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Parliament calls for changes to adoption laws

This content was published on Mar 10, 2011 The motion also aims to make it easier for couples to adopt children in Switzerland by reducing the required minimum age of adoptive parents as well as the amount of time they have been living together. In addition, they would not have to be married. Currently, adopted children in Switzerland have the right to know…

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Swiss president meets Libyan opposition envoy

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 According to the Swiss foreign ministry, Jebril El-Waalfarvi informed the Swiss president about the current situation in Libya and potential developments from his point of view. El-Waalfarvi also elaborated on the demands and political programme of the NTC. Calmy-Rey expressed particular concern in the discussion about the difficult situation of the civilian population in Libya…

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Women share secrets to success

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 A uniquely Swiss-American event, Building Bridges: The Next Hundred Years of Women’s Leadership, brought together more than 50 women excelling in the fields of politics, business, science and media. The conference was the brainchild of Megan Beyer, wife of the United States ambassador to Switzerland. Inspired by last year’s historic female majority in the Swiss…

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Accord with EU crime fighter body approved

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga said in parliament on Wednesday that the accord would improve cooperation by formalising it and creating legal certainty. The EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit – or Eurojust – was set up in 2002 “to improve the fight against serious crime by facilitating the optimal co-ordination of action for investigations and prosecutions covering…

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Parliament approves plans to cut CO2 levels

This content was published on Mar 8, 2011 Both chambers agreed that the cuts must be achieved solely through measures inside Switzerland. The bill discussed on Tuesday is a counter-proposal by the government to an initiative by environmental groups calling for a 30 per cent cut in CO2 levels. The Senate also came out in favour of a CO2 tax on petrol and…

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Media influence on justice system weighed

This content was published on Mar 8, 2011 The heated discussions took place at the annual congress of the Swiss Group of Criminology (SGC), held in the peaceful Bernese Oberland town. Criminology may have a reputation for being a dry often impenetrable subject, but in Interlaken last week this could not have been further from the truth. “There are lots of incompetent journalists,”…

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Switzerland commits to long-term Pakistan aid

This content was published on Mar 7, 2011 The director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Martin Dahinden, has just concluded a four-day visit to the region during which he looked at development projects in the Swat Valley and Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK). “One of the most significant things I saw during my visit was the resilience and…

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Cross-border commuters on the rise

This content was published on Mar 7, 2011 New figures released by the Federal Statistics Office reveal some 231,800 foreign nationals were crossing the border to work in Switzerland in the fourth quarter of 2010. The Statistics Office said economic conditions had led to the 4.6 per cent rise on-year. Around 80 per cent of cross border commuters work in the Lake Geneva region, northwestern…

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LITERATURE: The Long Song

This content was published on Mar 7, 2011 British bestseller novelist Andrea Levy presents her new book “The Long Song”. The novel (Booker Prize 2010 nomination) tells the story of July, a Jamaican woman slave. The reading and following discussion will be in English.

ICRC doctors assist in Libya

This content was published on Mar 7, 2011 The Swiss-run ICRC said two teams comprising ten surgeons and nurses from the Norwegian and German Red Cross organisations had arrived in Libya over the past week. One team has been sent to Al Jalaa Hospital in Benghazi which has received the majority of casualties since the crisis broke out, the Geneva-based ICRC said. A…

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