Cluster: Swiss Abroad

“There is always a longing to return home”

This content was published on Mar 29, 2009 In an interview with swissinfo, historian Giorgio Cheda explains what drove about one in five Swiss Italians overseas in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Cheda is the author of comprehensive volumes on the migrations to California and Victoria, which include countless letters sent home by emigrants. The full interview can be found in swissinfo’s…

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Swiss troubled by growing rights abuses

This content was published on Mar 27, 2009 Speaking at a humanitarian aid conference in Bern on Friday, Micheline Calmy-Rey said civilian violence was on the rise and the global community needed to react Examples of civilian injuries and alleged breaches of international human rights during the Israeli offensive in Gaza and the refugee situation in Gaza were singled out. Calmy-Rey noted that…

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Alternative medicine promoted ahead of vote

This content was published on Mar 27, 2009 Voters will decide on May 17 whether to include alternative medical treatments in the list of services paid for by the mandatory health insurance. Launching a campaign on Friday for such treatments to be enshrined in law, supporters said they were unlikely to put an additional financial strain on health costs and were not intended…

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Swiss propose alternative group to G20

This content was published on Mar 27, 2009 Heidi Grau told a UN General Assembly conference late on Thursday that such a group would allow for all member states to express their positions. The G20, a group of nations with the world’s strongest economies, will gather in London next month. That group does not include Switzerland and many other small nations. But Grau…

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Troops may withdraw to protect hostages

This content was published on Mar 27, 2009 But the interior secretary of the Philippines, Ronaldo Puno, rejected the kidnappers’ demands for a full army withdrawal from the area on the southern island of Jolo. “We will not surrender the entire island to the capricious demand of the kidnappers,” he said, adding that there would be no ransom payments either. “If we do…

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Biometric passports

This content was published on Mar 27, 2009

Safety concerns mark campaign on new passports

This content was published on Mar 26, 2009 The justice ministry argues that documents containing biometric details help prevent abuses and facilitate travel abroad. But opponents are critical of the planned central database and want citizens to have a choice between new-style and conventional passports. The biometric passports include an electronic chip that stores two fingerprints and an image of the holder’s face,…

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Ministers maintain hostage efforts

This content was published on Mar 26, 2009 Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey has received the family of Andreas Notter, an employee of the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who has been in the hands of Abu Sayyaf militants on the Philippines island of Jolo since the middle of January. Also attending the meeting on Wednesday were members of the ministry…

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Nature groups “must change with the times”

This content was published on Mar 26, 2009 In 20 years the environment will be so commercialised that the business world will take over its protection out of self-interest, said the 100-year-old organisation on Thursday. Pro Natura, which started life in 1909 as the Swiss League for the Protection of Nature, predicted that by 2029 awareness of sustainability and the extent of the…

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Cases of STDs double

This content was published on Mar 26, 2009 Reported cases of chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhoea have doubled, even tripled, among the Swiss, although the higher figures probably do not reflect an equivalent increase in unprotected sex. Between 2003 and 2008, the number of reported chlamydia cases increased from 3,493 to 6,178. There have already been 1,249 cases reported for 2009 – 54 more…

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