Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Swiss stand by Middle East approach

This content was published on Aug 12, 2010 Swiss diplomacy in the Middle East, although modest, is not without its critics who argue the neutral country is too hostile toward Israel and too complacent toward others, like Hamas in the Palestinian Territories and Hezbollah in Lebanon. On August 3, two Lebanese soldiers and an Israeli officer were killed in what was the most…

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Shanghai Expo highlights Swiss-Sino cooperation

This content was published on Aug 12, 2010 She took part, along with 400 invited guests, in the celebrations for Swiss National Pavilion Day, as well as to mark the 60th anniversary of bilateral relations between Switzerland and China. “We are impressed by the Chinese people’s great enthusiasm for the Swiss Pavilion and glad to see that it is one of the most…

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Swiss fired up over arrival of mercenary firm

This content was published on Aug 11, 2010 Aegis Defence Services, one of the world’s largest private security contractors, has set up a Swiss holding company for its different operations, effectively moving its headquarters from London to Basel. It employs an estimated 20,000 soldiers, mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of them are on contract to the United States defence department. While Swiss…

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Poll reveals European mindset among Swiss

This content was published on Aug 11, 2010 Switzerland comes out top in the European Mindset study by the Spanish bank BBVA as the nation with the highest percentage of citizens for whom European and national identities are of equal importance. The Swiss are also among the biggest consumers of European news and have some of the most extensive family and social ties…

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Leuthard pushes for trade accord with China

This content was published on Aug 11, 2010 First stop on the five-day trip was Chongqing, a city with more than 30 million inhabitants considered the gate to western China. Hundreds of police cleared the 20 kilometres from the airport to the city centre. Every crossroads, car park and petrol station had been secured for the Swiss visitors – an indication of the…

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Rwandan presidential vote cannot hide problems

This content was published on Aug 10, 2010 André Guichaoua, a professor at the Paris 1 University and a key source of information about Rwanda for Switzerland’s development cooperation, told swissinfo.ch that should Paul Kagame win re-election, it will also be a testing time for his hard-line government. Kagame is expected to win the election by a landslide. Preliminary results from the National…

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Calmy-Rey invited to top UN panel

This content was published on Aug 9, 2010 Calmy-Rey will join more than 20 high ranking personalities in the new initiative, which has been set up by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said the foreign ministry on Monday. The Global Sustainability Panel’s task is to find ways to lift people out of poverty, while tackling climate change and ensuring that economic development is environmentally…

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Leuenberger paves way for elections next month

This content was published on Aug 9, 2010 Leuenberger, who initially announced his resignation for the end of the year, has decided to bring forward the date for political reasons, according to a statement by his ministry on Monday. The exact date will be announced after a cabinet meeting next week. There have been calls by political parties and the media for Leuenberger…

Swiss Politics

Rwandan presidential vote cannot hide problems

This content was published on Aug 9, 2010 André Guichaoua, a professor at the Paris 1 University and a key source of information about Rwanda for Switzerland’s development cooperation, told swissinfo.ch that it will also be a testing time for Kagame’s hard-line government. Early results showed that Kagame would win re-election by a landslide. At one voting centre, Kagame won 98.8 per cent…

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Security firm revealed to have Swiss holding

This content was published on Aug 9, 2010 Aegis Defence Services employs an estimated 20,000 soldiers, mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of them are on contract to the United States’ defence department. The London-based company, led by a former British army officer, is now wholly owned by the holding company in Basel, the newspaper reported on Monday. This effectively moves the firm’s…

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