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Maurer takes People’s Party back into the fold

This content was published on Dec 10, 2008 But Maurer says he is willing to collaborate with his colleagues in the seven-member, multiparty government, where consensus and providing a united front is key. Maurer was elected by parliament on Wednesday, in what marks a return to cabinet for the People’s Party after one year of self declared opposition. This was despite the fact…

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Ueli Maurer

This content was published on Dec 10, 2008

Merz elected president

This content was published on Dec 10, 2008 In parliament on Wednesday, the 66-year-old received 185 out of 209 valid votes. He will succeed Radical Party colleague Pascal Couchepin. His Christian Democrat cabinet colleague, Doris Leuthard, was elected vice-president. The finance minister suffered a heart attack in September and underwent quintuple bypass surgery. He returned to work at the beginning of November. In…

Pork tests carried out

This content was published on Dec 9, 2008 The Federal Health Office confirmed around 600 kilograms of suspected Irish pork meat had been delivered to Swiss cantons. The health office would not comment on whether some of the meat had been sold on to customers, but said checks were taking place in the cantons concerned. The results are not expected for several days.…

Zimbabwe cholera crisis blamed on government

This content was published on Dec 9, 2008 Switzerland will send an additional SFr1 million ($820,000) to an international cholera emergency aid programme for Zimbabwe and is considering sending several experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit to provide logistical support to United Nations agencies. “This disastrous situation has been caused by the policy failures of the government of President Mugabe, its mismanagement,…

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Financial rescue plan under political scrutiny

This content was published on Dec 8, 2008 The House of Representatives agreed in principle on Monday to accept the Swiss National Bank’s cash injection of SFr6 billion ($5 billion) and $54 billion government loan, with 116 votes in favour and 55 against the UBS bailout. Parliamentarians debated the issue for nearly seven hours. The plan will go before the Senate on Tuesday.…

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National Day explosive suspect released

This content was published on Dec 8, 2008 The Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona overturned an appeal by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office for his continued detention. But magistrates ordered the suspect, in prison since January, to surrender his Irish, Canadian and Japanese papers on release and attend a police station every week. The 35-year-old is suspected of having planted an explosive device on…

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Aid boost wins consent by parliament

This content was published on Dec 8, 2008 But it made the financial boost conditional on the government presenting a plan next year on how to finance the increase. The Senate on Monday decided to limit multilateral development aid to 40 per cent – in line with a decision by the House of Representatives – and gave preference to bilateral aid. Both parliamentary…

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Ammann flies further in Norway

This content was published on Dec 7, 2008 At Sunday’s event in Trondheim, Norway, the Swiss jumper beat his rivals with a total of 280.2 points. Finland’s Matti Hautamäki finished second with 278.3 and Schlierenzauer’s 274.8 took third place. On Saturday, Ammann ended fifth, only managing 271.3 points. The 27-year-old Swiss admitted to feeling ill but had obviously recovered sufficiently by Sunday to…

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Fowl findings surprise veterinary officials

This content was published on Dec 7, 2008 According to a report in the Sunday newspaper, SonntagsZeitung, the Federal Veterinary Office has called a crisis meeting of food and health experts, as well as poultry producers, for December 18. A spokesman told the SonntagsZeitung that the veterinary office was surprised by the results of the unpublished study, expecting only half as many chickens…

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