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Burkhalter promotes OSCE at Munich security talks

This content was published on Feb 7, 2015 “The OSCE requires our full and continuing support for its engagement in and around Ukraine,” Burkhalter said. “This is very demanding work – and the OSCE needs the support of all participating States if it is to successfully respond to the many challenges.” Specifically, Burkhalter called for other nations’ support of Swiss Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini,…

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Funding ends for North Korean officer training

This content was published on Feb 6, 2015 The Swiss defence ministry has decided to stop paying for North Korean army officers to attend a Geneva training centre following a public outcry at the practice.

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Markets to terrorists: the growing need for nano-governance

This content was published on Feb 5, 2015 Does the international community need to redouble its efforts to regulate the research and development of nano-enabled products?

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Ecopop: environmental concerns largely ignored

This content was published on Feb 4, 2015 The proposal to reduce Switzerland’s ecological footprint by introducing strict immigration rules and family planning measures was rejected by 74.1% of voters on November 30. The initiative was perceived by voters primarily as a means to curb immigration, ahead of curbing or stopping population growth. A small group of yes voters had wanted to consolidate…

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Sirens get a boost from social media

This content was published on Feb 4, 2015 Switzerland has added social media to its more traditional attention-grabbing sirens to help spread the word in case disaster strikes.

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Here, but facing an uncertain future

This content was published on Feb 4, 2015 A few years ago, they would have met up in bustling Damascus. Now they find themselves together in a foreign city thousands of kilometres away from home. They are here thanks to Najwa Sayedah, who moved to Switzerland from Syria in the 1990s. In recent years, she has devoted great effort to bringing her…

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Bringing west Switzerland’s rail and roads up-to-date

This content was published on Feb 3, 2015

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A Swiss journalist’s take on America

This content was published on Feb 1, 2015 ‘Abc 4 USA: Amerika verstehen’ (Abc 4 USA: Understanding America) is a sort of encyclopedia with short personal entries on 300 topics, ranging from Martin Luther King to the exclamation “great!”, compiled by Arthur Honegger, chief US correspondent for Swiss public television, SRF. Most of what people in Switzerland know – or think they know…

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Reparation finally on the horizon

This content was published on Jan 30, 2015

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Questionable activities by aid partner don’t faze Swiss

This content was published on Jan 30, 2015 Switzerland plans to continue working with an aid partner under fire in a British report for negligent development performance in projects in Africa.

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