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Swiss and Chinese presidents discuss direction

This content was published on Apr 8, 2016 During the visit to Beijing – part of a three-day state visit to China – seven agreements and protocols were signed. Three concern cooperation on matters of occupational safety, scientific cooperation and cooperation between Switzerland Innovation and Tsinghua University Science Park, and four concern the Sino-Swiss Low Carbon Cities (SSLCC) project, which aims to promote…

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Is the situation picking up for unpaid UN interns?

This content was published on Apr 8, 2016 The plight of unpaid internships hit the headlines last year amid uproar over a United Nations intern living in a tent in Geneva. Seven months on, the situation appears to have changed very little – or has it?

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Trade deal with China will pay dividends, says Ammann

This content was published on Apr 7, 2016 swissinfo.ch: Previously you were President of Swissmem and Vice President of Economiesuisse. What do you see as the biggest challenges facing Swiss companies doing business with China? Johann Schneider-Ammann: Not only that, but I was in business myself, and active in this market. What was and is essential is the fact that it’s a foreign…

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UBS plays down chances of Britain leaving EU

This content was published on Apr 6, 2016 Britain has about a 30% chance of exiting the European Union when its citizens vote on June 23, according to economists at Switzerland’s largest bank UBS.

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Switzerland ‘first choice for corrupt Russians’

This content was published on Apr 6, 2016 Speaking to swissinfo.ch shortly before the Panama Papers leaks, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says one cannot ignore Switzerland’s interest in “dirty money”.

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150 years of humanitarian aid – with a dark side

This content was published on Apr 5, 2016 Not many know that the Swiss Red Cross, whose symbol of aid is instantly recognisable, was condemned for its actions during the Second World War.

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#SRFglobal explains #Brexit

This content was published on Apr 5, 2016 A British author living in Switzerland explains Brexit to a Swiss audience in a new international affairs programme on Swiss public television, SRF.

Rejected asylum seekers who go into hiding

This content was published on Apr 4, 2016 Asylum is only granted to those who face persecution or imprisonment in their country of origin for reasons of race, religion or nationality or because of their political views. Most asylum seekers arriving in Switzerland do not meet these criteria – they are economic refugees. In 2015, roughly half of all asylum seekers whose requests…

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First 30 refugees from EU programme to arrive

This content was published on Apr 4, 2016 These 30 people are a “pilot group”, Martin Reichlin, spokesman for the State Secretariat for MigrationExternal link told the Swiss News Agency on Sunday, confirming information that had appeared in the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. The group will be accepted as part as the European refugee relocation programmeExternal link, agreed in September 2015, to which…

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Swiss set ‘good example’ over nuclear materials

This content was published on Apr 2, 2016 Schneider-Ammann has been attending a nuclear security summit in WashingtonExternal link, along with more than 50 other world leaders. The two-day meeting, which wrapped up on Friday evening, was hosted by the United States president Barack Obama. The main discussion point was efforts to lock down vulnerable atomic materials to prevent nuclear terrorism. North Korea’s atomic defiance was also…

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