ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA -- Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey is expected to announce an interest rate cut.
ANKARA -- Health Minister Muezzinoglu to meet Djibouti counterpart Osman followed by joint press conference.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Fairytale touch: Dubai giant Abraaj meets Turkish net wizard Hepsiburada
By Andrew Rosenbaum
ANKARA -- It’s a case of the giant and the wizard -- what sounds like the start of a fairy tale. The Dubai-based private equity giant, Abraaj, has put $400 million into Turkish net wizard Hepsiburada, the Turkish firm has revealed.
New project digitizes Turkish local democracy
By Tuncay Kayaoglu
ISTANBUL -- Turkey's Mukhtar system of local representatives – inherited from the Ottoman age – will get a taste of new technology and undergo trials in Istanbul.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK -- UN Security Council to receive briefing from Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe that will likely focus on Ukraine.
CANADA
OTTAWA -- Turkish Parliament Speaker Cicek to meet Canadian FM Nicholson, and foreign affairs committee members.
EUROPE
HUNGARY
BUDAPEST -- Turkish PM Davutoglu to meet Hungarian counterpart Orban, followed by joint press conference.
BUDAPEST -- Davutoglu expected to attend Turkey-Hungaria Business Forum and meet President Ader.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS -- Greece's reform list expected to be discussed by Eurozone finance ministers during conference call.
GERMANY
BERLIN -- German reactions to the Greek reform program for bailout extension.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – World Health Organization to hold press conference about urgent health needs in the Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan and Syria.
FRANCE
PARIS -- President Hollande to receive Italian PM Renzi as part of the Franco-Italian summit.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO -- Turkish Airlines to sign sponsorship agreement with premier football league team, Sarajevo Football Club.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
GAZA
GAZA -- United Nations Relief and Works Agency and EU representatives to sign new financial support program on job creation.
GHANA
KUMASI -- Ruling party has called for pro-government march in response to opposition protests.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Hard times for Kenya's Khat farmers (photos)
By Magdalene Mukami
MERU, Kenya – On the way to Maua town in Kenya's is Meru County; one is greeted by hundreds, if not thousands, of lush Khat trees that carpet the area. The trees hide palatial homes that were built from the once lucrative Khat business.
Liberians enjoy return to normal life
By Evelyn T. Kpadeh
MONROVIA -- Liberians are finally breathing a sigh of relief – with the lifting of a nighttime curfew and the reopening of the country's borders – following a year-long Ebola nightmare.
SOUTH EAST ASIA-ASIA PACIFIC
INDONESIA
JAKARTA -- Indonesia says executions of foreigners won't be delayed despite mercy pleas.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL -- United States, South Korea announce joint military drill.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE -- FM Bishop concedes PM Abbott’s comments linking tsunami aid to executions “unhelpful.”
