Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Radicals face loss of voter confidence

This content was published on Apr 18, 2006 Switzerland’s Grand Old Party, which is seen as close to the business community, might want to re-invent itself to attract an urban and modern electorate, an expert tells swissinfo. The demotion of Marina Masoni, political shooting star from Lugano and finance director in canton Ticino, came as a blow both to the regional party chapter…

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Lausanne’s Jolly Green Giant waits

This content was published on Apr 18, 2006 But the man many say could be a federal cabinet minister, Lausanne’s popular mayor Daniel Brélaz, tells swissinfo that there is little chance that this script will be played out soon. The Green Party has been on a high for over a year in Switzerland. At local and cantonal elections, its members have earned themselves…

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Swiss abroad heartened by Italian lessons

This content was published on Apr 14, 2006 A foreign ministry official in Bern expects that political parties will in future try to attract more votes from Swiss citizens abroad who have registered to vote. According to Italian interior ministry data, Romano Prodi’s centre-left coalition won the election for the lower house of parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi…

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Foreign ministry advises Swiss in Chad to stay indoors

This content was published on Apr 13, 2006 The authorities in Bern say that despite the attack, development projects run by the Swiss are working normally. Forces of the Chad president, Idriss Deby, fought off an early morning rebel attack on N’Djamena on Thursday, repelling their most daring attempt yet to capture the capital and oust Deby. After hours of artillery fire Deby…

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Press ponder Prodi’s wafer-thin victory

This content was published on Apr 12, 2006 Prodi’s centre-left alliance was declared the winner on Tuesday with a narrow majority, but centre-right prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has refused to admit defeat and has demanded a recount. Official results show that Prodi has just enough seats to control both houses of parliament. He has rejected Berlusconi’s calls for a grand coalition. This was…

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New senator will take Swiss values to Rome

This content was published on Apr 11, 2006 The centre-left coalition narrowly won the election, with the Italian diaspora playing a decisive role in defeating Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Casa delle libertà list. For the first time, Italians abroad could not only vote in home elections without having to travel to Italy, they could also stand for election themselves. Given the tight result,…

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Voting results hang on Italians abroad

This content was published on Apr 11, 2006 Among them are 375,000 nationals of voting age, who reside in Switzerland. On Tuesday, a day after the polls closed in Italy, results showed that the alliance of former Prime Minister Romano Prodi had won the Chamber of Deputies with 49.8 per cent of the vote. This was the narrowest of margins over current Prime…

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Left gains more ground in local elections

This content was published on Apr 10, 2006 Political analyst Hanspeter Kriesi told swissinfo that voters were increasingly fed up with the “arrogance” of the right and saw the Greens as the new liberals. The left gained the upper hand in Bern’s cantonal elections on Sunday, with three Social Democrats and a Green elected to the seven-member government. The press described the result…

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People’s Party plays its signature tune

This content was published on Apr 8, 2006 In addition the first signatures were collected for a referendum challenging Switzerland’s SFr1-billion ($770 million) contribution to the ten new European Union member states. Ueli Maurer, president of the People’s Party, opened the conference in Maienfeld, canton Graubünden, and warmed up delegates by criticising recent government behaviour. Money should not be handed out, he said,…

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Ogi spreads his message in South Africa

This content was published on Apr 8, 2006 The United Nations Special Advisor on Sport for Development and Peace was invited by the South African government. He is giving speeches at workshops, visiting projects in townships and meeting the president, Thabo Mbeki. “My task is to spread the idea that sport is an excellent instrument which must be used to improve health, education,…

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