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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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Swiss boost humanitarian aid to Iraq

This content was published on Aug 15, 2014 In early June Switzerland increased its financial assistance to its partners on the ground in Iraq by CHF3.7 million ($4.1 million), to a total of CHF8.6 million. The International Committee of the Red Cross, Save the Children Switzerland and the Norwegian Refugee Council are on hand to provide food and material aid to internally displaced…

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An independent country? Scotland and direct democracy

This content was published on Aug 13, 2014

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The WWI women who fought for recognition

This content was published on Aug 7, 2014 Their catering skills helped them launch a canteen empire, but these pioneering Swiss women found it wasn’t enough to earn them the right to vote.

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ICRC president angered by Gaza suffering

This content was published on Aug 6, 2014 Speaking to Swiss public radioExternal link, SRF, on Wednesday, the former Swiss diplomat said that the human toll of the conflict raised fundamental questions about the failure of the international political community after decades to find a political solution to this problem. On a practical level, Maurer said that the most urgent thing was the…

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Pay or let die? Ransom money debate heats up

This content was published on Jul 30, 2014 An article in the New York Times claims that European nations, including Switzerland, are inadvertently funding terrorism via ransom payments.

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