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"When a new defense minister is appointed, that will be the first issue that needs to be decided concretely," Habeck told German national radio "Deutschlandfunk" on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, reports Reuters.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will be in Davos, Switzerland, from Tuesday through Thursday for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting.

DAVOS - The organisers of the Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) have published a list of the event's participants, in which the so-called Kosovo is represented with a footnote.

An asterisk is placed next to the name of Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.

The WEF will be held from January 16 through 20.

Türkiye and Israel announced on Aug. 17 to exchange ambassadors in a bid to fully normalize the relationship after a long period of tension.

"At the last meeting in Davos, I said that the dividing line between Russia and Ukraine must return to the previous status quo, because continuing the war beyond that point could turn it into a war not for the freedom of Ukraine, but a war against Russia. For this, I was subjected to a lot of criticism, not least from Mr. Zelensky.

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Ljubljana – Emilija Stojmenova Duh, the candidate for minister of digital transformation, has pledged to build on what has been done well in the field in the past. Her priorities would be to narrow the digital divide and pave the way for society’s effective digital transformation, she told the relevant parliamentary committee before getting its nod Saturday.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a meeting with the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, which is hosted in Davos, Switzerland.

The leaders of the two countries discussed developments in the wider region, with emphasis on energy issues and the formulation of a new energy map, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Russian forces have shelled more than 40 cities in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, the Ukrainian military said, threatening to close the last major escape route for trapped civilians on their four-month invasion. In his traditional evening video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine will not cede its territory to Russia.

"If President Erdogan thinks that I will not defend the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Greece and that I will not tell the international public that Turkey is behaving like a revisionist power, then he is wrong," he said.