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The Swiss diplomat who saved thousands of Jews

This content was published on Aug 31, 2014 From 1942 on as the second in charge at the Swiss embassy in Budapest, Lutz ran the department of foreign affairs. This is how he became the great hope for many Hungarian Jews that wanted to leave for Palestine. After the German invasion of Hungary in March 1944, Jews in Budapest were persecuted and deported…

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Bunkers in the Alps and serving on the land

This content was published on Aug 30, 2014

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Swiss stance on Russia sanctions divides opinions

This content was published on Aug 26, 2014 At least since the shooting down of a Malaysian Airline plane over Ukraine in mid-July, the 28 member states of the EU seem to stand united, deciding to extend economic sanctions against Russia. Not so Switzerland. As a non-EU member, it is insisting on its traditional neutrality and its position as current head of the…

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Protesters call for peace in Gaza Strip

This content was published on Aug 23, 2014 The demonstrators appealed to support of the Palestinian population and Israeli peace activists. Speakers urged the Swiss government to organise an international conference on humanitarian law and to scrap plans to buy military drones from Israel as well as to suspend all other forms of military cooperation with the country. Saturday’s protest outside Bern’s city…

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Few humanitarian visas awarded by embassies

This content was published on Aug 21, 2014 The possibility of applying for asylum at a Swiss embassy in a foreign country was discontinued on September 29, 2012. Between January 1, 2009, and September 29, 2012, almost 20,000 asylum requests were granted to persons whose lives or physical integrity were deemed to be seriously threatened. At the time the option of applying for…

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Compromise and neutrality are Switzerland’s strengths

This content was published on Aug 18, 2014 Swiss President Didier Burkhalter highlighted the important role Switzerland is playing in the wider international community

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Churches call for ‘immediate action’ in Iraq

This content was published on Aug 17, 2014 The World Council of Churches (WCC) says dialogue is not possible with Iraq’s Islamic extremists, who have forced about one million Iraqis – including Christians – to flee their homes. However, the council stops short of calling for military intervention.

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Army to march on more Swiss-grown food

This content was published on Aug 16, 2014 Switzerland will add a new twist to the old maxim that an army marches on its stomach by introducing more home-produced meat, bread, eggs, cheese and other dairy products to soldiers’ mess tins

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Restaurant owners cry foul over takeaways

This content was published on Aug 14, 2014 On September 28 voters will have the final say on an initiative calling for a level playing field in the catering and retail sector. It’s hard times for Swiss restaurant proprietors. Since 2010, in spite of some slight growth in the nation’s economy and a steady increase in population, the revenues of the restaurant business…

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Papers sympathise with Swiss sanctions ‘dilemma’ on Russia

This content was published on Aug 14, 2014 “What to one person sounds like manoeuvring is to another a pragmatic middle course,” said the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on Thursday, a day after the Swiss cabinet said it was tightening restrictions on the export of war materiel to Russia and Ukraine but stopped short of imposing sectoral sanctions in line with the EU. …

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