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Disruptive labor market changes, including the rise of robots and artificial intelligence, will result in a net loss of 5.1 million jobs over the next five years in 15 leading countries, according to an analysis published in Davos on Jan. 18.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu on Jan. 17 started a one-week European tour including London, Davos and Berlin, during which he will meet foreign investors and discuss counter-terrorism measures with European counterparts. 

One of the conclusions in the aftermath of the suicide bomb attack in Istanbul last week, which claimed the lives of 10 German nationals, was that the perpetrators, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in this case, was aiming at targeting the image of Turkey as a safe touristic country. 

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Jan. 15 that he was "very confident" that negotiators will reach a final agreement to reunite Cyprus within the next six months.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 20-23, his office has confirmed, Tanjug reported.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday  that IMF wants to participate in Greece’s economic program both in an advisory and in a funding capacity as soon as deep reforms and a debt relief are agreed.

US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Bulgaria in January.

In the Bulgarian capital, Nuland will meet with senior government officials to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues, the website of the US Department of State informs.

IMF Director Christine Lagarde plans to meet with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to discuss Greece’s bailout package, Bloomberg says citing an anonymous source.

Donors have pledged $250 million to educate over one million Syrian children this year but an additional $500 million is urgently needed to fund the program in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, the U.N. envoy for global education said on Jan. 12.

Six EU commissioners will visit Turkey in March 2016 for a high-level economic platform meeting, the Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozk?r has said, while also noting that Turkish and EU officials would gather in January within the framework of a high-level energy dialogue mechanism.