Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main stories that the Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover on Wednesday, April 29, 2015:

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chairs National Security Council meeting at Presidential Palace

ANKARA - Slovenian Parliamentary Speaker Milan Brglez meets Turkish counterpart Cemil Cicek and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu

SPECIAL REPORT- FDI to emerging markets depends on stability: WAIPA

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ISTANBUL (AA) – Law, political stability and regulation provide the best environment to attract foreign direct investment, a conference on FDI held by the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies.

SPECIAL REPORT - Pepsico Turkey: Turkish consumers want more choice

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ISTANBUL (AA) – The food and beverage market in Turkey offers room for product-line expansion, Pepsico Turkey General Manager Neil Pryor told the Anadolu Agency.

EUROPE

FRANCE

PARIS - President Francois Hollande in talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

PARIS - Hollande meets World Bank President Jim Yong Kim

PARIS - Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius meets UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres

STRASBOURG - European Parliament on action to halt migrant deaths in Mediterranean region

GERMANY

SPECIAL REPORT - German intelligence agencies ‘not under democratic control’

By Ayhan Simsek

BERLIN (AA) – Recent scandals surrounding Germany’s intelligence service show that “parliamentary oversight has completely failed,” Germany’s former Human Rights Commissioner says.

CYPRUS

NICOSIA, Southern Cyprus - Greek Cypriot Administration leader Nicos Anastasiades to discuss energy and security issues with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON – Third day of protests in Baltimore following the funeral of African-American man who died from injuries sustained in police custody

NEW YORK - President of Syrian National Coalition holds press conference at UN headquarters

NEW YORK - UN special envoy for Libya to brief Security Council in closed meeting

NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank to make a statement on interest rate at the conclusion of two-day meeting

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

ZIMBABWE

HARARE - Southern African Development Community summit

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Opposition press conference on results of presidential and parliamentary elections

SAUDI ARABIA

RIYADH - King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud expected to hold talks with Moroccan King Mohammed VI

QATAR

DOHA - Final day of Yemeni Vice President Khaled Bahah's visit

SPECIAL REPORT - Ugandan youth find solace in lucrative politics

By Halima Athumani

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Ugandan youths joining politics, especially the ruling National Resistance Movement, are being informed by political survival and optimism. 

ASIA

NEPAL

KATHMANDU - Relief efforts in Nepal shift to remote areas but Nepalis frustrated by lack of aid reaching them

SRI LANKA

COLOMBO - Reaction to parliamentary approval of constitutional amendment to clip powers of presidency

SPECIAL REPORT - The Nepalese town that lost its history

By Deepak Adhikari

BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AA) – The Kathmandu Valley town of Bhaktapur saw its history collapse during the devastating earthquake on Saturday.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE ­- Australia withdraws ambassador to Indonesia as details emerge of executions of eight prisoners in Indonesia

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Response to execution of drug convicts from Ghana, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, and Nigeria

SPORTS

TURKEY

MUGLA - Fourth stage of Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey between Fethiye and Marmaris