Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Pakistan flood aid failing the needy

This content was published on Aug 23, 2010 Around 20 million people have been affected by the floods, prompting the United Nations to appeal for $460 million (SFr482 million) in aid. swissinfo.ch reports from among two of the most affected villages in the country, in the districts of Nowshera and Charsadda. A stack of old tapes, a bracelet and two handfuls of wet…

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Probe into practices under war crimes prosecutor

This content was published on Aug 22, 2010 Judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ordered the independent inquiry into practices used under Del Ponte, who is the current Swiss ambassador to Argentina, and two serving prosecutors, Hildegard Uertz-Retzleff and Daniel Saxon. The probe will look into methods “albeit indirect, exerted by certain investigators for the prosecution” in the case…

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Minister backs conduct rules for private armies

This content was published on Aug 22, 2010 In an interview in the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, Micheline Calmy-Rey said private armies and security firms should respect international humanitarian law and be accountable during conflicts. The issue has been subject to debate in Switzerland following the recent relocation to Basel of the headquarters of the British firm Aegis Defence Services. There are currently…

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Moves afoot to raise profile of Swiss expats

This content was published on Aug 21, 2010 She pledged to keep a quality service for the expatriate community despite cuts in public spending. Calmy-Rey said a working group had invited members of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) to present its proposals for a specific law to promote and protect the interests of the nearly 700,000 expatriates living around the world.…

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Swiss-Sino relations move ahead – but where?

This content was published on Aug 21, 2010 Swiss President Doris Leuthard returned triumphant from China last week, together with business big wigs who accompanied her, after gaining a promise that the two nations would be embarking on a free trade agreement. With most of the world courting Chinese economic ties, some say Switzerland may have pulled a fast one over other European…

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Expats urge better promotion of their interests

This content was published on Aug 20, 2010 It wants the government to present a blueprint for a special law on the Swiss abroad within the next 12 months – almost 50 years after the community’s status was enshrined in the constitution. At its session in the eastern city of St Gallen on Friday, the council discussed proposals for 16 articles of a…

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Poll sees slight yes to jobless benefit reform

This content was published on Aug 20, 2010 But the issue is long from being decided as the survey found that more than a quarter of those who intend to vote on September 26 have not yet made up their minds. The fourth reform of the unemployment insurance law would currently attract 49 per cent yes votes and 25 per cent no votes,…

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Development aid focuses on food security

This content was published on Aug 20, 2010 Despite some limited progress, the SDC said “the international community is still far from the goal of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015”. In her opening address, Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said the international community was called upon like never before to deliver food and water to the victims of…

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Cybercrime reports on the rise

This content was published on Aug 19, 2010 Of the 7,541 internet-related instances reported in 2009, the majority dealt with pornography and spam. The number of complaints about hardcore pornography rose the most dramatically to 1,364 while those related to spam remained stable at 1,496. Fraud cases nearly doubled to 354 and mainly involved fake apartments and classified advertisements online. The Swiss Coordination…

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Some Swiss abroad to cast electronic ballot

This content was published on Aug 19, 2010 The occasion will be a referendum on changes to Switzerland’s unemployment insurance law. Several cantons have taken advantage of a change in the law that came into force on January 1, 2008 which obliges cantons to introduce e-voting for Swiss living abroad. Expats registered in canton Neuchâtel were the first to be granted e-voting rights,…

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