Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ERZURUM - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s presentation of mayoral candidates for eastern Erzurum province.

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release sectoral confidence indices for January.

ANKARA - Ministry of Industry and Technology to release patent and trademark statistics for 2018.

ANKARA - Central Bank to release capacity utilization rate of the manufacturing industry figures for January.

ANKARA - Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) to release industrial capacity reports statistics for 2018.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to be received by Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci. They are also due to hold news conference.

GIRNE - Cavusoglu to be awarded honorary doctorate by Girne American University.

VENEZUELA

CARACAS - Monitoring developments on opposition-held demonstrations in different parts of capital Caracas.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to hold news conference following meeting of NATO-Russia Council.

GREECE

ATHENS - Greek parliament to vote on Macedonia name deal.

MOROCCO

RABAT - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with Moroccan officials.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.

SPORTS

ABU DHABI - 2019 AFC Asian Cup quarterfinal matches to continue. Qatar to face Korea Republic and UAE to play against Australia.

MELBOURNE - World number one men's tennis player Djokovic to face 28th-seeded French Pouille in Australian Open 2019 semifinal.

ISTANBUL - Round of 20 of 2018-19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season to continue. Turkey's Darussafaka to face Spain's Baskonia.