Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday Feb. 22, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend award ceremony organized by Culture and Tourism Ministry at Presidential Complex.

ANKARA - President Erdogan to separately receive Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, intelligence chief Hakan Fidan and Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar at Presidential Complex.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel.

ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag special guest at Anadolu Agency's Editors’ Desk.

ANKARA - Desk to monitor reactions and developments amid Turkey's continued Operation Olive Branch against PYD/PKK and Daesh terror groups in Afrin, Syria.

ANKARA - TurkStat to release sectoral confidence index for February.

ISTANBUL - Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak to attend First Annual Turkey Energy and Mining Forum.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to convene her Brexit Cabinet to discuss UK's position in Brexit talks with the EU.

LONDON - Protest against atrocities by Assad regime in Eastern, Ghouta Syria.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Merkel to address parliament ahead of informal summit of EU leaders on Friday to discuss institutional issues, EU’s long-term budget.

SPORTS - Round 32 in UEFA Europa League to be completed with second-leg matches.