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Report challenges Kosovo “founding myth”

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Marty implicated high ranking members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the murder of Serbian and Kosovo Albanian prisoners and the selling of their organs. They include the current prime minister, Hashim Thaci, and others who now hold important political positions. Swiss journalist Andreas Ernst of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper, who has been…

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Explosion kills 35 at Moscow’s main airport

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 President Dmitry Medvedev postponed his visit to Switzerland where he was to attend the Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum. Russian state television reported that more than 150 people, including European Union citizens, were injured in Monday’s attack that bore the hallmarks of militants fighting for an Islamist state in the North Caucasus region.…

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Calmy-Rey meets “good neighbours” in Berlin

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Calmy-Rey on a visit to Berlin met the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German foreign and economics ministers on Monday. Calmy-Rey, who is also foreign minister, said Switzerland did not accept illegal money and proposed imposing a withholding tax on funds deposited in Swiss bank accounts. “Both sides now want to engage in speedy,…

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Explosion kills 35 at Moscow airport

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 President Dmitry Medvedev said preliminary information indicated the explosion at Domodedovo Airport on Monday was a terror attack. Medvedev added he had delayed his trip to the 41st World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, which begins on Wednesday. Medvedev was due to fly to Switzerland on Tuesday to deliver the opening speech at the…

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Swiss minister wants Bilaterals III with EU

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Schneider-Amman, who has been in office for almost three months, was speaking at a news conference in Bern on Monday at which he presented his priorities. Schneider-Ammann said he wanted to intensify discussions with Brussels because the bilateral way of carrying out business with the EU was far from being exhausted, despite voices to the…

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New nuclear plant put to a test ballot

This content was published on Jan 23, 2011 The cantonal ballot could have a key impact on the choice for the sites of two new plants considered by the country’s three electricity companies. It is widely expected that Swiss voters will have the final say on the construction of new reactors in a nationwide ballot in 2013 or 2014. Switzerland currently has five…

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Geneva banks may hold Ben Ali assets

This content was published on Jan 23, 2011 A request made to the Swiss government last Monday by a lawyer representing Tunisians living in Switzerland alleges that Ben Ali and his family have assets at branches in Geneva of HSBC Private Bank, Citibank and Credit Suisse. The NZZ am Sonntag newspaper also reported that eyewitnesses said Ben Ali’s nephew, Sofiane Ben Ali, had…

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Alleged Kosovo criminals have Swiss residency permits

This content was published on Jan 23, 2011 The SonntagsZeitung newspaper said the Swiss Federal Migration Office has confirmed that both Azem Syla and Kadri Veseli have C permits, which they are only entitled to if their main residences are in Switzerland. In mid-December, Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty issued a report into criminal activities involving members of the Kosovo Liberation Army…

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Swiss abduction reflects violence in Mexico

This content was published on Jan 23, 2011 The Jura man, who heads a Swiss company in Mexico, has been missing for a month. The Swiss embassy in Mexico’s political adviser, Mirko Giulietti, said the embassy was following the case and was “in permanent contact” with the family, police, judicial and Morelos state authorities. It may be the first Swiss kidnapping in…

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Household names announce political aspirations

This content was published on Jan 22, 2011 While none is in the league of actors-turned- politicians Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, some are public figures who are already household names in Switzerland. “We don’t really have any stars, whatever the field,” political scientist William Ossipow told swissinfo.ch. “Firstly, we don’t like that, and then politics in this country doesn’t pay well and…

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