Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s group meeting at parliament. He is later due to attend groundbreaking ceremony via videoconference.

ANKARA - Erdogan to separately receive Slovakia Ambassador Jan Psenica, Afghanistan Ambassador Amir Mohammad Ramin, Portugal Ambassador Jaime Van Zeller Leitao, Korean Ambassador Lee Won Ik and El Salvador Ambassador Augustin Vasquez Gomez, who will present their letters of credentials.

ANKARA - Erdogan to receive Northern Cyprus’ Prime Minister Ersan Saner at Presidential Complex.

ANKARA - Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to speak after Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board meeting.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA - Following latest developments on novel coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

BANGLADESH

DHAKA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen to hold joint press conference.

DHAKA - New buildings of Turkish Embassy in Dhaka to be inaugurated.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump expected to hold news conference about year-end assessment ahead of Christmas.

DELAWARE - President-elect Joe Biden to introduce new members of his administration.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdel Rahman al Thani.

AZERBAIJAN

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

SPECIAL REPORT

Pandemic takes toll on school-sick students' motivation

By Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA (AA) - Education has become one of the most affected facets of life during the novel coronavirus pandemic, with schools across the globe shut in a bid to curb the outbreak as many have taken to remote lessons as an alternative to risky face-to-face classes.

SPECIAL REPORT

OPINION - Albanian churches in Karabakh and ceaseless Armenian lies

By Telman Nusratoghlu

BAKU (AA) - Schools, mosques, libraries, cultural centers and museums in Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Aghdam, Zangilan, Gubadli and Kalbajar regions around Nagorno-Karabakh, which were confirmed according to UN resolutions to be Azerbaijani territories, occupied by Armenians 27 years ago, and all the human-inhabited places were wiped out by Armenian invaders with unprecedented vandalism as well.