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Swiss state pension fund stops investing in arms firms

inspecting a Cluster Bomb Unit in the southern village of Ouazaiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006

This content was published on Jun 13, 2017 According to a report by Swiss public radio, SRF, Publica, the biggest pension fund in Switzerland, is dropping five arms manufacturers from its investment portfolio and selling its stake in them. Publica currently has 63,000 people paying in to the fund and 43,000 recipients, mainly government civil servants and employees at the federal institutes of…

The badge of a Swiss army officer on the Swisscoy KFOR mission in Kosovo

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Parliament extends Swiss peacekeeping mission in Kosovo

This content was published on Jun 8, 2017 Following the Senate in March, the House of Representatives has approved the extension of the Swisscoy peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

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Syrian peace talks in Geneva: what’s going on?

This content was published on May 16, 2017 Here is a short guide to the sixth round of the intra-Syrian peace negotiations, which are taking place in Geneva and set to run from May 16-19.

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Ninety people identified as being ‘at risk’ of jihadism

This content was published on May 2, 2017 Switzerland’s intelligence service has created a new category for the estimated 90 individuals who could have connections to terrorist activity.

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EU commissioner praises new corporate tax plan

This content was published on Apr 25, 2017 Relations between the European Union and Switzerland remain excellent, despite Swiss voters recently rejecting plans to overhaul corporate taxes.

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‘We look on as people starve to death, and we do nothing’

This content was published on Apr 24, 2017 Manea, who has Yemeni and Swiss citizenship, says negotiations need to take place at a local and regional level. swissinfo.ch: What’s the situation for the population in Yemen? Elham Manea: Every ten minutes a child dies from malnutrition. We look on as people starve to death, and we do nothing. Everyone is suffering there, but…

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Swiss condemn attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt

This content was published on Apr 9, 2017 On Sunday morning, a bomb planted in the pews rocked St George church in Tanta, followed by another one a few hours later detonated by a suicide bomber in Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope. While the Coptic Pope Tawadros escaped unharmed, over 40 people lost their lives and…

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Press has mixed feelings on Swiss-EU entente

This content was published on Apr 7, 2017 Media have welcomed the announcement that Swiss-EU negotiations have been “unblocked” but warn that the road ahead will not be a smooth one.

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Swiss pupils protest school budget cuts

This content was published on Apr 5, 2017 Swiss students are protesting education budget cuts in what could be the largest student demonstration the country has ever seen.

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Switzerland calls for truth behind Syria chemical attack

This content was published on Apr 5, 2017 Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter has condemned a reported chemical weapons strike in Syria.

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