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Army beats its drum at military tattoo

This content was published on Oct 27, 2006 Schmid said at the launch in Thun of “Army Days 2006” that the Swiss “want their army and should have the opportunity to see it”. Schmid told several hundred guests in Thun, home to one of the country’s biggest military bases, that security always had to be updated – if it can be guaranteed today,…

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Expectations low ahead of Sri Lanka talks

This content was published on Oct 27, 2006 The two sides met in the city in February when they agreed to stop all forms of violence but since then the country has slipped towards renewed civil war amid recriminations on both sides. Both the government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) blame each other for the upsurge in fighting that has seen…

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Swiss foreign minister in China to boost ties

This content was published on Oct 26, 2006 The two countries have a long history of collaboration economically and politically – but they still disagree over human rights issues. Calmy-Rey, who started her five-day trip on Thursday, will meet her Chinese counterpart Li Zhaoxing in the capital, Beijing, as well as Vice President Zeng Qinghong. The move follows a visit by Li to…

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Government bends to research funding demands

This content was published on Oct 25, 2006 The government caved in to demands from parliament, after both houses warned that a proposal to set the increase at 4.5 per cent was insufficient and unacceptable. At the beginning of July, cabinet had initially decided out of budgetary concerns not to go beyond the 4.5 per cent level in funding for training, research and…

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Switzerland imposes sanctions on North Korea

This content was published on Oct 25, 2006 With the decision, Switzerland follows the lead of the United Nations Security Council, which approved financial and arms sanctions on October 14. The economics ministry said on Wednesday the ban included the export and import of large weapons, even though Swiss law already forbids such trade with North Korea. The export and import of goods…

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Refugee remembers Hungarian uprising

This content was published on Oct 22, 2006 The anti-Communist revolt started on October 23, 1956, but was brutally crushed by Soviet troops. In the aftermath, around 200,000 people fled to Switzerland and other western countries. The uprising only lasted a few days but its failure put paid to all hopes of freedom in Hungary and cemented the nation’s place in the Eastern…

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Poll finds voters approving funds for Europe

This content was published on Oct 20, 2006 An opinion poll ahead of a nationwide ballot on November 26 also found a clear majority in favour of unified minimum child benefits. According to a survey by the GfS Bern polling institute, 47 per cent of those interviewed said they approved of a government proposal to pay SFr1 billion over ten years to the…

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Hungary 1956

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Pressure grows on cabinet to up research funds

This content was published on Oct 20, 2006 The cabinet wants to limit the increase to 4.5 per cent over the next few years, but it is also facing pressure from parliament. The National Science Foundation, the Academy of Science, the country’s 12 universities and federal technical institutes, as well as the colleges of applied sciences warned of a serious blow to science…

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Israeli arms deal catches flak

This content was published on Oct 15, 2006 Both the Group for Switzerland without an Army and the Greens have repeatedly urged the government to scrap military collaboration with Israel and other Middle East countries. On Sunday the defence ministry confirmed a report in the SonntagsZeitung newspaper that Switzerland would be buying equipment from Israel for its Super Puma helicopters. The material, valued…

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