Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, Dec. 28, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin to give media briefing.

ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan follows program in Istanbul. [MERITS]

SPECIAL REPORT

2015 Business year in review: Turkish economy comes back

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) – In a volatile year for the global economy, Turkey held its own.

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA – World Health Organization is expected to declare Guinea free of Ebola.

SERBIA

BELGRADE – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to pay two-day official visit to Serbia.

AFRICA

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Burundi peace talks to be launched in Kampala on Monday.

SPECIAL REPORT

Nigeria: Fuel subsidies under fire as price of petrol slashed

By Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – As the Nigerian government cuts the price of petrol, the status of fuel subsidies becomes unclear.

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – Foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan discuss new proposals from Tokyo on thorny issue of so-called comfort women in hopes of a breakthrough.

MYANMAR

YANGON – Court sentences 25-year-old woman to six months in prison for posting satirical post on Facebook deemed insulting to military chief.

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Hundreds of Myanmar workers crossing the Thai border to head home for the New Year holiday protest the sentencing of two of their countrymen to death for the murder of two British backpackers.