Diary

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

SPAIN

MADRID - Following NATO leaders summit.

MADRID - Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold bilateral meetings with leaders on sidelines of summit.

MADRID - US President Joe Biden expected to meet South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in trilateral meeting.

MADRID - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg to hold press conference.

FRANCE

PARIS - Verdict expected in trial of 20 people charged with involvement in 2015 terror attacks that killed 130 people in Paris.

US

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss situation in Syria.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release economic confidence index for June, annual industrial production figures for 2021.

ANKARA - Turkish banking watchdog to reveal banking sector figures for May.

BRUSSELS - European Commission’s General Directorate for Economic and Financial Affairs to share economic sentiment index for June.

BERLIN - Federal statistical office Destatis to reveal provisional inflation data for June.

MOSCOW - Russian Federal Statistics Service to share industrial production, unemployment, retail trade figures for May.

SPORTS

LONDON - Following 2022 Wimbledon, third Grand Slam of year in tennis.

ORAN, Algeria - 2022 Mediterranean Games continue.

SPECIAL REPORT

WHO’s Europe director urges vigilance as COVID surges across Europe

By Leila Nezirevic

LONDON (AA) - As European countries experience a surge of new COVID-19 infections, the World Health Organization’s Regional Director for Europe, Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, speaks to Leila Nezirevic and warns that COVID cases could soar throughout the summer and lead to more deaths.