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Donald Trump's victory has reinvigorated Republika Srpska, RS representatives in Washington as the shock development is being interpreted as a new opportunity for the entity, which already spends heavily on lobbying, to promote itself to US policymakers.

US President Barack Obama will raise Greece's debt issue when he visits Europe in the context of his farewell tour in mid-November, as Vice President Joe Biden has suggested. Obama's stops will include Athens and Berlin, and there are no more fitting capitals in which to discuss the matter of making Greek debt sustainable. Then again, perhaps it will not go down so well in Berlin.

US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew insisted Thursday that restructuring is the only answer to Greece's unsustainable debt.

Speaking during an event at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC, Lew said that "the only consistent answer to a non-sustainable debt is its restructuring."

The lounge offers Turkish and international gourmet food and beverages.

It is possible for Greece’s pending prior actions to be completed before the Eurogroup on October 10, a senior Eurozone official told journalists on Friday. The official noted that it is necessary to conclude the two actions pending by Wednesday when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank will hold their annual meeting in Washington DC.

It was not clear a few days ago whether Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an would meet U.S. President Barack Obama during his stay in Washington DC for the Nuclear Security Summit on March 31-April 1. It was underlined that Obama had no scheduled official bilateral contact with any of the 52 leaders attending the summit, and Erdo?an would instead be meeting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.

Turkey's Kurdish issue is often framed simply as "Turkish military vs. Kurdish militants." Since the collapse of the peace process last summer, hundreds of soldiers, militants and innocent civilians have been killed and hundreds of thousands of locals displaced from their homes. Since 1980 tens of thousands have died and swathes of southeastern Anatolia have been militarized.

'Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey: Transforming Ethnic Conflict' by Mustafa Gurbuz (Amsterdam University Press, 206 pages, $99)

ISIS released a chilling new video of more Paris-styled attacks on countries that are taking part in air strikes against Syria. The footage shows the terror group threatening to strike Washington DC as a result of America’s pivotal role in airstrikes.

London has regained its crown as the world?s leading financial center, according to a survey of industry professionals on Sept. 23, benefiting from the clear election victory by the Conservative party to overtake New York.