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Swiss press uneasy about Egyptian revolution

This content was published on Feb 12, 2011 While the tone of the Swiss media has generally been encouraging and optimistic, a fair amount of criticism and concern underlies much of the latest commentary. “The revolution has only just begun,” read the top headline on the Saturday edition of the Bern-based Der Bund newspaper. Inside, an editorial called for an end to the hypocrisy…

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Swiss freeze assets as Mubarak steps down

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 It has published an ordinance asking Swiss banks to search for any assets belonging to Mubarak and his family and to freeze them, a government spokesman said. A statement on the website of the foreign ministry said the sale or disposal of any assets, especially real estate, belonging to these people was also forbidden. The government “is…

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Swiss delegation seeks influence in Washington

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 A parliamentary delegation led by senator Peter Briner was in Washington on a two-day visit, ending on Thursday, arranged by the Swiss-USA parliamentary association. “Our main objective was to maintain strength to our relationship with our friends in Congress,” explained Briner, who said the group had been given a warm welcome by the American parliamentarians.…

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Swiss freeze assets as Mubarak steps down

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 It has published a decree asking Swiss banks to search for and freeze assets belonging to Mubarak and his family, a government spokesman said. Swiss president and foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, who is on a visit to Madrid, said the decree had been published half an hour after the announcement of Mubarak’s resignation. As for…

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Egyptian headgear

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 Protesters have been clashing with Mubarak supporters and police over the past few weeks in Egypt. To protect themselves – especially their heads – they have created all manners of gear.

Swiss take stock of World Social Forum

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 While there were organisational problems at the beginning of the meeting, debates were fruitful and the Swiss delegation saw for itself some of the pressing issues affecting Africa. “This forum has been an opportunity to make contacts and has been a source of information,” said centre-left Social Democrat politician Margret Kiener Nellen.“It’s a unique meeting,…

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Why young women shun the ballot box

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 A survey found that since securing the vote in 1971 the number of women aged 18-29 who cast a ballot has fallen by one third from 38 to 26 per cent. swissinfo.ch carried out a mini straw poll to find out why. The results come shortly before a nationwide vote on Sunday on whether to…

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Egyptian protestors furious as Mubarak stays on

This content was published on Feb 10, 2011 In a widely anticipated speech on Egyptian television on Thursday evening Mubarak said he would not step down until an elected government could take over after elections in September. The hundreds of thousands of protestors who had gathered in and around Cairo’s Tahrir Square greeted his speech with dismay. They changed “Down, down with Hosni…

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Egypt’s fate seen in the hands of the military

This content was published on Feb 9, 2011 Albert Stahel, a strategy expert at Zurich University, told swissinfo.ch the army has defined the recent history of Egypt and it will hold the key for the future of the country. It might have come as a surprise that from the outset of the anti-government demonstrations on January 25 the army pledged not to fire…

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Editor protests at journalist’s arrest in Cairo

This content was published on Feb 9, 2011 The French-language magazine’s editor-in-chief complained that the journalist was arrested and threatened with death by Egyptian army and government soldiers. The incident took place on February 3, a day when numerous foreign journalists were attacked and arrested. In the letter to the Egyptian ambassador, Alain Jeannet wrote: “The bad treatment he suffered for five hours…

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