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Changing Japan offers business potential

This content was published on Oct 11, 2009 Leuthard told swissinfo.ch this week that the environmental, health and pharmaceuticals sectors show the greatest potential for growth when Japan’s ailing economy gets back on track. She also shared her first impressions about the new government that re-painted the Japanese political landscape when it came into power on August 30. Leuthard was in Japan to…

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Turkey and Armenia sign landmark accord

This content was published on Oct 10, 2009 Representatives of Switzerland, Russia, the United States and Europe gathered to witness the historic agreement that will open borders and establish diplomatic ties, much to the anger of some Turks and Armenians worldwide. The deal has taken six weeks of negotiations to reach. A delay came at the very last minute when the Armenians objected…

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Calmy-Rey wraps Central Asia trip in Kyrgyzstan

This content was published on Oct 9, 2009 The talks, which included a meeting with the country’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, focused on reviewing bilateral relations. The two sides also discussed cooperation in the Bretton Woods voting group headed by Switzerland. In a statement, the Swiss foreign ministry said “prospects are currently favourable for the further development of economic and trade relations.”…

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Baghdad shoe-thrower gets Swiss tourist visa

This content was published on Oct 9, 2009 Muntazer al-Zaidi will travel to Switzerland in the next few days, Mauro Poggia, his Geneva-based lawyer, told Swiss radio. The visa will allow Zaidi to spend up to 30 days in Switzerland. He wants to start a charity and raise money for civilian victims of the Iraq war, his lawyer said. Poggia said Zaidi, who…

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Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

This content was published on Oct 9, 2009 The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited on Friday his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. The choice made Obama the third sitting president of the United States to win the Nobel Peace Prize and surprised Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the February 1 nomination deadline.…

Protestors criticise border workers slur

This content was published on Oct 9, 2009 A half-page advertisement appeared in the Tribune de Genève newspaper on Monday saying a proposed CEVA regional rail link to Geneva was “a new way of transporting the scum from Annemasse”. It also calls for foreign criminals to be deported. Unia, the main Swiss union, leftwing Geneva parties and unions from the French region of…

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Turkey and Armenia set for historic deal

This content was published on Oct 8, 2009 The deal, meant to reopen a border closed 16 years ago and establish diplomatic ties for the first time, has come under criticism from Armenians at home and abroad ahead of its planned signing in Zurich on Saturday in the presence of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. At the root of their anger is…

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Alliance backs idea of ban on war materiel

This content was published on Oct 8, 2009 At a news conference in Bern on Thursday, the alliance said it wanted to prevent Swiss arms and munitions killing innocent people. The electorate will decide on November 29 on the initiative, which calls for a ban and transit of war materiel, with the exception of demining systems and those for civil protection. The Swiss…

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Ties strengthened with Kazakhstan

This content was published on Oct 7, 2009 Swiss-Kazakh ties continue to grow beyond the new offices in Astana, the foreign ministry said. Trade between the two countries soared to more than SFr1 billion ($970 million) last year for the first time. Bilateral trade, however, remains rather lopsided for the moment. Swiss exports totalled SFr180 million to Kazakhstan, while Kazakhstan sold SFr875 million…

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Gun owners give weapons up for scrap

This content was published on Oct 6, 2009 Lucerne was the canton which handed in the most: 3,483 weapons and 700 kilograms of ammunition. In canton Jura only 20 weapons were surrendered. The authorities were sometimes surprised by what they received. In Basel, several guns were loaded and ready to go off when handed in. Someone in Schaffhausen brought in a 1916 shell.…

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