Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, April 22, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint news conference with his Tajikistani counterpart Sirodjidin Aslov.

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release consumer confidence index for April.

ANKARA - Turkey's Ministry of Treasury and Finance to release central government’s gross debt stock and treasury receivable statistics as of March.

US

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to speak to reporters at Department of State on Iran sanctions.

SRI LANKA

COLOMBO - Following developments after terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following developments after new head of military administration was sworn in.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Monitoring developments after Khalifa Haftar, who commands forces loyal to Libya’s eastern government, launches campaign to capture capital Tripoli, where UN-backed unity government is based.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup to kick off in Spor Toto Tenis Park.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Turkey should prioritize development of smart cities’

By Gozde Bayar and Fatih Hafiz Mehmet

ANKARA (AA) - The smart city is a new approach to urban planning with a goal of connecting everything using technologies which generate data that is used to improve city services and infrastructure and ultimately residents’ quality of life.

PROFILE - Vladimir Zelenskiy: From comedian to Ukraine's president

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) - Ukrainian comedian Vladimir Zelensky won Sunday's runoff election by a landslide, exit polls showed.