Cluster: Swiss Identity

Army told to make room for 4,000 asylum seekers

This content was published on Mar 2, 2012 Three cantonal army quarters each need to make 200 places available “as quickly as possible”, said the Federal Justice Office spokesman Guido Balmer. It will be up to the defence ministry to choose the sites. By the end of 2013 the ministry will have to make provisions for 2,000 places that should be available for at…

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Migration Office faulted over asylum centres

This content was published on Mar 2, 2012 An internal review found the Migration Office had awarded the management contracts for the seven sites to ORS Service for the past 20 years. Such contracts should have gone out to tender every five years. The Zurich firm has been running the centres since 1991 although new legislation was introduced in 1996 which states each…

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Move to improve internal security

This content was published on Mar 2, 2012 Some changes would be needed to the legal basis underpinning protection of the state, support of the army for civil authorities and police duties in security, crime and border control. In adopting the report on Friday, the cabinet outlined a series of problems with the current system. For instance there is no actual legal provision…

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FC Servette files for bankruptcy

This content was published on Mar 1, 2012 Iranian businessman Majid Pishyar said in a statement on Thursday he was broken-hearted over the “complicated” decision. He directed blame at the city’s government and business community whose “support has, unfortunately, been below my expectations”. Pishyar, who took charge in 2008, said he would “continue to fight for Servette”. It was unclear whether the club…

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Dublin agreement comes under stress

This content was published on Mar 1, 2012 Italy in particular is slowing down the process. But the Federal Migration Office has rejected claims that there is a crisis around the Europe-wide Dublin asylum deal. Under the Dublin agreement, which Switzerland joined in 2008, Switzerland can send rejected asylum seekers back to the first European country in which they were registered. This country…

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Argentina’s Messi leaves Switzerland trailing

This content was published on Mar 1, 2012 He outshone Switzerland’s hot prospect Xherdan Shaqiri, the FC Basel forward who has recently signed with Bayern München, and who struck home for his team in the 49th minute. Comparisons have been drawn between Messi and Shaqiri as both are quick, technical and left-footed. The Argentine scored in the 20th minute and in the 88th…

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Killer of murdered teenager is jailed

This content was published on Feb 29, 2012 The 28-year-old killer lured her to his flat by telling her he was looking for girls to model jewellery. The man confessed to the killing several days later saying he wanted to return to prison. He had previously tried to kill another young woman in 2003 and spent four years in a rehabilitation centre. While…

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Man arrested over stolen bank data

This content was published on Feb 29, 2012 The Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office said the former contract employee at the bank was arrested on February 16 and remains in custody. A criminal investigation was launched in January after the man approached a law firm and offered to sell the confidential data. He is accused of economic espionage and violating banking secrecy law. The…

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Anne Frank memorabilia leaves Basel

This content was published on Feb 29, 2012 The Anne Frank-Fonds, a Basel-based foundation set up by her father Otto Frank, said several hundred objects and documents, including paintings, photos, furniture and letters, would be transferred to the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt by 2015. Anne Frank died aged 15 in March 1945 in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, having lived most of her life in…

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Political parties unite to save rainforests

This content was published on Feb 29, 2012 Before taking office in January 2011, Dilma Rousseff promised to veto any revision of the 47-year-old Forest Code, a central piece of environmental legislation, that granted amnesty to landowners who had previously deforested illegally. Then the Brazilian government negotiated a version of the code, approved by the Senate in December, that could see regulation relaxed,…

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