Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

MOLDOVA

CHISINAU - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to start two-day visit to Moldova.

CHISINAU - Erdogan to meet his Moldovan counterpart Igor Dodon, with strategic partnership statement to be signed followed by joint press conference.

CHISINAU - Erdogan to attend lunch with Dodon and meet Moldovan Premier Pavel Filip, with signing of more agreements.

TURKEY

ANKARA - Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu to be guest at Anadolu Agency Editor's Desk.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to give short-term debt statistics for August.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Leaders of the EU's 28 countries to meet at first session of summit to discuss Brexit.

RUSSIA

SOCHI - President Vladimir Putin to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

MOSCOW - Defense Ministry briefing on the situation in Syria.

MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zaharova to hold news conference.

MOSCOW - Visit of Syrian parliamentary delegation​.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to address lawmakers before heading to Brussels for EU leaders’ summit.

UK

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to take questions from lawmakers at parliament.

LONDON - May to attend EU Council meeting in Brussels to make presentation on final Brexit deal.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - Austrian​ President Alexander Van der Bellen to arrive for two-day official visit.

BELGRADE - President Aleksandar Vucic to meet with Russia's General Prosecutor Yury Chaika​.

CROATIA

ZAGREB - Greenpeace to present art installation in Zagreb's main square to highlight problem of plastic pollution.

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring developments on civil war in Yemen.

MYANMAR

SPECIAL REPORT

Myanmar's deadly betel-chewing habit

By Kyaw Ye Lynn

YANGON (AA) – It was a Monday in September when former British diplomat Vicky Bowman was hit by a warm stream of betel juice as she was waiting at the railroad crossing in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Round 2 of THY Euroleague to continue as last Euroleague finalist Fenerbahce to host Russia's Khimki, and Anadolu Efes will take on Lithuania's Zalgiris.

BUENOS AIRES - Third Youth Olympic Games to continue in Argentina. ​

EKATERINBURG - Euroleague Women’s champions UMMC Ekaterinburg to take on EuroCup Women winners Galatasaray in 2018 edition of SuperCup Women.