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World leaders bid Davos farewell

This content was published on Feb 1, 2000 The World Economic Forum summit in the Swiss resort of Davos has ended after five often frenetic days of meetings and speeches. The official highlight was a speech by President Clinton (pictured). But most of the action took place on the sidelines, with protesters slamming globalisation, and diplomats discussing everything from trade to peace in…

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Indonesia seeks Swiss aid to recover funds

This content was published on Jan 31, 2000 Indonesia will renew its request to Switzerland for help in searching for funds allegedly deposited in Swiss banks, the Indonesian president, Abdurrahim Wahid, told the president, Adolf Ogi in Berne. (Picture). At their meeting, Wahid told Ogi and other Swiss cabinet members that the new request for judicial assistance would be presented shortly. A previous…

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Deiss attends Moscow conference on Middle East

This content was published on Jan 30, 2000 The Swiss foreign minister, Joseph Deiss, (pictured left) is attending a high-level conference in Moscow, chaired by the United States and Russia, on measures to support the Middle East peace process. Switzerland is playing a support role behind the scenes. The visit by Deiss to the two-day meeting follows high-level talks over the weekend about…

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Deiss upbeat about political talks at World Economic Forum

This content was published on Jan 30, 2000 The Swiss foreign minister, Joseph Deiss, has given an upbeat assessment of the contacts he and other Swiss government ministers have had at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. Mr Deiss told a news conference in Davos he had benefitted from the informal atmosphere that had brought together so many of the world’s…

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Clinton holds brief talks with Swiss leaders

This content was published on Jan 29, 2000 President Clinton also held talks with Swiss government leaders, including the President, Adolf Ogi, during his stay in Davos. Relations between the two countries were described as excellent. Clinton met a Swiss delegation headed by Ogi, and including the foreign minister, Joseph Deiss, finance minister, Kaspar Villiger and the economics minister, Pascal Couchepin. “The friendly…

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Switzerland welcomes biosafety protocol

This content was published on Jan 29, 2000 Switzerland has welcomed the adoption of a new treaty regulating exports of genetically-modified organisms, after five years of negotiations. The deal was reached after week-long talks between 133 countries in Montreal. The head of the Swiss delegation, Beat Nobs, said it was a good compromise. “After lengthy negotiations, a compromise has been found between the…

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People’s Party president rejects extremism claims

This content was published on Jan 29, 2000 The president of the Swiss People’s Party, Ueli Maurer, has strongly rejected a report by the Council of Europe, which classified his party as “far right”. At a party congress on Saturday. Maurer said the party was profoundly democratic and had no links with the extreme right. He said Christian Democrats and Socialists in the…

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The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 29, 2000 Apart from the World Economic Forum summit in Davos, which grabbed the headlines towards the end of the week, several major stories made news in Switzerland, including good news for the proposed national exhibition. The troubled national exhibition, Expo.02, was given a boost when the government approved an extra SFr250 million in funding to ensure…

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Clinton arrives in Davos while security is stepped up

This content was published on Jan 28, 2000 President Clinton and other world leaders are meeting today at the annual summit of the World Economic Forum in the resort of Davos, amid tight security. Demonstrators have pledged to hold unauthorised protests. Swiss security forces are on a state of high alert, following a pledge by anti-globalisation protestors to defy an official ban on…

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Swiss government under fire over policy towards foreigners

This content was published on Jan 27, 2000 The government’s policy on foreigners – who make up a fifth of Switzerland’s population – is coming under growing criticism. The justice minister, Ruth Metzler, is being urged to rethink plans to place the federal commission on foreigners under the authority of the office responsible for policing them. The decision two weeks ago prompted 15…

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