ANKARA
Here are the main topics that the English News Desk of The Anadolu Agency will cover on March 13, 2013:
1- Turkish President Abdullah Gul is in Sweden on a formal trip.
- Abdullah Gul will address the Swedish Parliament and travel to Uppsala where he will attend the luncheon given in his honor by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Governor of Uppsala Peter Egardt.
- Gul will head back to Turkey.
2- President of Benin Thomas Boni Yayi is in Turkey.
- Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek will hold a meeting with Yayi and host a dinner in his honor.
- A luncheon will be given in the honor of Yayi in Ankara Guesthouse where Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc will also attend.
- Yayi will meet with Turkish Minister of Economy Zafer Caglayan.
3- Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek will receive a delegation of Portuguese lawmakers.
4- Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan will deliver a speech on "Turkey with its economy and investment opportunities" at International Real Estate Fair in the French city of Cannes.
5- Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag will attend the funeral of the eight Turkish citizens who lost their lives in Sunday's apartment fire in Germany, in their Turkish hometown of Afyonkarahisar.
6- Turkish Minister of Economy Zafer Caglayan will hold a meeting with Martin Zeil, Minister for Economic Affairs of Bavaria.
7- Turkish Minister of Finance Mehmet Simsek will visit the Zagreb stock market.
8- Turkey's Fenerbahce soccer team will take on Victoria Plzen of Czech Republic in the second leg of round of 16 of UEFA Europa League in Istanbul. (10:05 p.m. Turkish local time)
