Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, July 12, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference after meeting with his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis.

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release industrial production index, poultry and milk production figures for May.

ANKARA - European Statistical Office (Eurostat) to release industrial production figures for May.

MONTENEGRO

ROZAJE - Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) to discuss July 15, 2016 defeated coup attempt in Turkey at panel.

CROATIA

ZAGREB - Turkey’s ambassador to Croatia Mustafa Babur Hizlan to hold news conference regarding July 15, 2016 defeated coup attempt.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Monitoring developments after Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) said it foiled a fresh coup attempt.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2019 to launch at UNDP office in Addis Ababa.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

UK

LONDON - Men's semi-finals at Wimbledon to take place.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Palestinian drones 'tactical threat' to Israel: Experts

JERUSALEM (AA) – Unmanned drones used by Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip are becoming a "tactical threat" to Israel in any future conflict, analysts believe.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Turkey: 'Sultan of Cities’ offers culture, history to tourists

By Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA (AA) – Bordering Greece and Bulgaria, Turkey’s northwestern Edirne province, looks forward to slake international visitors’ thirst for tourism with its historical sites, cultural heritage, rich cuisine, faith tourism and natural beauty.

SPECIAL REPORT

Rwanda’s plastic dealers face uncertain future

By James Tasamba

KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) - Factories making single-use plastics in Rwanda and other dealers are living in a period of uncertainty as a draft law banning the products in the country is in the pipeline.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Syriza was very behind of people's expectations'

By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet

ANKARA (AA) - Academics and a local official said Greece's far-left government failed to meet people's expectations on economy and minority affairs, causing it to lose votes.