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One in five Swiss justifies torture of combatants

This content was published on Dec 5, 2016 The People on War report, published on Monday by the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), shows a similar trend worldwide, with 36% of those surveyed in 16 countries saying that captured enemy combatants can be tortured to obtain important military information. Just under half of respondents worldwide thought torture was wrong under…

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Swiss weapons producer expands presence in UAE

This content was published on Dec 4, 2016 The company plans to expand its daughter firm, Ruag Simulation Company, from four employees to 10-15 staff next year in the United Arab Emirate. The office will specialise in training simulation systems, Ruag told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday. Ruag chief executive Urs Breitmeier told the newspaper that the expansion of the Abu…

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Public protests spread over spending cuts

This content was published on Nov 26, 2016 Organisers – a coalition of leftwing parties and trade unions – said up to 1,500 demonstrators took part in the protest on Saturday. They rejected proposed longer working hours and job cuts. Instead, they called for tax increases for the well-off. Last week, about 600 teachers went on a one-day strike trying to avert salary…

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Smaller Swiss peacekeeping force to stay in Kosovo

This content was published on Nov 24, 2016 Switzerland plans to maintain its armed contingent in Kosovo but is reducing the size of the force.

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How the Swiss capital reacted to Trump’s win

This content was published on Nov 9, 2016 Donald Trump’s election had strong reverberations on the streets of the Swiss capital Bern, with some saying they were reduced to tears.

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Swiss media say ‘only in America’

This content was published on Nov 9, 2016 The Swiss press were as surprised as anyone by Trump’s victory. How the controversial businessman will act on the foreign stage is their big question.

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Increase in Swiss weapons sales to Pakistan

This content was published on Nov 8, 2016 Between January and September, the Swiss sold war materiel to Pakistan to the value of just over CHF25 million ($25.8 million) compared with CHF552,816 in the same period last year. The increase is due to the sale of an air defence system, authorised last year. Following an easing of arms exports by parliament in 2014,…

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How Swiss is the US electoral system?

This content was published on Nov 4, 2016 The report is presented by swissinfo.ch’s Susan Misicka. The original video was produced by Arthur Honegger and Jonas Bayona of the online news service of Swiss public television, SRF.

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Court re-opens investigation into Kazakh spying case

This content was published on Oct 31, 2016 The Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona has asked the Attorney General to re-open the investigation into allegations of state-sponsored surveillance and hacking made by Kazakh national Victor Khrapunov. Khrapunov, ex-mayor of Almaty who has been living in Switzerland since 2008, has filed several cases claiming Kazakh government surveillance and harassment – such as installing a…

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Assad: ‘I’m not attacking people, I’m defending them’

This content was published on Oct 20, 2016 Syria's President Bashar al-Assad gives an exclusive interview to Swiss public television, SRF.

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