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Blast at Swiss embassy in Rome injures one

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 The Italian interior ministry said a man seriously injured both of this hands when he went to open the package. He was taken to hospital for surgery as police gathered at the scene. “Investigations are ongoing but I can recall, without attributing any responsibility, some episodes of a similar nature in the recent past,” said…

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Magistrate recommends nuclear smuggling charges

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 Andreas Müller said on Thursday his recommendation that charges be brought for violating Swiss non-proliferation laws is based on an exhaustive probe into an alleged nuclear smuggling ring. Müller’s 174-page report “is now being studied in detail” by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, which “will inform the public in due course” on whether charges will be…

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Swiss stick to position over EU bilateral ties

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 The cabinet is convinced that the accords with Brussels are applied correctly, a government spokesman said. He added that on Wednesday the ministers discussed future relations between Switzerland and the EU on the basis of an interim report by a mixed working group. The experts had been asked to present proposals by the end of…

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Lessons not yet learned in Tinner nuclear case

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 A report released this week by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security says the Swiss, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the suspects-turned-spies themselves thwarted efforts to limit nuclear weapon know-how. On Thursday, a Swiss federal judge is expected to announce whether three members of the Tinner family should go to court for…

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Bank safeguards mooted to resist financial shocks

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 The measures include strengthening the capital bases of the country’s two major banks, more stringent liquidity requirements and better risk diversification, according to a statement by the finance ministry. The package is based on proposals by a group of experts who put forward proposals to alleviate the too big to fail problem following the financial…

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New chief to watch over Swiss financial sector

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 Anne Héritier Lachat will assume the post in January, the government said on Wednesday. She replaces Eugen Haltiner, who will step down at the end of 2010, one year before the term expires. Héritier Lachat, 60, has served on the Finma board since 2008, and is a part-time law professor at Geneva University who specialises…

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Cutting red tape for expatriate voting rights

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 The cabinet agreed to support a proposal by a parliamentary committee which aims to waive the four-year renewal of applications. Instead the committee says registration for future votes should follow on automatically after Swiss abroad have taken part in a nationwide ballot. “The proposal no doubt makes it easier for the Swiss abroad to exercise…

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Emotions and tradition clash over anti-gun move

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 Switzerland has the highest number of arms per capita, with estimates varying between 1.2 million and 2.3 million. But exact data are not available as there is no central arms register. Shaken by a number of high-profile killings over the past decade a broad alliance of human rights groups, churches, women’s organisations, trade unions and…

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Calmy-Rey defends Kosovo recognition

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 “Hashim Thaci has only been the head of government since January 2008. The declaration of independence and its recognition by many states does not depend on him,” she said in an interview published on Wednesday in the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper. She added Switzerland had not been the first country to recognise the independence of the former…

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Swiss census to get a makeover

This content was published on Dec 21, 2010 According to the gospel of Luke, Joseph had to register in his old hometown of Bethlehem. It was during this trip that his fiancée Mary gave birth to Jesus – in a humble stable because Bethlehem’s inns were bursting with all the other census participants. Fortunately, modern-day residents have it a bit easier than the…

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