Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, June 30, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately receive intelligence chief Hakan Fidan, new Treasury head Osman Celik, and Court of Accounts Chairman Seyit Ahmet Bas at Presidential Palace.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet separately with intelligence chief Hakan Fidan and Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar at Cankaya Palace.

KOCAELI - Erdogan and Yildirim to attend opening ceremony of Osmangazi Bridge, fourth-longest suspension bridge in the world and second-longest in Europe, and iftar dinner with workers.

ANKARA – Parliament speaker Ismail Kahraman to receive Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Members of International Syria Support Group (ISSG) Task Force on Humanitarian Access to meet in Geneva, and Jan Egeland, UN special advisor to the Syrian peace talks, and Special UN Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura to hold press conference at UN office in Geneva.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets members of tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina for talks on bilateral ties, Bosnia’s application for EU membership.

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA – Rodrigo Duterte inaugurated as Philippines president.

CHINA

BEIJING - Foreign ministry again claims Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague has no jurisdiction over Philippines’ South China Sea claims after court announces will deliver findings July 12.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Association of Southeast Asian Nations MPs calls on junta to open debate ahead of controversial constitutional referendum.

SPORTS

ANKARA – Euro 2016: Poland to meet Portugal in quarterfinal.