Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg to hold separate meetings with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with his Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubayev.

US

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani to testify before special grand jury investigating whether ex-president and his allies violated law in their bid to overturn 2020 election results in Georgia.

UK

LONDON - UK Conservative leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to face off in election debate in Belfast.

PALESTINE

GAZA - Following developments related to cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian group Islamic Jihad after latest Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.

UKRAINE

KYIV - Following Russia’s war on Ukraine, sanctions, efforts for peace, grain deal, and related international developments.

SPORTS

LODZ, Poland - Following UEFA Champions League playoff first leg games including Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv vs Portugal’s Benfica.

THE ECONOMY

LUXEMBOURG - European statistical office to release GDP and unemployment figures for Q2 2022.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release short-term external debt data for June.

SPECIAL REPORT

Something fishy in the Oder River

By Jo Harper

KROSNO ODRZANSKIE, Poland (AA) – Andrzej Kobuszewski wanders over a bridge from one side of his sleepy town to the other. The fish have now gone, he says with a smile.

SPECIAL REPORT

Latvia appreciates Türkiye’s role in Ukraine grain exports

By Diyar Guldogan and Muhammet Tarhan

ANKARA (AA) - Latvia welcomes Türkiye’s mediation between Moscow and Kyiv to secure grain exports from Ukrainian ports, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said.

SPECIAL REPORT

Meeting between leaders of Serbia, Kosovo in Brussels unlikely to produce concrete results: Experts

By Zylfije Adem, Jakupi Agim Sulaj, Dzihat Aliju, Andelija Stojkovic and Talha Ozturk

BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) - Experts are doubtful that concrete results will emerge from Thursday’s meeting between Serbia’s president and Kosovo’s prime minister in Brussels.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangsamoro administration reappointed, elections in 2025

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ISTANBUL (AA) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last week reappointed Murad Ebrahim as interim chief minister of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA).