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Press hopes for new impetus from Leuthard

This content was published on Jun 15, 2006 Editorialists blame her rather mediocre result in the parliamentary ballot on Wednesday on the fact that she was the only candidate, and had taken all the limelight. The newspaper from Leuthard’s home region, the Aargauer Zeitung, is understandably enthusiastic about her election to the Swiss government. It devotes more than ten pages in its Thursday…

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Leuthard steps up to the cabinet

This content was published on Jun 14, 2006 Leuthard is only the fifth woman to have won a seat in the federal cabinet. Her election by parliament on Wednesday was considered a foregone conclusion, but there was criticism of her political views and the fact she was the only official candidate. Leuthard, who has led her party for two years, will take up…

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The rise and rise of the new cabinet minister

This content was published on Jun 14, 2006 The 43-year-old parliamentarian told swissinfo that internet voting and allowing Swiss nationals abroad to vote in federal elections are two other important issues. “Swiss expatriates have a different slant on our political process and should be actively involved in decision-making – they are a real asset,” she said. But for them to do so e-voting…

Swiss Politics

Leuthard elected to cabinet

This content was published on Jun 14, 2006 The 43-year-old parliamentarian and party president is only the fifth woman to win a seat in the Swiss government. Leuthard won 133 of the total 242 votes in the first round of balloting by a joint session by the House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday. She faced no official rival after the Christian…

Media circus adds spice to cabinet election

This content was published on Jun 13, 2006 For some observers this is merely a sign of the times but for others the reams of column inches in the press have left a rather unsavoury taste in the mouth. A resignation during the course of a legislature is still a rare event in Switzerland, and Deiss’s decision to step down on April 27…

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Historic trip to Armenia focuses on mediation

This content was published on Jun 12, 2006 Switzerland also offered to act as a mediator in the long-running conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Calmy-Rey also laid a wreath at a memorial for the victims of the massacre by troops of the former Ottoman Empire 90 years ago. Calmy-Rey held talks with her Armenian counterpart, Vardan Oskanyan,…

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Transit visas unnecessary from mid-July

This content was published on Jun 1, 2006 The ruling by European Union justice ministers on Thursday to end transit visas will benefit more than half a million foreigners living in Switzerland, which is not an EU member. There are currently 15 countries that have implemented the Schengen accord, which has a common asylum policy and has done away with border posts. All…

Swiss Politics

Swiss urge UN to change terror list

This content was published on May 31, 2006 Ambassador Peter Maurer, who also addressed the assembly on behalf of Germany and Sweden, said the meaning of an association with these terrorist organisations had to be clearly defined. There are currently 142 individuals on the list who are linked to the former Afghan regime and 212 people and 122 businesses connected to Osama bin…

Swiss Politics

Palestinian unrest hits Swiss aid projects

This content was published on May 25, 2006 Mario Carera, head of the SDC’s Gaza and West Bank office, says a major problem is the shortage of medicine in Palestinian hospitals – something the Swiss are trying to address. On Tuesday Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh stressed that the occupied territories were not about to collapse into chaos. His comments follow clashes between…

Swiss Politics

Montenegro vote is boost for Balkan democracy

This content was published on May 22, 2006 Parliamentarian Andreas Gross, one of 3,000 foreign and local observers present in the former Yugoslav republic, said the legitimacy of the ballot couldn’t be questioned. Official results published on Tuesday showed that 55.5 per cent of Sunday’s votes were in favour of cutting ties with Serbia, according to a preliminary count. The European Union had…

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