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People’s Party posts candidates for cabinet seat

This content was published on Nov 20, 2015 The party External linkput an end to weeks of speculation by saying on Friday evening that it had chosen Thomas Aeschi, Guy Parmelin and Norman Gobbi as candidates for the post. Widmer-SchlumpfExternal link is a member of the centre-right Conservative Democratic Party, which got only 4.1% of the vote in parliamentary elections on October 18.…

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Surviving war – and the cold

This content was published on Nov 20, 2015 After ten years in Afghanistan, the aid workers were astonished that children could die of something as predictable as the cold. Most of the refugees living in the camps have fled the fighting in the province of Helmand. Some of them have lived here for seven years already, while others have arrived over the past…

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Afghan family finds shelter in Swiss farmhouse

This content was published on Nov 20, 2015 Growing numbers of Afghans are coming to Switzerland via the Balkans – including the seven-member Sajadi family.

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Air force bans civilian jet transport

This content was published on Nov 19, 2015 Politicians, celebrities and journalists will no longer be able to ride along in the jets. In 2014, four such guests rode in military jets on the invitation of the air force, and six have done so this year, according to documents reported on by Swiss Public Television SRF. The air force’s move is a reaction…

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Swiss stop short of boosting border controls

This content was published on Nov 18, 2015 Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga said the authorities had no information linking the assailants in Paris last Friday with Switzerland. “The security situation in Europe is tense, but there is no immediate threat for Switzerland,” she told a news conference on Wednesday. Sommaruga said the government, for the time being, did not consider boosting the number…

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Intensified border checks cause major delays

This content was published on Nov 16, 2015 A spokesperson for the Swiss border police told Swiss public radio and television RTS on Monday that French police are checking all cars entering France at four main crossings near Geneva following the closure of French borders after terror attacks in Paris on Friday. However, he said that Swiss police are not operating with the…

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Swiss banks aim to benefit from UK’s EU reform push

This content was published on Nov 16, 2015 Patrick Odier said the UK debate was “resonating” in Switzerland, which is in conflict with the EU over plans to restrict immigration from EU countries. The dispute is holding up agreements to make it easier for Switzerland’s banks to serve clients across Europe. David Cameron, UK prime minister, last week included greater controls on migration…

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Report chides banks for investing in bombs

This content was published on Nov 12, 2015 Two groups are pressing international investors to cut their financing of nuclear weapon producing companies.

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Subsidies leave smaller farmers struggling

This content was published on Nov 11, 2015 For Swiss farmers, 2015 wasn’t a successful year. At the beginning of October, the Federal Statistical Office estimated that farmers’ incomes would on average be 11% lower than the previous year. Part of farmers’ incomes are direct government subsidies. One of the effects of the agricultural policy for 2014-2017 is that larger farms are favoured…

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