Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Peace efforts must go on

This content was published on Nov 20, 2005 Tobler, who is president of the Swiss Peace Council, has been an activist for over 40 years. War and peace have been buzzwords in 2005. It was 60 years ago that nuclear bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Second World War came to an end. The year 1945…

Switzerland gains prestige in Tunis

This content was published on Nov 18, 2005 At the closing ceremony on Friday evening, Swiss Communications Minister Moritz Leuenberger thanked the WSIS’ hosts and tried to nurse bruised Swiss-Tunisian relations. Around 17,000 people from around the world attended this United Nations conference aimed at closing the so-called digital divide: the gap in access to the internet and other information tools between rich…

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Voters to have last word on citizenship

This content was published on Nov 18, 2005 The party announced on Friday that it had collected more than the required 100,000 signatures for its people’s initiative “for democratic naturalisations”. The party wants to give the people the last word on whether foreigners should be allowed to become Swiss. In total, 103,000 signatures were collected in support of the initiative, and these were…

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Switzerland is last in line for “.eu” address

This content was published on Nov 18, 2005 Because EU regulations prohibit non-members from protecting domain names, addresses such as “switzerland.eu” or “matterhorn.eu” could end up belonging to anyone in Europe. When the domain name “.eu” is launched next month, it will be the first time that a community of countries has been granted its own internet address. Special regulations have been adopted…

Swiss Politics

UN membership seen as success for Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 14, 2005 Joseph Deiss added that Switzerland’s initiatives at the UN had been “successful” and that, despite its small size, the country had made its voice heard. “Contrary to what opponents of our membership said, Switzerland has not become the puppet of major powers,” the economics minister told a meeting of the Switzerland-UN association, near Zurich, on…

Swiss Politics

Geneva’s government swings to the left

This content was published on Nov 14, 2005 Sunday’s elections also saw the only woman in the seven-member executive, police chief Micheline Spoerri, lose her seat. Two Social Democrats and two Green Party members were elected, leaving the centre-right parties – the Liberals, Christian Democrats and Radicals – with one seat each. Observers say that the result is a big political change for…

Swiss Politics

Tunisia rejects criticism of human rights

This content was published on Nov 12, 2005 The formal protest comes a week after Moritz Leuenberger called for human rights to be put on the agenda of next week’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. In an interview with the French-language newspaper, Le Matin Dimanche, Leuenberger said it was important that there could be debate about…

Swiss Politics

Swiss “pleased” with chemical conference

This content was published on Nov 11, 2005 Ambassador Wilhelm Schmid said there had been a “marked increase” in interest in international cooperation to destroy and prevent the use of chemical weapons. Schmid told swissinfo that levels of cooperation had noticeably increased among African states, “who have this extremely laudable approach of wishing to declare their continent free of all forms of weapons…

Swiss Politics

ICRC wants to speed up aid to Pakistan

This content was published on Nov 7, 2005 ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger said the victims needed urgent help before the onset of winter in the region. Kellenberger, who returned from a three-day fact-finding mission to Pakistan, said it was essential to make full use of the coming weeks. “The priority is to provide assistance to the people so they can stay in their…

Swiss Politics

Swiss take centre stage at chemical conference

This content was published on Nov 7, 2005 It possesses a highly respected laboratory in Spiez, canton Bern, which contributes to the reduction of the threat of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. Switzerland aims to play a leading role in negotiations at the tenth conference of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which opens on Monday in The Hague. The…

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