Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):



TURKEY



VAN / ADANA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party campaign rallies in Van and Adana provinces.



ANKARA - National Education Minister Ismet Yilmaz to be guest at Anadolu Agency Editors' Desk.



ANKARA - Central Bank to announce international investment position in April and housing prices index.



ANKARA - Statistical authority TurkStat to announce interim 2017 results on purchasing power parity.



UK



LONDON - Nationwide minute of silence to be observed on anniversary of Finsbury Park terror attack. Commemorative service at Islington Town Hall expected by Home Secretary Sajid Javid.



LONDON - British expat voting for Turkey's June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections to end.



GERMANY



BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Macron to co-chair annual government summit of Germany and France. ​



SWITZERLAND



GENEVA - Special UN Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura to meet with senior Turkish, Russian, and Iranian officials for consultations on establishing constitutional committee.



GENEVA - UN Human Rights Council to continue to discuss international human rights situations.



GENEVA - Refugee agency UNHCR to release global forced displacement report.



RUSSIA



MOSCOW - Opening ceremony of exhibit in honor of assassinated Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov.



BELARUS



MINSK - President Alexander Lukashenko to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.



SYRIA



ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS - Monitoring Syrian civil war.



IRAQ



BAGHDAD - Following ongoing controversy over results of Iraq's May 12 parliamentary poll.



YEMEN



MAARIB - Following ongoing fight between army, Houthis over western Al-Hudeidah province.​​



SPORTS



ANKARA - In FIFA World Cup, host nation Russia to meet Egypt in Group A match, and in Group H matches Colombia to take on Japan and Poland to face Senegal. -