New German ministers swear

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 7 - The German minority government, made up of Social Democrats and Greens, has begun. The President of the Republic, Frank Walter Steinmeier, has officially bid farewell to former liberal ministers Christian Lindner, Marco Buschmann, and Bettina Stark-Watzinger. In their place will be Chancellor Olaf Scholz's councillor, Joerg Kukies, who will become the new Minister of Finance; Minister Volker Wissing, who already owns transport and is now in charge of guiding justice; and Cem Oezdemir, the current manager of Agriculture, who will also take over education. (ANSA).