Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, May 17, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko at Vahdettin Pavilion.

ISTANBUL - Erdogan to address Istanbul's mukhtars at fast-breaking meal at Halic Congress Center.

ANKARA - Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) to release short term external debt statistics as of March.

ANKARA - European Statistical Office (Eurostat) to release inflation figures for April.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay to hold talks with officials.

LEFKOSA - Monitoring developments after TRNC’s coalition partner People's Party (HP) withdrew from government.

FINLAND

HELSINKI - Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend 129th Session of Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

VENEZUELA

CARACAS - Monitoring political crisis after coup bid.

SPORTS

SPAIN - Turkish basketball teams Fenerbahce Beko, Anadolu Efes to face in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four semifinals in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

SPAIN - Russia's CSKA Moscow to vie against Spain's Real Madrid in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four semifinals in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

SPEACIAL REPORT:

‘South Africa’s reelected president faces tough road’

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG (AA) - South Africa’s newly reelected president, Cyril Ramaphosa, will need to work twice as hard as his predecessors to retain trust among voters and keep the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party relevant, analysts told Anadolu Agency.