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How the Swiss capital reacted to Trump’s win

This content was published on Nov 9, 2016 Donald Trump’s election had strong reverberations on the streets of the Swiss capital Bern, with some saying they were reduced to tears.

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Swiss media say ‘only in America’

This content was published on Nov 9, 2016 The Swiss press were as surprised as anyone by Trump’s victory. How the controversial businessman will act on the foreign stage is their big question.

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Increase in Swiss weapons sales to Pakistan

This content was published on Nov 8, 2016 Between January and September, the Swiss sold war materiel to Pakistan to the value of just over CHF25 million ($25.8 million) compared with CHF552,816 in the same period last year. The increase is due to the sale of an air defence system, authorised last year. Following an easing of arms exports by parliament in 2014,…

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How Swiss is the US electoral system?

This content was published on Nov 4, 2016 The report is presented by swissinfo.ch’s Susan Misicka. The original video was produced by Arthur Honegger and Jonas Bayona of the online news service of Swiss public television, SRF.

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Court re-opens investigation into Kazakh spying case

This content was published on Oct 31, 2016 The Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona has asked the Attorney General to re-open the investigation into allegations of state-sponsored surveillance and hacking made by Kazakh national Victor Khrapunov. Khrapunov, ex-mayor of Almaty who has been living in Switzerland since 2008, has filed several cases claiming Kazakh government surveillance and harassment – such as installing a…

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Assad: ‘I’m not attacking people, I’m defending them’

This content was published on Oct 20, 2016 Syria's President Bashar al-Assad gives an exclusive interview to Swiss public television, SRF.

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Swiss renew aid funding pledge to Afghanistan

This content was published on Oct 5, 2016 Thomas Greminger, head of the Swiss delegation to the international conference on Afghanistan hosted by the European Union, said the money would be spent in two broad areas: inclusive governance and human rights, and sustainable socio-economic development. The Swiss development programme is targeted at the most vulnerable citizens in the areas of protection, health and…

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Medical aid NGO condemns Aleppo bombings

This content was published on Sep 28, 2016 The Geneva-based branch of the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM) issued a press release condemning the bomb attacks and supporting a three-hour non-emergency strike by medical staff in Syria. The action was staged to protest the harrowing conditions in which they operate. Some 800 medical aid workers have been killed in Syria…

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Interior minister warns against nationalism

This content was published on Sep 27, 2016 In his opening speech at the French Senate, Berset said politicians should refrain from calling into question longstanding European agreements. He highlighted the damage caused by nationalist ideas, alluding to the recent vote in Britain to leave the EU and remarks made ahead of the French and German elections next year. “The desire to denounce…

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