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Calmy-Rey holds talks with Arab League head

This content was published on Jan 29, 2010 Calmy-Rey and Amr Moussa spoke on Friday at the World Economic Forum (WEF), currently underway in the Swiss resort town of Davos. Because of the tense relations between Switzerland and Libya, no Libyan nationals have been allowed into the country for this year’s annual WEF meeting. At last year’s meeting, Calmy-Rey held talks with one…

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Swiss journalist told to leave Sri Lanka

This content was published on Jan 29, 2010 Karin Wenger, who is based in the Indian capital, New Delhi, said on Friday that the Sri Lankan immigration service had cancelled her accreditation, which was originally valid until February 17. A spokesman for the radio said no reasons had been given for the expulsion. Wenger had been in Sri Lanka to cover Tuesday’s presidential…

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Switzerland urges respect for memory of Auschwitz

This content was published on Jan 27, 2010 Leuthard added that Switzerland supported the preservation of the Nazi death camp in Poland as a memorial. “Nazi barbarism left behind distress, despair, a devastated country and millions of innocent victims,” she said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Polish President Lech Kaczynski and ministers from many European countries are due to attend commemorative events at…

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Swiss-Chinese free trade accord to move forward

This content was published on Jan 27, 2010 China’s Vice Premier, Li Keqiang, made the comment during talks in Bern with Swiss President Doris Leuthard and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey. Li said a meeting next month between Swiss and Chinese officials to prepare a joint feasibility study was a “concrete step against protectionism”. The case of the two ethnic Uighurs held in Guantánamo…

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A very stable political spectrum

This content was published on Jan 25, 2010 Almost seven per cent of Swiss are members of a party. This is considerably more than in Germany but much less than in Austria, where one in five belongs to a political grouping. All but one of the four big parties trace their roots back to the 19th century. In 1894, the Radical Party was…

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Parties take stands on referendum questions

This content was published on Jan 24, 2010 Delegates from the rightwing Swiss People’s Party and the centre-right Radical Party held meetings over the weekend; the centre-left Social Democrats adopted their positions in December and the centre-right Christian Democrats last weekend. Delegates from the People’s Party on Saturday voted to oppose an article regarding studies involving medical patients. Under the constitutional amendment, which…

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“Adoption is a last resort”

This content was published on Jan 23, 2010 Marlène Hofstetter, head of international adoption at Lausanne-based organisation Terre des Hommes – Child Relief, warns of the dangers of rushing adoption procedures and says Swiss regulations are unsatisfactory. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12 may have killed 200,000 people, with aid agencies estimating that tens of thousands of children had been…

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Ramadan pleased as Washington clears his name

This content was published on Jan 21, 2010 He is now looking forward to travelling to the US to contribute to academic debate on American policies, he tells swissinfo.ch. The US barred Ramadan entry over money he donated to the Swiss-based Association de Secours Palestinien, a charitable group Washington says supported terrorism and contributed funds to the Islamic movement Hamas. In a turnaround…

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Obama discovers the flip side of change

This content was published on Jan 20, 2010 One year on, the senator from Illinois has seen his popularity sink, notably among those who elevated him to power: floating voters, “progressive” Democrats and blacks. Three Americans with Swiss origins who voted for him give their point of view. Public anxiety over the financial crisis, double-digit US unemployment, healthcare reform and the war in…

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Swiss Post chairman bows out under pressure

This content was published on Jan 20, 2010 The writing was on the wall for Béglé as his appointment and management style became a political football in recent weeks, following the resignation of the chief executive and two members of the board who fell out with him. Communications Minister Moritz Leuenberger, who has stood behind Béglé since the power struggle at Swiss Post…

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