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Ticino burka vote could spawn others

This content was published on Sep 25, 2013 On September 22, Italian-speaking Ticino became the first Swiss canton to accept such a ban, with more than 65 per cent of voters in favour. This result has boosted the hopes of those backing a future nationwide initiative. “The text is ready. It is similar to one put forward by canton Aargau and rejected by…

UBS and Credit Suisse targeted by US regulator

This content was published on Sep 24, 2013 In a statement on Monday, the NCUA alleged violations of federal and state anti-trust laws by manipulation of interest rates through the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) system, the benchmark for setting interest rates around the world. It claimed the manipulation of LIBOR resulted in a loss of income from investments and other assets held…

Behind the scenes in Geneva

This content was published on Sep 24, 2013 Over the past two years photographers Christian Lutz and Mark Henley have become well-known figures in the corridors and meeting rooms of the Palais des Nations complex. Together they take a behind the scenes look at some of the 2,700 international conferences and other gatherings held every year in Geneva. This work is being carried…

Senate approves FATCA legislation

This content was published on Sep 23, 2013 The House of Representatives voted in favour of the legislation earlier this month and it can now only be thwarted if it is rejected in a referendum by the Swiss people as a whole. The deal is designed to put an end to the tax dispute between the two countries, but it will only apply…

Media demand army reforms following vote

This content was published on Sep 23, 2013 Media across the country questioned whether a long running political campaign to scrap the militia system had now run out of steam. But they also rammed home the point that a growing number of men are finding ways of wriggling out of the system while the army itself was criticised as employing outdated tactics. Most…

Swiss voters endorse army conscription

This content was published on Sep 22, 2013 Defence Minister Ueli Maurer said the defeat of the proposal by the pacifist Switzerland without an Army group to end conscription and introduce a professional army of volunteers was a vote of confidence in the current militia system. “It is a yes to the army and to more security,” he told a news conference on Sunday.…

Burka ban approved in Italian-speaking Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 22, 2013 According to official estimates, only about 100 women in Switzerland wear burkas. The full-body cloaks worn by some Muslim women are few and far between in the southern Swiss canton. And yet about 65% of voters in the Italian-speaking canton voted in favour of the change to the law. The Ticino initiative did not explicitly…

Unions stage protest for fair work conditions

This content was published on Sep 21, 2013 Leaders of the Trade Union Federation criticised the growing gap between the rich and the poor in the country and political attempts to undermine labour standards. In their speeches in the three national languages German, French and Italian, outside parliament on Saturday, they also slammed planned public spending cuts as well as tax breaks for…

Balancing punishment and rehabilitation

This content was published on Sep 20, 2013 What should one do with violent teenagers: punish them or rehabilitate them? A bit of both? In Switzerland, the official priority is to “protect and educate” young offenders (see info box). “In the Swiss system, rehabilitation and reintegration are valued very highly,” Allan Guggenbühl, a psychologist and founder of the Institute for Conflict Management, told…

Radar could protect birds from deadly wind farms

This content was published on Sep 19, 2013 “It manages to pick out a swarm of mosquitos from a distance of five metres.” Urs Seiffert, manager of the Swiss BirdScan radar project, has no doubt about the radar’s potential. But he is not interested in insects – instead, he’s pinpointing the migrating birds that fly twice a year over Switzerland. “There are tens…

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