Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Switzerland welcomes new global warming pact

This content was published on Jul 23, 2001 “The Bonn decision opens the way to ratification of the Kyoto Protocol for Switzerland,” said Leuenberger, who is also environment minister. The Swiss cabinet is expected to introduce the ratification process in 2002, he added. Leuenberger called the treaty adopted by the conference in Bonn more “modest” than Switzerland’s position. Because of a Swiss law…

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Switzerland disappointed at UN small arms accord

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 The head of the Swiss delegation attending the conference, Raimund Kunz, said the accord brokered on the final day of meetings fails to address the “main problems concerning small arms”. “I regret that the accord contains so little that is concrete,” Kunz said at the end of the meeting. “We would have liked to see…

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Leuenberger wraps up Baltics visit

This content was published on Jul 20, 2001 In a joint statement made at the end of the mini-summit, the two leaders declared that Switzerland and Lithuania “would follow different foreign policies but nonetheless shared common goals”. Adamkus also called for further cultural and economic exchange between the two countries. “Switzerland is the eighth largest foreign investor in Lithuania,” he said, “but we…

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Lausanne welcomes Rogge

This content was published on Jul 20, 2001 Samaranch was unable to attend Friday’s symbolic handing over of the keys to the IOC’s lakeside headquarters after he was admitted to hospital on Tuesday night for extreme fatigue. But observers say his influence will continue under Rogge`s presidency. Rogge himself has indicated that he will carry on where Samaranch left off. “My daily and…

Ogi left in the cold as Olympic Committee enters new era

This content was published on Jul 17, 2001 On Monday, Ogi failed in his bid to become Switzerland’s sixth representative at the IOC. In what is being widely interpreted as a rebuff to the outgoing IOC president, Samaranch, committee members voted by 59 votes to 46 against Ogi’s candidacy. Samaranch had earlier pleaded with members to accept the nomination before the vote took…

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Fall of France saved Switzerland from Nazi invasion

This content was published on Jul 14, 2001 In his book “Hitler und die Schweiz” (“Hitler and Switzerland”), Stefan Schäfer examines documents stored in the Federal Archives and in the German Military Archives containing details of a planned attack, which he believes posed a serious threat to Switzerland’s independence. According to Schäfer, a historian from the Martin Luther University in Germany, one of…

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Negotiators go head-to-head at UN conference on small arms

This content was published on Jul 13, 2001 Swiss hopes of pushing for an international treaty governing the control of small arms appeared to suffer a setback this week, after the United States delegation said it would not tolerate any attempts to “constrain legal trade and manufacturing of small arms and light weapons”. “The United States will not join consensus on a final…

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Beijing to host 2008 Olympic Games

This content was published on Jul 13, 2001 The International Olympic Committee picked Beijing over rival bids from Toronto, Paris, Istanbul and Osaka. IOC officials said China deserved to host the Games because it has been a rising sports power since rejoining the Games in 1984, after a 32-year absence. Many IOC members had argued that the Olympics would promote positive change in…

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Olympic candidates await IOC decision

This content was published on Jul 13, 2001 Beijing has long been regarded as the city most likely to win the right to stage the games. But it faces stiff competition from Paris and Toronto. Osaka and Istanbul are also in the running. Before the start of voting IOC members heard final presentations from all five Olympic candidates. Osaka was first to put…

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Swiss doctor put forward as candidate for Nobel Peace Prize

This content was published on Jul 11, 2001 Jan Cibula, himself of gypsy origins, has received five nominations from academic institutions for the coveted prize, which was first awarded in 1901. This year, there are some 120 nominees for the prize, including the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, and FIFA, the football association. “I’m up against some tough competition,” says Cibula, who nevertheless remains…

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