Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):



TURKEY



ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive U.K. Foreign Office Minister Alan Duncan.



ANKARA- EU Minister Omer Celik and Duncan to hold joint press conference following their meeting.



ANKARA - Main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu also to meet Duncan during his two-day official visit to Turkey.



GERMANY



BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend campaign event in eastern German state of Thuringia, ahead of general election on September 24.



SWITZERLAND



GENEVA - A press stakeout with U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura and his advisor Jan Egeland, following the meeting of the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force.​



KOSOVO



PRISTINA - UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, on an official visit to Football Association of Kosovo (FSK), to be received by the outgoing Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Kujtim Shala.​ -