Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday Oct. 26, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish President Erdogan to address meeting with village leaders at presidential complex.

SPECIAL REPORT:

EU finance package MIFID2 to change global finance

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA - The EU package of financial legislation known as MIFID2 will radically change the way banks and brokerages do business, right across the world.

EUROPE

GERMANY

FRANKFURT – The U.S. is investigating Deutsche Bank for allegedly violating sanctions imposed on Russia for its role in the Ukraine conflict, the bank has confirmed in a statement.

FRANCE

POLAND

WARSAW - Poland's conservative Law and Justice party has won Sunday’s parliamentary election as the incumbent prime minister concedes defeat.

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

PRETORIA - President Zuma to host Tanzania’s head of state Kikwete.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Tax incentives increase Ethiopia’s foreign direct investments

By Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The use of tax incentives has massively increased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Ethiopia, an official has told Anadolu Agency.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

MYANMAR

YANGON – Government to release ethnic and religious data gathered in 2014 census by year’s end.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Thai rights group asks junta to close military detention facility after suicide of lese-majeste suspect.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH – PM denounces allegations that Cambodian students were forced to attend speech during Paris visit, in fear of having their scholarships revoked.

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday Oct. 26, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish President Erdogan to address meeting with village leaders at presidential complex.

SPECIAL REPORT:

EU finance package MIFID2 to change global finance

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA - The EU package of financial legislation known as MIFID2 will radically change the way banks and brokerages do business, right across the world.

EUROPE

GERMANY

FRANKFURT – The U.S. is investigating Deutsche Bank for allegedly violating sanctions imposed on Russia for its role in the Ukraine conflict, the bank has confirmed in a statement.

FRANCE

POLAND

WARSAW - Poland's conservative Law and Justice party has won Sunday’s parliamentary election as the incumbent prime minister concedes defeat.

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

PRETORIA - President Zuma to host Tanzania’s head of state Kikwete.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Tax incentives increase Ethiopia’s foreign direct investments

By Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The use of tax incentives has massively increased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Ethiopia, an official has told Anadolu Agency.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

MYANMAR

YANGON – Government to release ethnic and religious data gathered in 2014 census by year’s end.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Thai rights group asks junta to close military detention facility after suicide of lese-majeste suspect.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH – PM denounces allegations that Cambodian students were forced to attend speech during Paris visit, in fear of having their scholarships revoked.