Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday, March 2, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend International Ombudsman Symposium at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency Editors’ Desk to host Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Ozlu.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to inform parliament's foreign affairs committee about recent developments in region.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag to hold press conference after opening of Union of European Turkish Democrats Strasbourg office.

PARIS - Presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to hold separate press conferences. ​

UK

SPECIAL REPORT: Northern Ireland goes to polls for new Assembly members

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

BELFAST - Around 1.2 million registered voters in Northern Ireland are set to cast their votes for a second time in the last 10 months Thursday to elect the new members of the Legislative Assembly.

GERMANY

KARLSRUHE - Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag to meet Turkish community.

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Israeli Knesset to vote on whether to expel Arab MP Basel Ghattas from assembly.​

BOSNIA

SARAJEVO - EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini to meet members of the Presidency of Bosnia Herzegovina, including Mladen Ivanic, Dragan Covic and Bakir Izetbegovic and Council of Ministers Chairman Denis Zvizdic.

MACEDONIA

SKOPJE - Mogherini to meet Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and parliamentary leaders.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - North Korea says ready to be "merciless" in face of joint South Korean-United States military drills that began a day earlier. (MOVED)