Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet his Algerian counterpart Abdulaziz Bouteflika at presidential residence.

ALGIERS - Erdogan to receive Algerian People's National Assembly Speaker Said Bouhadja, set to participate in Turkey-Algeria Business Forum.

TURKEY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to address parliamentary group meeting of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.

ANKARA - TurkStat to release economic confidence index for February.

ANKARA - Monitoring reactions and developments as Turkey's Operation Olive Branch against terror group YPG/PKK-Daesh continues in Afrin, Syria.

ANKARA - Anniversary of former prime minister Necmettin Erbakan's demise.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSE- Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci to meet Elizabeth Spehar, UN secretary-general's special representative in Cyprus.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic for talks on bilateral ties, Serbia’s EU membership process.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to hold Cabinet meeting.

LONDON - Britain set to embrace heavy snowfall, disruptions in transport and other services predicted.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to meet his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.

SYRIA

EASTERN GHOUTA - Monitoring developments after Russia announced 'daily humanitarian pause' in Eastern Ghouta.