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Nestlé still on hook in Canada price-fixing case

This content was published on Sep 10, 2015 Canada dropped price-fixing charges against Mars but will continue to prosecute those involving Nestlé.

Family puts castle contents up for sale

This content was published on Sep 10, 2015 High above Lake Geneva, set on 26 hectares of land with terraced vineyards and tree-lined alleyways, Chateau d’Hauteville awaits a new owner. Philip Grand d’Hauteville, who grew up at the castle, has been actively trying to sell the property since last summer. Its contents – hardly your common family relics – are also now for…

NGO condemns Swiss refiner over African gold imports

This content was published on Sep 10, 2015 A report by the Berne Declaration non-governmental organization published on Thursday claimed the Ticino-based refiner, Valcambi, imported seven tonnes of the precious metal in 2014 from Togo, a non-producing country. The gold was allegedly smuggled from Burkina Faso, where children and adults worked “under abysmal conditions”. The reportExternal link, entitled “A Golden Racket”, claimed the…

Child labour in Burkino Faso

This content was published on Sep 10, 2015

Unions alarmed by industrial job cuts

This content was published on Sep 10, 2015 Trade union groups have expressed fears of Swiss "deindustrialisation" in the wake of fresh job cut announcements.

How open is Switzerland to the rest of the world?

This content was published on Sep 9, 2015 (pictures: www.openswitzerland.org)

Middle East embargo hinders Swiss arms exporters

This content was published on Sep 8, 2015 The Swiss weapons export industry says it is facing a tough time financially due to a government embargo in the Middle East.

Think tank: give foreigners local voting rights

This content was published on Sep 8, 2015 A Swiss think tank is urging Switzerland to give foreigners greater voting rights at the local level, such as allowing foreign residents to stand for local political office. Such a measure will help integration, it argues.

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Why a citizen’s parliament chosen by lot would be ‘perfect’

This content was published on Sep 8, 2015 They would only serve for a short session until the next citizens’ jury took over. This article is a response to Liu Junning’s recently published opinion piece (see below), in which he labelled direct democracy “impractical”. Direct democracy is the subject of much criticism: it’s not very creative to just be permitted to say yes or…

Minister turns up heat ahead of Paris climate talks

This content was published on Sep 7, 2015 “We really want a text right now,” Leuthard said at a press conference on Monday after a three-day preparatory meeting for the UN’s 21st climate conference. “The ministers need a working document in order to approve or reject ideas and to pursue some lines of work over others,” she said. “We’ve put a bit of…

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