Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, May 27, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately receive Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

ISTANBUL - President Erdogan to address event held on occasion of 62nd anniversary of military takeover of May 27, 1960.

ISTANBUL - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with his Romanian, Polish counterparts following their trilateral meeting. Cavusoglu later to hold press conference with his Emirati counterpart.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to address US Naval Academy’s Class of 2022 during graduation ceremony.

WASHINGTON - Secretary Antony Blinken to hold press conference with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto at State Department.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - World Health Organization to hold technical briefing on monkeypox at 75th World Health Assembly.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to speak at panel discussion hosted by German daily Stuttgarter Zeitung.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to attend meeting of Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to chair meeting of Russia’s Council of Heads of Regions. ​​​​​​​

UKRAINE

KYIV - Following war between Ukraine and Russia, international reactions.

PALESTINE

NABLUS - Confrontations expected after weekly anti-settlement rallies.

JERUSALEM - Israeli extremists expected to break into al-Aqsa Mosque.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Country's trade unions and political parties respond to Kais Saied's dialogue appeal.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Following situation day after tensions in capital.

SPORTS

PARIS - Following 2022 French Open (Roland Garros), second Grand Slam of year.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkiye to share established and liquidated companies’ data for April.

WASHINGTON - US goods trade balance for April to be released.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Closer US-Greece ties part of scramble to contain Turkiye’s growing regional power’

By Ahmet Gencturk

ANKARA (AA) - Weapons, money and increasingly close military ties have all been prominent features of recent bilateral engagements between the US and Greece.

SPECIAL REPORT

Germany’s zigzags on Ukraine policy spark criticism

By Anadolu Agency Staff

BERLIN (AA) - The German government is coming under increasing criticism for the zigzags in its Ukraine policy.

SPECIAL REPORT

Swazi youths beating ‘drums of war’

By Phathizwe Zulu

MANZINI, Eswatini (AA) - Pro-democracy youths in Eswatini are calling for armed struggle to topple Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati III.