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US diplomat praises good relations with Swiss

This content was published on Jul 24, 2010 “To my knowledge no such thing is being considered. The US government welcomes the honest efforts by Switzerland to put behind its past as a tax haven,” Donald Beyer told the Le Temps newspaper. Swiss parliament in June endorsed an accord between Switzerland and the US handing over up data of up to 4,450 UBS…

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Merz “acted like a Sarkozy” over Libya

This content was published on Jul 21, 2010 Daniel Möckli, who has recently published an analysis of the case, tells swissinfo.ch that the European Union’s intervention was also key. It has been just over a month since the second Libyan hostage Max Göldi returned to Switzerland, but the Libya affair is hardly over. An international tribunal will judge the temporary arrest in Geneva…

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Kabul conference is a “step in right direction”

This content was published on Jul 20, 2010 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, present at the Kabul conference, said it had set out the most concrete vision for the country yet. Meanwhile a Swiss expert on Afghanistan, Paul Bucherer, described it as a “step in the right direction”. Tuesday’s gathering was attended by representatives of 70 states, including Switzerland. At the close, a…

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Pondering the future of EU relations

This content was published on Jul 20, 2010 Newspaper editorialists have pointed to possible future scenarios following Monday’s joint decision in Brussels to try and simplify bilateral relations between the EU and non-member Switzerland. The discussions come 20 years after voters’ rejection of the of the European Economic Area (EEA) – a halfway house to full EU membership. It is not easy to…

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Swiss-EU experts to look at bilateral options

This content was published on Jul 19, 2010 President Doris Leuthard was in Brussels on Monday for talks with European Union leaders. There, both the EU and Switzerland announced a willingness to review and improve relations, working on the principle of a global bilateral cooperation accord between the two. However, a cautious Leuthard noted that while it was correct to take steps to…

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“My ideals are a freer and more just society”

This content was published on Jul 19, 2010 In an interview with swissinfo.ch she says the time has come to reassess the traditions of humanitarianism and solidarity that distinguished Switzerland in the past. Taking on major challenges calls for governmental reform. A medical doctor by profession, Carobbio developed an interest in politics early on: her parents were very active politically, and her father,…

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Swiss poised for delicate EU negotiations

This content was published on Jul 18, 2010 After concluding two rounds of bilateral accords in 1999 and 2004, Switzerland and the EU would like to expand their relationship, but plenty of hurdles remain before any more agreements can be signed. Discussions have already been held about possible new accords, on topics such as the electricity market, the liberalisation of agricultural exchanges, health,…

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Most favour majority of women in cabinet

This content was published on Jul 18, 2010 The results come as speculation mounts over who will replace Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger, the longest-serving cabinet member, who has announced that he is to leave at the end of the year. In the running are several female candidates from Leuenberger’s centre-left Social Democratic party. If elected, this would bring the number of women to…

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Leuthard receives high-ranking Chinese visit

This content was published on Jul 18, 2010 The courtesy visit by the Chairman of the National People’s Congress comes in a year that has seen numerous high-level exchanges between the two nations as well as a disagreement over the fate of two ethnic Uighurs. At the end of January the Chinese Vice Prime Minister Li Keqiang came to Switzerland. Swiss Foreign Minister…

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Meeting pushes mother and child health

This content was published on Jul 17, 2010 They have signed up to the Bern Initiative which urges parliaments to work on reducing mortality rates among children and on improving maternal health, the organisers said. The move is a step towards reaching the United Nation’s Millennium Goals on these issues, which have a deadline of 2015. “These two goals are those where there…

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