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Swiss extend Russian sanctions list

This content was published on Dec 16, 2014 Switzerland, which is not a member of the European Union but is linked by bilateral agreements governing trade and other measures, decided in March not to join the sanctions that the EU has imposed over the Ukraine crisis but has been keen to avoid undermining them. The names added onto a list published on the…

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Government deplores death of Palestinian politician

This content was published on Dec 10, 2014 In a statement, the ministry praised the commitment of Abu Ein, a member of the Geneva InitiativeExternal link, to working towards a “fair and durable peace” in the Middle East. It also urged the Israeli authorities to open an “independent, rapid and transparent inquest” into the circumstances of his death. In addition, the foreign ministry…

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Swiss jungle hostage escapes captors

This content was published on Dec 6, 2014 He took his chance during a clash between troops and rebels on Saturday, Colonel Allan Arrojado, commander of the army’s Joint Task Group on the island of Sulu, told reporters by mobile phone text message. Philippine army scout rangers later found him and brought him to safety. The military said five militants were killed and…

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Swiss winter aid increased for refugees

This content was published on Dec 4, 2014 Disaster relief organisation CaritasExternal link announced on Thursday an emergency programme for Erbil and Dohuk in northern Iraq for CHF800,000 ($825,000). The organisation said the money should benefit 25,000 people displaced by war who live in empty houses or tents outside official refugee camps. These people have already received for the past year urgently needed…

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ICRC to raise budget and relocate staff

This content was published on Nov 27, 2014 This amount, the largest ever requested by the ICRC, represents a 25% increase over the initial appeal made by the organisation last year. “This record budget is required to meet the needs and fit our response to the changing nature of armed conflict,” said ICRC President Peter Maurer at the launch of the organisation’s emergency…

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Ukraine ceasefire lauded by Swiss diplomat

This content was published on Nov 25, 2014 Speaking at an event organised by the Eastern Europe Forum of the University of Basel on Monday, she said that maintaining the ceasefire agreement must be “absolute priority”. She said that the area covered by the agreement is equivalent to half the size of Switzerland. However, Tagliavini acknowledged that while the ceasefire was respected in…

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Switzerland condemns attack at Jerusalem synagogue

This content was published on Nov 18, 2014 Switzerland has “vehemently condemned” the fatal attack against worshippers in a synagogue in Jerusalem in which four Israelis were killed and eight injured with a pistol and meat cleavers.

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Task force set up to prevent ‘export of terrorism’

This content was published on Nov 14, 2014 The government said in a statement on Friday that since the beginning of the year jihadist-motivated journeys with the intention of illegal fighting and terrorism in conflict areas had reached an unprecedented level. Last month the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) revealed that between 2001 and September 2014 it had counted 55 cases of people leaving…

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Diary of an unusual man’s adventurous war

This content was published on Nov 11, 2014 Diary of the War tells the story of Neuchâtel writer Guy de Pourtalès, born in Berlin, raised in Switzerland and naturalised French.

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Following the trail of the Berlin Wall

This content was published on Nov 8, 2014 Swiss photographer Dominique de Rivaz walked the 155 kilometres along what was once the Berlin Wall.

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