Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Germans buy another round of stolen bank data

This content was published on Oct 18, 2010 A spokeswoman from the Münster public prosecutor’s office confirmed a report on Monday that authorities bought a CD for about €1.5 million (SFr2 million) last summer. It contained 200 sets of data but how many clients were affected was not clear. The spokeswoman gave no details about the seller but said the seller gave the…

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Switzerland is a “precious partner” of the US

This content was published on Oct 18, 2010 Ziswiler, who left his post on October 15, speaks to swissinfo about the challenges he faced during his four-year tenure and what he sees next for Swiss-US relations. He has been the public face in Washington of Swiss-US relations during ups – including the recent release of the US hiker Sharon Shroud from Iran –…

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French-language summit boasts high numbers

This content was published on Oct 18, 2010 She said the meeting in Montreux – bringing together 70 countries representing 870 million people worldwide – was an excellent opportunity for networking and debates on current issues, including global governance, sustainable development, food security and climate change. Calmy-Rey praised the Francophonie summit as “a space to promote human rights, democracy and development”. She also…

Swiss Politics

Kosovars could serve sentences in Kosovo

This content was published on Oct 18, 2010 The Federal Justice Office said on Monday it hoped to conclude a bilateral agreement on the issue by the end of the year. At present, transferring Kosovars who have been sentenced in Switzerland to their country of origin is not possible, said Mario Michel Affentranger, responsible for international treaties at the Justice Office. Kosovo cannot…

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Swiss call for ambitious biodiversity goals

This content was published on Oct 18, 2010 The two-week meeting in Nagoya in Japan, which opens on Monday, aims to shape and agree on a global strategy and instruments to protect biodiversity. According to the United Nations, the world is facing the worst extinction rate since the dinosaurs vanished 65 million years ago – a crisis that needs to be addressed by…

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Muslim headscarf remains a headache for sport

This content was published on Oct 18, 2010 Sura Al-Shawk, a Swiss citizen of Iraqi origin, appealed her regional league’s ban in September 2009 and her case has rumbled on ever since. It is still nowhere near to being resolved, according to her lawyer Daniel Vischer. The 20-year-old player for national B-league STV Luzern has been unable to take part in games since…

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Swiss set for heated campaign on expulsion vote

This content was published on Oct 17, 2010 At stake are an initiative by the rightwing Swiss People’s Party as well as a parliamentary counter-proposal calling for the deportation of convicted criminals without Swiss citizenship. Six weeks before voters’ verdict is due, the main sides have launched their campaigns setting the scene for what could become heated debates over an issue of considerable…

Swiss Politics

Calmy-Rey calls on governments to combat hunger

This content was published on Oct 17, 2010 She told a demonstration in Bern on Saturday afternoon, attended by several hundred people, that adequate nourishment was a “universal human right”. On World Hunger Day, Calmy-Rey noted that hunger caused the deaths of 24,000 people every day and stressed that it was above all the result of lack of governance. Calmy-Rey called for a…

Swiss Politics

Swiss-Norway relations remain harmonious

This content was published on Oct 15, 2010 Leuthard said that the relations between the two countries were as good as ever. The Swiss President’s visit started with a sour note, when the military band played the Swiss patriotic song “O mein Heimatland” instead of the country’s national anthem. The patriotic song had been one of the possible anthems in 1961, when the…

Swiss Politics

People’s Party defends deportation initiative

This content was published on Oct 15, 2010 Party officials said on Friday in Bern that many Swiss no longer felt safe because of “massive immigration” and the “lax attitude” of the courts and that it was time to make foreign criminals understand what their actions would cost. Representative Adrian Amstutz warned that something must be done to counter “the high proportion of…

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