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Swiss support UN on foreign fighters

This content was published on Sep 25, 2014 Switzerland has given its backing to a UN Security Council resolution on foreign terrorist fighters. The move, which was co-sponsored unanimously by more than 100 member states, does not give authorisation for the use of military force. It means Switzerland has agreed to tackle so-called home-grown terrorists, who head to conflict zones to fight for…

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Ukraine: Gorbachev warns of escalating conflict

This content was published on Sep 18, 2014 Gorbachev was the seventh and last leader of the Soviet Union. His policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) led to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 “for his leading role in the peace process which today characterises important parts of the international community”. He…

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Swiss authorities looking into 20 jihad cases

This content was published on Sep 15, 2014 Of those, four have ties to the conflict in Syria, with the rest involved in other jihadist conflicts or in the dissemination of terrorist propaganda, often from within Switzerland. According to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, some of the 20 cases being investigated involve more than one person accused of supporting terrorist organisations.The office also said…

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Swiss pledge more support for Ukraine mission

This content was published on Sep 10, 2014 Switzerland has pledged more funds and observers to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission in Ukraine.

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Burkhalter ‘not optimistic’ about Ukraine ceasefire

This content was published on Sep 8, 2014 Burkhalter, who holds the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), was asked on Monday whether he was optimistic about the ceasefire clinched between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. “I’m not optimistic at all. I’ve not been optimistic at all since the beginning,” he told the Swiss foreign correspondents…

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Ukraine crisis benefits from OSCE input

This content was published on Sep 7, 2014 “As I’m speaking with you, the guns are silent. That would have been unthinkable just a few days ago.” However, although the truce between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists largely held on Saturday, strong explosions were heard early Sunday near the airport on the outskirts of the main rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine,…

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OSCE and Swiss politicians react to the Ukraine crisis

This content was published on Aug 29, 2014 The OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine has established a base in Mariupol and will expand its monitoring activities in the region in order to provide objective information about the situation, said Burkhalter, who is also the President and Foreign Minister of Switzerland. “The OSCE and also Switzerland must always act in such a…

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Access to Second World War archives

This content was published on Aug 28, 2014 During the Second World War, short wave radio was Switzerland’s preferred means for communicating with its expatriated citizens and to present its positions to the rest of the world. These are the manuscripts of programmesExternal link broadcast by the Short Wave Service (SWS) between 1939 and 1945.

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Swiss boost UN observer mission in Western Sahara

This content was published on Aug 20, 2014 The defence ministry said the government on Wednesday decided to approve a request by the UN to contribute to an extended contingent of military personnel. The unarmed experts are supervising the 1988 ceasefire agreement between Morocco and the Polisario Front group fighting for independence of Western Sahara. Two Swiss mine clearing specialists have been working…

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Syrian rebels have stockpile of anti-aircraft weapons

This content was published on Aug 19, 2014 A just-released report from the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey shows that hundreds of portable anti-aircraft weapons are currently in the hands of rebel groups in Syria and risk falling into terrorist hands.

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