Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Switzerland and Austria confirm joint bid for Euro 2008

This content was published on Mar 9, 2001 An organising committee will be established in time for the next meeting of the two associations in Zurich on April 17. The bid must be submitted to football’s governing body, FIFA, by July 2002. FIFA will make its decision on who will host the tournament in March 2003. The president of the Swiss Football Association,…

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New foundation to promote Switzerland in US

This content was published on Mar 9, 2001 The Swiss Foundation for World Affairs (SFWA) is to begin operations in Washington this spring. Its main objective is promote Swiss foreign policy to the US administration by cultivating a relationship with the US media, in particular the New York Times and the Washington Post. The foundation will be run by Peter Ziegler, former editor…

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Foreign minister calls into question timetable for EU membership talks

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 In what is being seen as a climb down in the face of mounting anti-EU sentiment, Deiss said on Wednesday that the government’s timetable for starting negotiations might now be put back. Until now the government’s position has been that Switzerland will make a decision on whether to start negotiations by 2007. But during a…

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Swiss FA welcomes transfer agreement

This content was published on Mar 6, 2001 The sport’s governing body, FIFA, has been locked in heated discussions with the European Union for the last six months, ever since the European Commission called into question the current transfer system, where players under contract are effectively sold by their old club when they move on to a new one. While Switzerland is not…

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Xamax deal falls flat

This content was published on Mar 6, 2001 The marketing company, IMG Switzerland, announced on Tuesday that it was pulling out of its deal with Xamax, just a week after the plan was announced. IMG had originally offered to buy a majority share in the struggling club if the Neuchâtel side succeeded in avoiding relegation and if the local government agreed to modernise…

Foreign minister takes knock over handling of EU vote

This content was published on Mar 6, 2001 The People’s Party – one of the four in government – called on Deiss to give up his cabinet post in the wake of a nationwide vote on Sunday, in which the Swiss overwhelmingly rejected an immediate start to talks on EU membership. The call came after Deiss denied that the outcome of the ballot…

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EU ready for talks on closer ties with Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 6, 2001 In a letter to the Swiss president, Moritz Leuenberger, Persson said both the EU and Switzerland had a common interest in widening and deepening relations. Leuenberger described the letter as a “breakthrough” in moving towards negotiations on new bilateral agreements to complement seven others governing mainly trade issues approved by Swiss voters last year. Persson’s…

Swiss Politics

Strength of anti-EU vote takes pundits by surprise

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 Polls had predicted that voters would reject the initiative, which called on the government to start immediate membership talks with the European Union. But the scale of the defeat was overwhelming. The “Basler Zeitung” summed up the result succinctly with its headline – ” ‘Yes to Europe’ becomes a clear No to Europe”. A big…

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Swiss turn down “fast track” EU membership negotiations

This content was published on Mar 4, 2001 A large majority in German-Swiss parts of the country voted against, with many cantons recording a “no” vote of between 80 and 90 per cent. But the trend against the proposal was also evident in French-speaking parts of the country which are generally more pro-European. Over 55 per cent in canton Jura rejected it, while…

Swiss Politics

Geneva rejects giving vote to foreigners

This content was published on Mar 4, 2001 The proposal was turned down by a mere 5,000 votes. A total of 66,761 voted against while 61,670 were in favour. Turnout was put at 62 per cent. The Geneva initiative proposed that any foreigner who had lived in Switzerland for at least eight years should be allowed not only to vote on communal matters,…

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