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Swiss in Tunisia hopeful for the future

This content was published on Mar 7, 2011 Beat Frei who has been in Tunisia since 1985, is still moved by the memory of the upsurge of solidarity between Tunisians and foreigners during the Jasmine Revolution, as the events in Tunisia have been dubbed. The important thing was that everyone should act together to defend themselves against armed groups loyal to the old…

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Europe’s response to Arab Spring falls short

This content was published on Mar 6, 2011 Europe in particular needs to change its way of thinking about the Arab world, Belhassan tells swissinfo.ch. The Tunisian opposition figure was invited to speak on Friday at the opening of the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva. Belhassan was the first woman president of the International Federation for Human Rights…

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An exile returns to Tunisia

This content was published on Mar 6, 2011

Libyan kidnappers should face justice: minister

This content was published on Mar 6, 2011 Micheline Calmy-Rey not only holds the country’s rotating presidency for 2011, but as foreign minister had to deal with the diplomatic crisis between the two countries sparked by the brief detention of the Libyan leader’s son in Geneva in 2008. “I can imagine Switzerland starting a criminal investigation to examine the circumstances of the abduction…

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Romansh speakers rebel against standard language

This content was published on Mar 6, 2011 It has to do with the rival claims of the standard language and the five “idioms” or regional dialects. These are more than just dialects, because they are standardised written forms of the language which go back several centuries. The standard language – Romansh Grischun (RG) – is being gradually introduced as a means of…

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E-vote trials face high hurdles for elections

This content was published on Mar 5, 2011 The government will decide in June on the extension of the tests, which are currently underway in about half of the country’s 26 cantons, and among registered Swiss expatriates. E-voting remains one of the political priorities of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA), which represents the nearly 700,000 expatriates living in all four corners…

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Swiss tighten screws on Gaddafi funds

This content was published on Mar 4, 2011 Friday’s decision by the cabinet brings Switzerland in line with United Nations Security Council sanctions imposed against Libyan officials on February 16. These include an arms embargo, a travel ban on 16 named individuals and financial sanctions against six people, including Gaddafi. Switzerland had already frozen assets belonging to 29 Libyan individuals, but in new…

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Cabinet proposes fast-track naturalisation

This content was published on Mar 4, 2011 The text lists the conditions for naturalisation, provides incentives for immigrants integrating quickly, eliminates duplication at various government levels and simplifies application procedures. In an announcement on Friday, the government said the new law would replace the one in existence since 1952, and would take into account provisions set out in the country’s foreigners’ law…

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EU urged to tackle euro slide

This content was published on Mar 4, 2011 The euro fell 17 per cent against the Swiss franc last year and looks set to remain depressed as European Union member states struggle to make ends meet. Swiss exporters have seen profits eroded as the cost of their goods spirals in Europe. Although Switzerland is playing no direct role in bailing out Greece and…

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Switzerland paid Hannibal Gaddafi SFr1.5 million

This content was published on Mar 4, 2011 The payment was made to Hannibal Gaddafi, a son of the Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, whose arrest in 2008 by Geneva authorities on charges of mistreating his servants at a luxury hotel in the city caused a crisis between the two countries. A spokesman for the ministry said the payment was made as part of…

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