Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Counterfeit drugs polarise WHO debate

This content was published on May 21, 2010 According to the Pharmaceutical Security Institute, more than 2,000 incidents involving counterfeit drugs were reported worldwide by police and customs authorities in 2009 – up nine per cent on the previous year – but the true scale remains unknown. India and Brazil, which are big producers of generic medicines, say concerns about counterfeit drugs are…

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Lausanne honours late IOC president

This content was published on May 20, 2010 The former International Olympic Committee president passed away in Spain on April 21. He was 89 years old. Samaranch is credited with turning Lausanne into an Olympic city in 1982 and into the Olympic “capital” in 1993. He also helped establish the Olympic Museum in canton Vaud’s capital. Samaranch led the IOC from 1980 until…

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Thai protest ends but crisis is far from over

This content was published on May 19, 2010 But the economic crisis that has hit Thailand is expected to continue to jeopardise the stability of the Southeast Asian region. Armed forces stormed a protest encampment in Bangkok on Wednesday forcing anti-government leaders to give up. The assault put an end to the occupation of the city’s commercial centre. At the beginning of the…

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ICRC warns of long-term impact of conflict

This content was published on May 19, 2010 In its annual report issued on Wednesday, the Swiss-run ICRC warned that prolonged periods of conflict led to a combination of complex problems, which last long after the story itself is out of the headlines. “The uncertainty that comes with not being able to return home for years on end or the monotony of walking…

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US deal must be ratified, official warns

This content was published on May 19, 2010 Michael Ambühl, who heads the recently created international financial and tax matters department in the finance ministry, spoke to journalists on Tuesday at the end of a hectic two-day visit to Washington. It was his first visit to the United States capital since his appointment in January. He met representatives of the US Justice Department…

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Cautious optimism greets Iranian nuclear deal

This content was published on May 17, 2010 The proposal, hashed out by the top leaders of Brazil, Turkey and Iran, is nearly identical to one forged in Switzerland seven months ago, leaving some to wonder if the agreement is an attempt to buy time. “They are now accepting what they refused to accept several months ago,” Bruno Pellaud, a Swiss physicist and…

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Historian lifts lid on Swiss-African past

This content was published on May 17, 2010 Marc Perrenoud, a historian who specialises in Swiss foreign policy, talks to swissinfo.ch about Switzerland’s ambivalent relationship with Africa during colonial times, as has been revealed in a new study. Perrenoud has written an analysis of the subject for the first edition of the International Development Policy Series review, a new publication by the Geneva-based…

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Swiss played pivotal role as chair in Strasbourg

This content was published on May 16, 2010 The chair of the committee of ministers – the Council of Europe’s executive branch – now goes to the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. Despite six short months in the role from November 18 to May 11, Switzerland managed to achieve one big objective: getting the ball rolling on reform of the European Court of…

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Minister defends Swiss seat on Rights Council

This content was published on May 15, 2010 She said such a move, demanded by rightwing politicians following the election of Libya to the council, would solve no problems. “The Human Rights Council is not a club of the ‘good members’ who point their fingers at the ‘bad members’,” she told the Blick newspaper. She said it was important to keep a dialogue…

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Swiss embassy in Bangkok closed

This content was published on May 15, 2010 Ambassador Christine Schraner Burgener said the building was near the scene of fighting in Bangkok’s business district. “It has become too dangerous to stay in the embassy,” she told Swiss public radio on Friday. Since the end of April the Swiss foreign ministry has been advising tourists against travelling to Bangkok and to Thailand’s southern…

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