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US foreign minister lauds host country Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 21, 2015 US Secretary of State John Kerry thanked the Swiss government, cities and people for their “tremendous efforts”.

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The day Switzerland became neutral

This content was published on Mar 20, 2015 The neutrality so strongly associated with modern Switzerland originated in a congress 200 years ago, when the Great Powers met in Vienna.

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Swiss plan closer ties with Sri Lankan government

This content was published on Mar 17, 2015 On a visit to Colombo on Tuesday Burkhalter praised the new Sri Lankan government for its political reforms and its reconciliation efforts with ethnic minorities in the country. Burkhalter stressed that an open and broad dialogue with all parties involved in 25 years of civil war was key to rebuilding confidence, according to a foreign…

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Kosovo exodus concerns Swiss president

This content was published on Mar 16, 2015 “The republic needs its own young, qualified citizens,” Sommaruga said in Bern on Monday, pointing to the recent increase in asylum applications from citizens of Kosovo in a number of European countries. She said that while Switzerland was only marginally affected, the increase was particularly unbeneficial for Kosovo as it needed these citizens at home…

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Secret service to prick up its ears

This content was published on Mar 15, 2015 When Defence Minister Ueli Maurer presented the government bill 12 month ago, he assured the aim was not to introduce exhaustive surveillance measures against citizens, but to weigh up security concerns and personal freedom. Under the proposed reform, secret service agents will be allowed to tap phone lines and the internet as well as bug…

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Edward Snowden’s ‘Here I stand, I can do no other’

This content was published on Mar 10, 2015 One highlight of the Forum on Human Rights was the film Citizenfour, a 2014 documentary on Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal.

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Abbas discusses Palestinian situation in Bern

This content was published on Mar 9, 2015 Topics addressed during Abbas’s working visit to the Swiss capital included the complexity of the situation in Palestine and the prospects of peace, but not whether Switzerland would recognise Palestine as an independent state. “Resolving the regional situation is priority,” Sommaruga said on Monday. For his part, Abbas said Switzerland was a sovereign country and…

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Large companies, little training

This content was published on Mar 9, 2015 Immigration curbs approved by Swiss voters in February 2014 are expected to lead to a shortage of skilled labour. Apprenticeships are seen by some as one way of tackling that domestically. The conservative right Swiss People’s Party was behind the initiative, which was narrowly voted in. The government has until February 2017 to implement the…

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Swiss sent ‘stealth’ textiles to Russia

This content was published on Mar 9, 2015 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) confirmed on Sunday that it had allowed the shipment, worth CHF90 million ($91.4 million) , to go through because it had been finalised before the cabinet issued broadened sanctions at the end of August 2014. News of the shipment was first reported by the SonntagsZeitung and Le Matin…

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All vote results: March 8th 2015

This content was published on Mar 8, 2015

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