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Strong franc blamed for drop in export of Swiss war materiel

This content was published on Feb 23, 2016 Presenting detailed figures from 2015, senior officials said exports dropped to CHF446.6 million ($449 million), down 21% from the previous year. Germany was by far the biggest buyer, purchasing Swiss war materiel worth CHF130.3 million, ahead of India with CHF45.5 million, Indonesia (CHF44.2 million), the United States (CHF 26.3 million) and Italy (CHF 24.4 million).…

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UN chief Ban Ki-moon supports Swiss plea

This content was published on Feb 23, 2016 At Monday’s meeting of the UN General Assembly, the Swiss said they welcomed Ban’s support. Switzerland has maintained for more than three years that serious violations of international law are being committed by all parties to the conflict in a climate of impunity, said Tatjana von Steiger of the Permanent Swiss Mission to the UN,…

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Zurich police intervene in Kurdish rally

This content was published on Feb 11, 2016 The group was protesting outside the Turkish consulate in Zurich against current conditions for Kurds in Turkey. Police said one person was detained after the crowd threw stones, flags and other projectiles at the consulate building. Police sealed off the area around the consulate in the late afternoon following a peaceful march through Zurich’s downtown…

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Switzerland pledges more to Syria conflict victims

This content was published on Feb 4, 2016 Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann announced at an international Syria donor conference in London on Thursday that Switzerland would support victims of the conflict with CHF50 million ($50.1 million). The money will be donated this year and will be split between direct aid to Syria and refugees in surrounding countries. Schneider-Ammann made the pledge as around…

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Hundreds protest against Islamophobic movement

This content was published on Feb 3, 2016 The police also demanded parliament be closed to the public on Wednesday morning, the first time the public has not been able to watch politicians at work. The protestors did not have any banners but shouted anti-fascist slogans. No supporters of PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West) or any other far-right group…

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Swiss government to probe PLO connection

This content was published on Jan 28, 2016 The new group will include representatives of the justice as well as the foreign and defence ministries. It was formed in response to revelations in the book Schweizer Terrorjahre (Swiss terror years) by journalist Marcel Gyr. According to Gyr’s research, former Foreign Minister Pierre Graber conducted a secret meeting with the PLO in 1970 in…

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Top diplomats to meet in Zurich on Syria, Ukraine

This content was published on Jan 15, 2016 Top diplomats for the US and Russia will meet in Zurich next week for talks on Syria and Ukraine just ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Police chief weighs in on anti-jihadi measures

This content was published on Nov 12, 2015 The head of the Federal Office of Police has outlined plans for a proposed travel ban for radicalised jihadis, saying it would be possible to confiscate passports and require them to regularly check in with authorities.

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PKK creates rift between Swiss Kurds and Turks

This content was published on Nov 3, 2015 Representatives of both sides in Switzerland say they live peacefully together – as long as there is no mention of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). “You are not going to write what I tell you anyway,” Turgut Dagci, a project manager for…

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Swiss ‘shocked’ at targeting of hospitals

This content was published on Oct 29, 2015 The Swiss foreign ministry has expressed its ‘shock’ at the recent military attacks against hospitals in war zones, while carefully sidestepping who is to blame.

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