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Michael Lauber named federal prosecutor

This content was published on Sep 28, 2011 Lauber, 45, has been CEO of the Liechtenstein Banking Association since 1994. A lawyer by profession, he became an investigative judge in Switzerland in 1992. In 1995, he was appointed head of the organised crime department at the Federal Police Office. In 2001, he became head of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Liechtenstein and member…

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Swiss facilitate Libyan-Tuareg negotiations

This content was published on Sep 27, 2011 The talks, which took place on August 6 and 7 and September 21 and 22, dealt with the issue of Moammar Gaddafi’s Tuareg brigades. The Tuareg are a nomadic people in the Sahara region. Following a report in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper, a foreign ministry spokesman confirmed to the Swiss News Agency that the…

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Parliament debates Swiss Army budget

This content was published on Sep 27, 2011 As Defence Minister Ueli Maurer pointed out on Tuesday, this is just a bit more than half of what was proposed in previous years. Part of the reason is that the military wishes to save money for new jets in the future. However, the Senate would like to increase the budget by another SFr2.1 million…

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Zug shooting spree leaves lasting memories

This content was published on Sep 27, 2011 Coming as it did barely two weeks after the attack on New York’s twin towers, the shooting spree was especially traumatic. The gunman, who bore a grudge against the legal system which he felt had treated him unfairly, left another 18 people injured, some of them seriously. One of them was Anne Ithen, a member…

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German-speaking countries exchange views

This content was published on Sep 26, 2011 Hereditary Prince Alois von Liechtenstein hosted the meeting in Vaduz which was also attended by German Federal President Christian Wulff and Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer. The discussions focused on the political and economic situation in Europe, the Arab Spring, education and integration issues. “Our countries are joined by a common culture as well as shared…

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Atomic power station switched on after repairs

This content was published on Sep 26, 2011 The Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate gave the go-ahead at the weekend for the plant to continue operations. The operator BKW Energy company said the checks on the plant – one of the oldest in Switzerland – had guaranteed its safety and “long-term use”. High-tech analyses were done on cracks in the shell of the reactor…

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Minister makes wake-up call at finance meeting

This content was published on Sep 25, 2011 Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, speaking after the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, said many countries had not yet realised the seriousness of the crisis. She was echoing the call made by the new managing director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, ahead of the meetings, who had warned that the whole world…

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Where does foreign policy go after Calmy-Rey?

This content was published on Sep 25, 2011 It’s a job that is made all the more difficult by the fact that the parties in government cannot agree on Swiss foreign policy aims. “State interdependency is becoming increasingly strong. Many decisions are adopted at international summits, such as the G20,” said Calmy-Rey earlier this month when she announced her resignation for December. “But…

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Tamoil Switzerland backs Libyan rebels

This content was published on Sep 24, 2011 The French-language Swiss daily Le Matin published a translation of an email sent to all company workers in August by Nuri Rifaat, head of Tamoil Switzerland. In it, Rifaat says he is disappointed that the enterprise should be regarded as “Gaddafi’s company”. He refers to the “damaging eccentricities” of the regime of the former leader.…

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Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at UN

This content was published on Sep 23, 2011 But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said UN resolutions could not deliver peace. On Friday Abbas handed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a letter requesting full UN membership, which the Security Council must consider, although this may take some time. “I do not believe that anyone with a shred of conscience can reject our application for…

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