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Media licence fee reform challenged to vote

This content was published on Jan 12, 2015 The association of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on Monday handed in the necessary signatures to the Federal Chancellery in the capital Bern. The pressure group says it collected more than 100,000 signatures from citizens – twice as many as required – calling for a nationwide vote on the legal amendment. A date still has…

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Elections trumped by other issues, expert says

This content was published on Jan 5, 2015 Instead, he says the crucial problems to be negotiated are between citizens and the political leadership as well as between the Swiss government and the European Union. “The share of votes [in parliament] does not change much as far as the major political issues are concerned,” Hermann told the Berner Zeitung newspaper. In particular, he…

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Swiss pledge active support for OSCE beyond 2014

This content was published on Dec 31, 2014 In a final statement as chairman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Burkhalter said the Ukraine crisis, notably Russia’s annexation of the Crimea peninsula, jeopardised the aim of a “free, democratic, common and indivisible Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security community stretching from Vancouver to Vladivostok”. He added that the conflict also complicated…

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ICRC boss: more money and staff needed to tackle crises

This content was published on Dec 29, 2014 Director General Yves Daccord tells swissinfo.ch the organisation needs to give itself the means to respond in real time to crises and armed conflicts around the world, which are only getting worse. To do this, the ICRC will increase its operational budget by 25% and its global staff by 1,000. Those made redundant from the…

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Closing the circle on 2014

This content was published on Dec 27, 2014 Another year is coming to an end; 2014 will soon be consigned to history. The past 12 months were lively, especially on a political level. Many large and small events will be remembered long after the new year begins. Switzerland has mixed feelings towards the European Union, as demonstrated by the February 9 vote in…

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Swiss court delays return of Tunisian assets

This content was published on Dec 24, 2014 The court in Bellinzona found that the man’s right to a hearing had been violated by the April 2014 decision of the Federal Prosecutor’s office to unfreeze the funds. The man is currently being investigated for suspected money laundering. The decision, which was reached on December 9, was reported by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)…

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Swiss put EU bilaterals over immigration quotas

This content was published on Dec 23, 2014 The survey, published in the Hebdo magazine, found that only 26% of those interviewed would give priority to the immigration caps at the expense of the bilateral treaties. A slight majority of respondents are cautiously optimistic that the Swiss government will find a compromise with the 28-nation bloc in negotiations on future bilateral ties, the…

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Initiatives: Why parties fail using this Swiss political tool

This content was published on Dec 23, 2014 Twenty-nine initiatives are currently pending in parliament or the cabinet. Some are waiting for a vote date, others still haven’t achieved the required number of signatures. Parliament is spending more and more of its time discussing initiatives. For parliamentarians like Karl Vogler there are just too many. He has called on the government to evaluate…

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Polls gauge support for top politicians and parties

This content was published on Dec 21, 2014 A survey commissioned by two Sunday newspapers, SonntagsZeitung and Le Matin Dimanche, found the People’s Party taking 23.8% of the vote, down from 26.6% in the previous elections in 2011. The other main political groups of the political left and the centre-right – the Social Democrats, the Radicals and the Christian Democrats – were narrowing…

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