Cluster: Swiss Abroad

More Swiss choosing to live abroad

This content was published on Aug 11, 2000 The latest figures, released on Friday, show that the number of Swiss choosing to emigrate has steadily increased over the past 10 years. In the past 12 months, nearly 7,500 Swiss set off to seek a new life abroad. Since 1990, 126,000 Swiss have emigrated, with around 60 per cent choosing to settle in the…

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Our Geneva correspondent tries not to get lost at the United Nations

This content was published on Aug 11, 2000 The normal approach to the Palais des Nations is from the Place des Nations, scene of many a colourful demo. From this angle, the European seat of the UN can seem decidedly underwhelming. What you might not realise is that you can only see the side of the building. Seen from the lake, you realise…

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Swiss official criticises sanctions against Serbia

This content was published on Aug 10, 2000 Writing in the agency’s newsletter, Fust said the punitive measures were badly hurting the general population – particularly the very young and the elderly – but had had little effect on the regime. He said democracy could not be forced upon a people that are being made to suffer. Switzerland has implemented the majority of…

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Spy scandal diplomat to represent French speaking Switzerland in Paris

This content was published on Aug 10, 2000 The foreign ministry said the move – which gives Jean-Pierre Vettovaglia the rank of “Ambassador ad Personam” – did not constitute a promotion. It said he would retain the title for the duration of his term, which runs for approximately four years. Vettovaglia was the Swiss government’s representative in Romania until 1996, when it was…

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Treasure chest of Soviet films screened in Locarno

This content was published on Aug 9, 2000 The Swiss press has described the screenings as a “retrospective of ‘forbidden’ films”, but the Russian film historian and director of the Russian film museum in Moscow, Naum Klejman, says it is wrong to refer to it in this way. “Of course, all the films made in the Soviet Union got bruised by the censors…

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Balkan war children in Switzerland for holiday

This content was published on Aug 9, 2000 The children, aged between nine and 12, will spend their time relaxing at a former army camp in Melchtal. A range of activities will be open to them, including excursions to the mountains, the federal capital, Berne and to the transport museum in Lucerne. Many of the young Bosnians and Kosovars sustained serious physical injuries…

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Israeli ambassador to Switzerland recalled

This content was published on Aug 9, 2000 Mayer, who has been ambassador since 1997, will leave Switzerland in September at the end of his mandate, the Israeli government announced on Tuesday. He is a member of the National Religious Party, which last month left the coalition led by the prime minister, Ehud Barak. Mayer told the Swiss news agency his removal was…

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Swiss and Polish presidents discuss security policy

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 The two met at Kwasniewski’s summer residence during the first visit to Poland by a Swiss president. The two-day visit has now ended. The Swiss defence ministry said the two presidents discussed Poland’s experiences as the latest Nato member state as well as Switzerland’s involvement in Nato’s Partnership for Peace programme. Another area of common…

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Swiss observers upbeat about future of Chiapas

This content was published on Aug 7, 2000 A member of the House of Representatives, Lucrezia Meier Schatz, said that following presidential elections, the delegation had encountered widespread hopes for change. She said belief in the future was tangible. The Swiss mission, including two parliamentarians and the secretary-general of the Swiss Bishops Conference, was the fourth to the troubled region in the past…

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SBC boss calls for more spending on films

This content was published on Aug 7, 2000 In a speech at the Locarno film festival, Walpen called on parliament and the government to increase spending credits on films. He said SBC had sharply increased its outlay on films in the past year, spending SFr16.5 million compared to SFr9.3 million a year ago. He urged the federal government to match SBC to ensure…

Cluster: Swiss Abroad

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