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The WWI women who fought for recognition

This content was published on Aug 7, 2014 Their catering skills helped them launch a canteen empire, but these pioneering Swiss women found it wasn’t enough to earn them the right to vote.

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ICRC president angered by Gaza suffering

This content was published on Aug 6, 2014 Speaking to Swiss public radioExternal link, SRF, on Wednesday, the former Swiss diplomat said that the human toll of the conflict raised fundamental questions about the failure of the international political community after decades to find a political solution to this problem. On a practical level, Maurer said that the most urgent thing was the…

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Pay or let die? Ransom money debate heats up

This content was published on Jul 30, 2014 An article in the New York Times claims that European nations, including Switzerland, are inadvertently funding terrorism via ransom payments.

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MH17 and Gaza: who is responsible?

This content was published on Jul 29, 2014 On the negative side, justice demands that we find out “Who did it?” or “Who is to blame?”. On the positive side, we want to know who should be praised, who should be rewarded. Even if we hold responsible a heavenly being or fate, we still want to know who is responsible. The downing of…

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Monitors say access to Ukraine crash site improving

This content was published on Jul 21, 2014 “[The Special Monitoring Mission SMM] was given full access to the main crash site, which was on this occasion properly cordoned off,” a statement by the Swiss-led organisation on Monday said. SSM spokesman Michael Bociurkiw reportedly said small signs of progress had been noticeable since Sunday. The international community repeatedly demanded swift access to the…

All 298 people on board Malaysia Airlines died when it crashed near the village of Hrabove in eastern Ukraine.

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Ukraine plane crash opens negotiating ‘window’

This content was published on Jul 20, 2014 “Tensions remain huge, but Thursday evening’s event [crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17] has also opened a window of opportunity,” Swiss diplomat Thomas Greminger, currently the OSCE’s permanent council chairman in Ukraine, declared in an interview in Sunday’s Le Matin Dimanche and SonntagsZeitung newspapers. “We haven’t had direct contact with the separatists since June 27…

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Russia requests OSCE observers at Ukrainian border

This content was published on Jul 14, 2014 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has written to Swiss President Didier Burkhalter – who’s heading the Organisation for Economic Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) this year – to invite OSCE monitors to observe two border crossings between Ukraine and Russia.

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Swiss to provide border assistance in Libya

This content was published on Jul 4, 2014 Switzerland has signed an agreement with the European Union to provide the basis for deploying a Swiss civilian border control specialist to Libya on a one-year mission, as part of the European Union Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya).

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Four OSCE observers freed in eastern Ukraine

This content was published on Jun 27, 2014 After kidnapping them more than a month ago, pro-Russian separatists have released four people who had been on an observer mission for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), among them a Swiss.

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Putin embraces OSCE peace plan

This content was published on Jun 25, 2014 Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter says the Russia is prepared to “fully” accept the peace plan for Ukraine put forth by the Swiss-led Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

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