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Calmy-Rey to push for Bilaterals III with EU

This content was published on Feb 7, 2011 Switzerland is confident that a third round of bilateral treaties is possible. But the European Union has said it wants a more comprehensive agreement and automatic acceptance of changes in EU legislation, which the Swiss reject. During her visit to the Belgium capital for exploratory talks, the foreign minister is due to meet the European…

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Middle East is underestimated as export region

This content was published on Feb 6, 2011 They accounted in each case for around SFr7 billion ($7.4 billion). However, apart from oil and gas, Switzerland imports little from Arab countries. Mass protests in Tunisia and Egypt are partly explained by the fact that although there are many well-educated people, there are very few jobs. A look at the structure of trade relations…

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Swiss journalists return home safely

This content was published on Feb 5, 2011 Shaken but unharmed, the three reporters and one photographer arrived at Zurich airport on Friday night, reported the Swiss News Agency on Saturday. “Everything changed after the speech by President Mubarak on Tuesday night,” said Sid Ahmed Hammouche, a special correspondent for the Fribourg-based newspaper La Liberté, and Patrick Vallélian of the Lausanne-based magazine L…

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Anti-globalisers gather under the baobab tree

This content was published on Feb 5, 2011 The forum, which is seen as a counterpoint to the World Economic Forum (WEF), comes a few days after the annual gathering of the tops shots from politics and business in the Swiss resort of Davos. The movement began with a meeting of globalisation critics in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2001 in response to cheers…

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All things being equal

This content was published on Feb 4, 2011

Swiss journalists to return home

This content was published on Feb 4, 2011 A journalist from Fribourg-based newspaper La Liberté was arrested by the Egyptian army on Thursday, as were two journalists and a photographer from Lausanne-based L’Hebdo and L’Illustré. All four are understood to have been released and are expected to arrive in Switzerland on Friday evening. The Egyptian government has accused media outlets of being sympathetic…

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Swiss prepare for Dakar social forum

This content was published on Feb 4, 2011 The delegation, which includes representatives of non-governmental organisations, parliamentarians and trade unionists, has already heard from local fishermen and farmers how they are suffering from over-fishing, climate change and from land grabbing. The Swiss will take part in at least five workshops, and several representatives will address the forum, including those from the Swiss section…

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Swiss journalists under siege in Egypt

This content was published on Feb 3, 2011 The reporter, who arrived in Cairo on Sunday, has not been heard from since Wednesday. As the newspaper announced on Thursday evening, the man was able to inform his family of his arrest on Wednesday. It has informed the Swiss Embassy in Cairo of the situation. In addition, a correspondent from Ticino’s radio and television…

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Little hope seen for protesting north Africans

This content was published on Feb 3, 2011 Sociologist Franz Schultheis from St Gallen University tells swissinfo.ch that reforms, even if they are introduced, will not take effect for decades. swissinfo.ch: What might happen if the time bomb represented by youth unemployment explodes? Franz Schultheis: It has already partly gone off. Young people are on the streets in North Africa demonstrating for the…

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Calmy-Rey to push for EU bilateral accords

This content was published on Feb 3, 2011 In Hungary for a two-day visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations, Calmy-Rey praised EU President José Manuel Barroso as “an open man” on Thursday. “There is every chance that Switzerland [and the EU] can agree on a new basis for common negotiations,” she said during a joint news conference with Hungarian President Pal Schmitt in Budapest.…

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