ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately accept letters of credentials from new Indonesian, Philippine, Iraqi, and Malian ambassadors at presidential complex.
ANKARA - Erdogan also to hold face-to-face meeting with Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Ersin Tatar.
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce Consumer Confidence Index for August.
ANKARA - Central Bank to release International Investment Position for June and the second quarter.
ANKARA - Industry and Science Ministry to release Patent and Trademark statistics for July.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Turkey's Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank to meet with German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier and attend Germany-Turkey Artificial Intelligence Conference.
NETHERLANDS
THE HAGUE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to chair joint cabinet meeting focusing on climate change.
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO - Award Ceremony for 25th Sarajevo Film Festival.
UK
LONDON - Premier Boris Johnson to meet French President Emmanuel Macron.
ITALY
ROME - Following developments in wake of prime minister’s resignation.
RUSSIA
PYATIGORSK - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT
Aden clashes highlight discord within Saudi coalition
By Ihsan Faqih
ISTANBUL (AA) - Aug. 10 marks a milestone in the Yemeni war in terms of the repercussions for the unity of Yemeni soil and the future of the Saudi-led Arab coalition.
SPECIAL REPORT
Indonesia's beauty dazzles Turkish blogger
By Pizaro Gozali Idrus
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AA) - A Turkish blogger was surprised to see the enthusiasm with which local people embrace nearly five centuries of brotherly ties between Turkey and Aceh, Indonesia's westernmost province.