Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lead campaign rallies for March 31 local elections in Sancaktepe, Eyup and Esenyurt districts.

ISTANBUL – Erdogan to attend an opening ceremony of newly built houses and facilities in Kasimpasa district by state-backed housing agency TOKI.

ANKARA – Anadolu Agency’s Editors Desk to host National Education Minister Ziya Selcuk.

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release entrepreneurship statistics for 2015-2017 period.

ANKARA - European Statistical Office (Eurostat) to release retail trade figures for January.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to meet Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci, Parliament Speaker Teberruken Ulucay and Prime Minister Tufan Erhurman.

UK

LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May to meet Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades in London.

LONDON - The Security and Counter Terror Expo SCTX 2019 to kick off.

LUXEMBOURG

LUXEMBOURG – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to hold talks with his Luxembourgian counterpart Xavier Bettel on bilateral trade, as well as economic and investment cooperation.

SAUDI ARABIA / KUWAIT

RIYADH / KUWAIT CITY – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to continue his five-day trip to Persian Gulf's countries.

VENEZUELA

CARACAS - Monitoring crisis over nation’s leadership.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - Borussia Dortmund will take on Tottenham Hotspur at Signal Iduna Park, while Real Madrid will host Ajax at Santiago Bernabeu in Round of 16's second leg matches.

SPECIAL REPORT - Foreign students hail Turkey for hosting refugees

By Busra Nur Bilgic

ANKARA (AA) – Foreign students studying in Turkey are praising the country’s efforts to care for refugees.