Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA - Monitoring latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

NORTH MACEDONIA

SKOPJE - Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to attend Turkish Language Day celebrations in North Macedonia. He is also due to meet his North Macedonian counterpart Talat Xhaferi, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, President Stevo Pendarovski.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Developments on new variant of COVID-19 and increased restrictions related to latest rise in infections to be followed.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - EU to hold videoconference to coordinate response to new coronavirus strain in UK.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to attend informal ministerial meeting of signatories to Iran nuclear agreement.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden to publicly receive COVID-19 vaccine.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Monitoring cease-fire between Azerbaijan, Armenia, latest developments on front line, international repercussions.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release consumer confidence index for December.

ANKARA - Turkish Finance and Treasury Ministry to announce central government debt and receivable figures for November.

BRUSSELS - European Commission to release Economic Sentiment Index for December.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ethiopia: Autocracy, ill-conceived war end TPLF journey

By Seleshi TessemaADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - A living history of Ethiopia’s conflicts, Agregawi Berhe, 72, has vivid memories of the rise and fall of the now-banned Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TRLF).

SPECIAL REPORT

Volunteers keep India farmers’ protests going

By Ahmad Adil

SINGHU BORDER, NEW DELHI, India (AA) - On National Highway 44, which connects India’s capital New Delhi with the country’s northern states, 43-year-old Rughvir Singh is pouring oil on chapatis (bread) coming out of a machine.