Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday Jan. 14, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the opening ceremony of Borsa Istanbul's new service building.

ANKARA - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold a press conference at the 9th Ambassadors' Conference. Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to attend the working dinner at the conference.

ANKARA - Sixth day of parliamentary debate on constitutional amendments bill that could herald presidential system

ANKARA - Developments over the implementation of the ceasefire in Syria and Operation Euphrates Shield

GREECE

SPECIAL REPORT:

By Magda Panoutsopoulou

ATHENS (AA) – A Greek government plan to push citizens into online banking to cut down on VAT avoidance is causing confusion in the austerity-hit country.

SERBIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

By Talha Ozturk

BELGRADE (AA) – While residents of Serbia's capital enjoyed Friday’s Orthodox New Year celebrations in warm homes with family and friends, more than a thousand migrants struggled outside with bitterly cold winter conditions.

MYANMAR

SPECIAL REPORT:

By Kyaw Ye Lynn

YANGON – Workers lament broken promises of better jobs and homes for their families 18 years after ex-junta began oil palm scheme that uprooted ethnic Karen from homeland in southern rainforest

MYANMAR

YANGON – Powerful ethnic party in troubled Rahkhine State again rejects request for meeting from UN rights envoy official probing reports of rights violations against Rohingya Muslims

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Japanese counterpart to hold official meeting during Shinzo Abe’s four-nation Asia tour (MERITS)