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The re-arrest of Osman Kavala is very worrying. The hostile environment in which the civil society and the human rights defenders operate in Turkey has reached an unprecedented level, as has the disregard of the most basic principles of law.

On 14 February 2020, François Bausch, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, attended the presentation of the "World Climate and Security Report" which will be officially introduced by General Tom Middendorp at the "Munich Security Conference" this weekend and which was previewed to the Luxembourg press.

On 10 February 2020, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, received Michel Barnier, Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom, at the Château de Senningen. The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, and the Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna, also attended the meeting.

The Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel announces that this afternoon, H.R.H. the Grand Duke has honourably discharged, by his own request, Étienne Schneider, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Minister of Health.

By signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of the Economy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales and Leonardo, is further advancing the creation of its Digital Center of Excellence in Luxembourg.

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the State of New South Wales, Australia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on future space activities.

The economic mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), chaired by HRH the Hereditary Grand Duke and led by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider, and in the presence of the Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna, concluded with a day dedicated to Luxembourg's presence at Expo 2020 Dubai, which will take place from 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021.

I fully endorse the declaration made on behalf of the European Union by Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, following the initiative presented yesterday by the President of the United States of America.

On 28 January 2020, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, paid a working visit to the Military Centre in Diekirch.

On the second day of the economic mission, chaired by H.R.H. the Hereditary Grand Duke, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Etienne Schneider, signed with the Minister of the Economy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, a cooperation agreement establishing a regular and quasi-institutional economic dialogue.

Interview with Jean Asselborn in The Economic Times

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Luxembourg both pursue a policy of economic diversification: While the Grand Duchy wishes to become less dependent on the financial sector, the UAE aims to gradually reduce the share of hydrocarbons in its national economy.

In January 2020, Luxembourg's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs has launched its Instagram account, one of the first accounts of the Luxembourg government on this social network.

For the sixth time, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, is currently participating in the WEF in Davos, Switzerland.

The conference "Health Technologies @ Luxembourg 2020", organised on 20 January in the "Halle des poches à fonte" in Belval, by the Ministry of the Economy and the HealthTech Cluster of Luxinnovation, provided an opportunity to present the latest trends in health technologies in Luxembourg.