Wall Street Journal

Mogherini "should participate in Kosovo dialogue"

PRIŠTINA -- Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci says EU High Representative Federica Mogherini should be included in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

By Nikos Roussanoglou

Greek shipowners have invested a total of 1.44 billion euros in acquiring 11 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers so far this year, according to a report in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has called on Russia not to involve Southeast Europe in the Moscow-Brussels dispute over the Ukraine crisis.

Mogherini's comments come after Russia announced earlier this week it was scrapping the South Stream gas pipeline project, citing Bulgaria's reluctance to unfreeze construction.

The United States on Dec. 1 played down the idea of creating a buffer zone along the Syria-Turkish border after a media report cited it as a possible concession to Turkey in return for use of bases to launch attacks on Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in Syria.

The United States and Turkey are closing in on a deal that will allow the U.S. military and allied forces to use Turkish air bases in their campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 1.

‘A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood’ by Ian Johnson (Mariner Books, 336 pages, $16)

Doğan Holding announced that a website report claiming the potential sale of Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş., which owns the Hürriyet Daily News, is untrue, in a written statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Oct. 23.

The European Central Bank has moved towards a «quantitative easing philosophy» but should not automatically use its remaining policy tools right away, Governing Council member Jens Weidmann said.

Around 143 million eligible voters in Brazil are going to the polls on Sunday to elect a President.

A total of 11 presidential candidates are competing for the post, with three of them estimated as the top contenders.

Experts predict a run-off stage, scheduled for October 26, with no candidate expected to receive 50% of the ballots cast on Sunday.

North Korea's top diplomat Ri Su Yong proposed a reunification under a confederation system in the first UNGA speech of a Pyongyang foreign minister in 15 years.

While addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) late on Saturday, Ri stressed reunification was "the main goal" of his country and "the biggest desire of the whole nation", according to ITAR-TASS and DPA.