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Defence policy marks Guisan memorial event

This content was published on Jul 25, 2015 In a speech to commemorate a historic address on the Rütli meadow by Switzerland’s army commander 75 years ago, Maurer praised General Henri Guisan as a key figure to prepare the militia army and the population for his defence strategy during the Second World War. In a similar vein, the head of the association of…

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Swiss to continue human rights talks with Iran

This content was published on Jul 24, 2015 Yves Rossier, state secretary of the foreign ministry, held four days of talks until Thursday that his office said covered a number of political issues and had resulted in “the next steps in their established dialogues on human rights and justice”. No further details were available. Switzerland and Iran hold regular talks, and the latest…

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Non-Swiss permanent residents close to two million

This content was published on Jul 23, 2015 Switzerland experienced a net gain of more than 38,000 foreigners who became permanent residents in the first half of the year, a trend that helps explains how nearly a quarter of the population has a foreign passport.

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Asylum seekers to be put up in army tents

This content was published on Jul 22, 2015 The Swiss army is coming to the aid of a canton struggling to accommodate asylum seekers by pitching tents for them to temporarily live in.

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Cuba-US: time to lower the Swiss flag – and open banks?

This content was published on Jul 20, 2015 “Due to its historic position and its experience, Switzerland is ideally positioned to accompany the current process of transition in Cuba,” the Swiss foreign ministry told swissinfo.ch. As early as 1961, because of its status as a neutral country, Switzerland received a request from the United States to represent its interests towards the Cuban government. …

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Top diplomat prepares lifting of Swiss-Iran embargo

This content was published on Jul 20, 2015 “The government will examine it carefully and take its own decision,” Burkhalter told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. He said he was in favour of a swift suspension of the sanctions, which were first introduced in 2007 and gradually tightened before they were again eased slightly last year. Burkhalter said the state secretary in the…

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People’s Party figurehead considers safeguard clause

This content was published on Jul 19, 2015 Christoph Blocher, strongman of the party behind an approved initiative to limit immigration, says he would consider calling on a so-called safeguard clause as a way to apply the terms of the February 2014 vote. In an interview with the Schweiz am Sonntag newspaper, Blocher said that “there is just one solution I’m interested in:…

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Swiss investors welcome Iran nuclear deal

This content was published on Jul 17, 2015 The agreement with Iran concludes 12 years of negotiations, a number of which were held in the Swiss cities of Geneva and Lausanne. The Swiss have a particular interest in the Islamic Republic, having represented the interests of the United States there for the past 35 years. The new deal seeks to curb Iran’s nuclear…

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Learning how to improve life in the suburbs

This content was published on Jul 16, 2015 Stopping urban sprawl involves turning suburbs into mini-cities. That’s the latest collective thinking from a pool of top experts.

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Politicians move against ‘hired guns’ in parliament

This content was published on Jul 15, 2015 University of Lausanne political scientist André Mach is co-leader of a comparative study of the strategies used by lobby groups in Switzerland and California. The findings of the study have yet to be published, but Mach is sure of one thing: lobbying in Swiss parliament has increased in scope and sophistication over the past 20…

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