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Swiss among most prepared to defend their country

This content was published on Jan 5, 2015 As many as 39% of the Swiss population is ready to take up arms for their country compared with 29% in France, 21% in Austria and Spain, 20% in Italy and 18% in Germany. That’s according to an online poll conducted by Leger Switzerland, formerly known as Isopublic, which asked 1,000 people older than 18…

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Silent Night in the trenches and barracks

This content was published on Dec 25, 2014 December 25, 1914 was the first Christmas of the First World War. Morale was low among the Swiss soldiers who were guarding the country’s borders. They yearned for peace and, especially, for the love of their families.

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Israel criticised at Geneva meeting

This content was published on Dec 17, 2014 A consensus was reached on Wednesday that settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem violated Israel’s responsibilities as an occupying power. The Geneva Conventions govern the rules of war and military occupation. Nations that took part in the one-day conference in Geneva “emphasise that all serious violations of international humanitarian law must be…

Foreign Affairs

Swiss extend Russian sanctions list

This content was published on Dec 16, 2014 Switzerland, which is not a member of the European Union but is linked by bilateral agreements governing trade and other measures, decided in March not to join the sanctions that the EU has imposed over the Ukraine crisis but has been keen to avoid undermining them. The names added onto a list published on the…

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Government deplores death of Palestinian politician

This content was published on Dec 10, 2014 In a statement, the ministry praised the commitment of Abu Ein, a member of the Geneva InitiativeExternal link, to working towards a “fair and durable peace” in the Middle East. It also urged the Israeli authorities to open an “independent, rapid and transparent inquest” into the circumstances of his death. In addition, the foreign ministry…

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Swiss jungle hostage escapes captors

This content was published on Dec 6, 2014 He took his chance during a clash between troops and rebels on Saturday, Colonel Allan Arrojado, commander of the army’s Joint Task Group on the island of Sulu, told reporters by mobile phone text message. Philippine army scout rangers later found him and brought him to safety. The military said five militants were killed and…

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Swiss winter aid increased for refugees

This content was published on Dec 4, 2014 Disaster relief organisation CaritasExternal link announced on Thursday an emergency programme for Erbil and Dohuk in northern Iraq for CHF800,000 ($825,000). The organisation said the money should benefit 25,000 people displaced by war who live in empty houses or tents outside official refugee camps. These people have already received for the past year urgently needed…

Foreign Affairs

ICRC to raise budget and relocate staff

This content was published on Nov 27, 2014 This amount, the largest ever requested by the ICRC, represents a 25% increase over the initial appeal made by the organisation last year. “This record budget is required to meet the needs and fit our response to the changing nature of armed conflict,” said ICRC President Peter Maurer at the launch of the organisation’s emergency…

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Ukraine ceasefire lauded by Swiss diplomat

This content was published on Nov 25, 2014 Speaking at an event organised by the Eastern Europe Forum of the University of Basel on Monday, she said that maintaining the ceasefire agreement must be “absolute priority”. She said that the area covered by the agreement is equivalent to half the size of Switzerland. However, Tagliavini acknowledged that while the ceasefire was respected in…

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Switzerland condemns attack at Jerusalem synagogue

This content was published on Nov 18, 2014 Switzerland has “vehemently condemned” the fatal attack against worshippers in a synagogue in Jerusalem in which four Israelis were killed and eight injured with a pistol and meat cleavers.

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