national bird

By Hamza Kyeyune

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - In 2012, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) put the Crested Crane on its list of endangered bird species.​​​​​​​