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Swiss National Day – a platform for politics?

This content was published on Jul 29, 2011 All seven cabinet ministers will hold a speech before August 1 or over the weekend. Last year, only four of them did this. In an election year, the political climate has changed and everyone seems to be active. Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey – who is also foreign minister – will take brunch on August 1…

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Geneva tackles prison overcrowding

This content was published on Jul 29, 2011 swissinfo.ch joined local politicians gathered at the prison to attend the inauguration of the building, which has been welcomed by all parties as a step in the right direction. Located between two residential villages in the Geneva suburbs, within sight of the French border, Champ Dollon prison is a vast building site. Three cranes tower…

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Last roll of the dice for Palestinians at the UN

This content was published on Jul 28, 2011 The Swiss government has yet to publicly state its position on formal recognition of a Palestinian state. “We are going to the Security Council to obtain full membership of the United Nations and the recognition of Palestine according to the 1967 borders,” affirmed Abbas during a meeting of the central council of the Palestinian Liberation…

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This content was published on Jul 27, 2011

Credit Suisse “worse off” than UBS in the US

This content was published on Jul 27, 2011 The political and legal climate has changed considerably since 2008 and lawyers and clients of Credit Suisse see the position of Switzerland’s second largest bank as more serious than that of its competitor UBS. Before indicting four former bank employees, the US Department of Justice sent a letter to Credit Suisse earlier this month warning…

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Norwegian embassy thanks Swiss for support

This content was published on Jul 25, 2011 In a posting to its website on Monday, the embassy thanked the Swiss for their many messages of sympathy and support. The book will be available for the public at its offices at Bubenbergplatz in Bern for several days. Police have lowered the number of people killed on Friday from 93 to 76. A…

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Prison expands to cope with overcrowding

This content was published on Jul 25, 2011 The extension at the prison in canton Geneva – Switzerland’s most overcrowded -has space for another 100 inmates, boosting the facility’s total capacity to 370 prisoners. The extension will only partly address problems with overcrowding. As of Monday the prison was holding 456 people in detention, authorities said. It will also provide better working conditions for guards,…

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Somali ambassador urges world action on famine

This content was published on Jul 25, 2011 For several years, Yusuf Muhammad Isma’il has ensured a diplomatic presence for Somalia, hit by civil war over the past 20 years and now suffering from the effects of drought and famine. In an interview with swissinfo.ch, the ambassador said that in addition to the political crisis the country was now facing its worst humanitarian…

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Conservatives set to reinforce dominant position

This content was published on Jul 25, 2011 Experts believe that a mixture of anti-immigration rhetoric and well-organised campaigning could see the voter share of the Swiss People’s Party, the rightwing’s sole representative in the five-party cabinet, rise above 30 per cent for the first time. “We want Switzerland in the future to remain an independent country with a high degree of self-determination…

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Climate change “endangers global security”

This content was published on Jul 24, 2011 His comments followed a heated debate in the United Nations Security Council earlier this week on whether the environment was a security matter meriting the attention of the 15-nation body. “Climate change is not an immediate motivation for conflict between states,” Spillmann, former head of the Center for Security Studies in Zurich, told swissinfo.ch “But…

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