Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, June 23, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

UK

LONDON – 7th anniversary of the UK referendum on EU membership.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron to attend a live televised interview.

PARIS - The Summit for a New Global Financial Pact ends.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - EU restrictive measures against Russia over annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol to expire.

VIETNAM

HANOI - Following the outcome of a meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Vietnamese host and counterpart President Vo Van Thuong.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to participate in a political event with reproductive rights groups.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to deliver remarks at Organization of American States General Assembly meeting.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Vice President Kamala Harris to co-host and deliver remarks at State luncheon in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at State Department.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.

NEW YORK - Representatives of the US, UK and France to be joined by Ukraine for joint stakeout on Iranian drones.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release Economic Confidence Index for June and Trade Data for May.

NEW YORK - S&P Global to share provisional PMI figures for Germany, Eurozone and Türkiye manufacturing sectors for June.

SPECIAL REPORT

Italy's failure on recovery fund may sink EU plans

By Giada Zampano

ROME (AA) - Italy was the biggest beneficiary of Europe's unprecedented €800 billion ($876 billion) post-pandemic plan: now it risks becoming the reason for its failure, analysts warned.

SPECIAL REPORT

Who are the ‘agents’ involved in human smuggling in Pakistan?

By Rabia Ali

ISTANBUL (AA) – In Kalamata, a town on the southern Greek coast, Malik Shiraz is frantically searching for his brothers, who are among the hundreds missing after last week’s migrant boat shipwreck.