ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, March 7, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
MARDIN/SIIRT - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lead campaign rallies for March 31 local elections in southeastern and eastern provinces.
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk to host Vice President Fuat Oktay.
ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to release treasury cash realizations for February.
ANKARA - European Statistical Office, Eurostat, to release employment and GDP figures for last quarter of 2018.
ANKARA - United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to release food price index for February.
ANKARA - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to release inflation bulletin for January.
UK
LONDON - A group of Syrian refugees to hold news conference to call on International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe Syrian regime.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy to hold news conference at ITB Berlin tourism fair.
BERLIN - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to meet Croatian counterpart Marija Pejcinovic-Buric for talks on bilateral relations, EU and international issues.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold weekly news conference.
US
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to meet with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis at White House.
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to host 2019 Annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards Ceremony.
UAE
ABU DHABI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with United Arab Emirates top officials.
SOUTH AFRICA
PRETORIA - Turkish ambassador to South Africa Elif Comoglu Ugen to host over 30 female diplomats, heads of UN organizations in capital to commemorate Women's Day.
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA - National Disaster Risk Management Commission and International Partners to launch 2019 humanitarian response plan.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.