Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Migration chief meets Nigerian ambassador

This content was published on Apr 29, 2010 Alard du Bois-Reymond had irritated Nigerian authorities with remarks about Nigerians making a high number of unjustified asylum requests. The comments were published in a Zurich newspaper on April 11. Du Bois-Reymond and Ambassador Martin Uhomoibhi spoke for one hour. The meeting was organised by the Swiss mission to the United Nations in Geneva. Nearly…

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Berlin talks bring progress in thorny dossiers

This content was published on Apr 28, 2010 The Swiss president, Doris Leuthard, told journalists that her discussions with German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been relaxed, and “taken the heat” out of the debate. But the two women agreed that a number of issues still had to be resolved. A joint working group is to draw up proposals to solve the tax contention…

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New law to ease return of illicit funds

This content was published on Apr 28, 2010 A news release from the Swiss foreign ministry on Wednesday said a draft law has been drawn up that will make it possible to use ill-gotten gains for public benefit in the country from which they looted. It is now ready to be submitted to the two chambers of parliament. The need for a change…

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Call for action over teenage prostitution

This content was published on Apr 27, 2010 Christian Democrat Luc Barthassat has lodged a parliamentary initiative calling for the age of consent among prostitutes to be raised from 16 to 18, in line with Europe. In neighbouring Germany, Italy and France the legal age for prostitution is 18. The issue recently hit the French headlines after three national team players — Franck…

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Migration head comes under renewed fire

This content was published on Apr 26, 2010 An anti-racism organisation said that Alard du Bois-Reymond, director of the Federal Migration Office, should resign over the comments and the death last month of a Nigerian before a deportation flight. Du Bois-Reymond has defended his stance. The Platform for Reflection on Anti-Black Racism said in a statement on Monday that the comments were based…

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Appenzell elects woman again in government

This content was published on Apr 25, 2010 Fässler, who was chosen at the traditional open-air gathering of the electorate (Landsgemeinde) is only the second woman to become a member of the seven-member Appenzell government since women were allowed the vote at local level 20 years ago. Fässler was the only official candidate for the position after a male candidate withdrew ahead of…

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Canton Bern agrees to e-voting for expats

This content was published on Apr 23, 2010 Under an agreement signed on Friday, canton Bern will from 2012 use canton Geneva’s electronic voting platform, which is already being shared by canton Basel City. In Switzerland, cantons Geneva, Neuchâtel and Zurich have electronic systems of their own. The federal authorities have recommended other cantons use one of these three platforms as electronic voting…

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Did lifting Libyan visa ban help Max Göldi?

This content was published on Apr 22, 2010 The blacklist was ostensibly the last card Switzerland had to play in pressuring Libya to release the engineer held in a Tripoli jail. Today officials are mostly mum on what, if any, progress has been made to get him out. Göldi, a manager for firm ABB, has now completed two months of a four-month sentence…

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Ministry discourages travel to Bangkok

This content was published on Apr 22, 2010 “Political tensions are acute,” the ministry said in an advisory updated on Thursday evening. “Tourist travel to Bangkok is not recommended. Flight transits are still possible.” The warning comes after a series of grenade blasts hit the city’s business district, killing at least three people and wounding 75, as a showdown between troops and anti-government…

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Pacifists seek end to conscript duty

This content was published on Apr 17, 2010 The Group for Switzerland without an Army said the conscript system is outdated and infringes on the personal freedom of individuals. However, a civilian service at a voluntary basis should be maintained, according to a statement. In 1989 an initiative for the abolition of the armed forces was rejected, but about one in three voters…

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