Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - PM Davutoglu to chair a Cabinet meeting.

ANKARA – Consumer confidence report due from TurkStat at 10 a.m. local time [0800GMT].

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

ZURICH – FIFA's ethics judge to give verdict on suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini.

GERMANY

DRESDEN – Planned demonstration by anti-immigrant PEGIDA movement [MERITS].

GREECE

SPECIAL REPORTS

Economic crisis affects Greeks' health

By Magda Panoutsopoulou

ATHENS (AA) – Survey shows impact of Greece’s financial crisis on public health.

Tsipras: IMF should stay out of bailout

By Vasiliki Mitsiniotou

ATHENS (AA) – Greek PM Alexis Tsipras now seeking to keep the International Monetary Fund out of the Greek bailout.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK – UN Security Council to receive briefing from UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien on the humanitarian situation in Syria.

AFRICA

NIGERIA

ABUJA – MTN, Africa's leading mobile telecommunications company, files suit against $3.4 billion fine.

SPECIAL REPORT

Uganda: Government to set up 'special economic zone'

By Halima Athumani

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – The Ugandan government is to set up a "special economic zone" with ASB group, a multinational energy producer.

MIDDLE EAST

SPECIAL REPORT

Egyptian economy faces slower growth as inflation bites

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) – The Egyptian economy is set for slower growth as high inflation dogs consumers, analysts say.

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT

India, Pakistan arms race remains in high gear

By Aamir Latif and Mubashir Mushtaq

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (AA) – Despite resumption of peace talks between Pakistan and India, there seems to be no lull in the decades-long arms race between the two nuclear rivals.

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Search-and-rescue operations ongoing for more than 70 people missing from boat which sank off south Sulawesi.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Two major Islamic political parties in collaboration talks.

CHINA

BEIJING – More than 90 people remain missing after 33 buildings at industrial park are buried in landslide.

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - PM Davutoglu to chair a Cabinet meeting.

ANKARA – Consumer confidence report due from TurkStat at 10 a.m. local time [0800GMT].

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

ZURICH – FIFA's ethics judge to give verdict on suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini.

GERMANY

DRESDEN – Planned demonstration by anti-immigrant PEGIDA movement [MERITS].

GREECE

SPECIAL REPORTS

Economic crisis affects Greeks' health

By Magda Panoutsopoulou

ATHENS (AA) – Survey shows impact of Greece’s financial crisis on public health.

Tsipras: IMF should stay out of bailout

By Vasiliki Mitsiniotou

ATHENS (AA) – Greek PM Alexis Tsipras now seeking to keep the International Monetary Fund out of the Greek bailout.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK – UN Security Council to receive briefing from UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien on the humanitarian situation in Syria.

AFRICA

NIGERIA

ABUJA – MTN, Africa's leading mobile telecommunications company, files suit against $3.4 billion fine.

SPECIAL REPORT

Uganda: Government to set up 'special economic zone'

By Halima Athumani

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – The Ugandan government is to set up a "special economic zone" with ASB group, a multinational energy producer.

MIDDLE EAST

SPECIAL REPORT

Egyptian economy faces slower growth as inflation bites

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) – The Egyptian economy is set for slower growth as high inflation dogs consumers, analysts say.

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT

India, Pakistan arms race remains in high gear

By Aamir Latif and Mubashir Mushtaq

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (AA) – Despite resumption of peace talks between Pakistan and India, there seems to be no lull in the decades-long arms race between the two nuclear rivals.

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Search-and-rescue operations ongoing for more than 70 people missing from boat which sank off south Sulawesi.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Two major Islamic political parties in collaboration talks.

CHINA

BEIJING – More than 90 people remain missing after 33 buildings at industrial park are buried in landslide.