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Manuel Sager appointed head of SDC

This content was published on Apr 2, 2014 “Sager has long experience in the international, financial policy and economic fields,” said a foreign ministry statement released following his appointment by the cabinet on Wednesday. He will take up his new post on November 1. The SDC is the foreign ministry office in charge of Switzerland’s international cooperation. Alongside other government units, the SDC is…

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Solutions sought for immigration conundrum

This content was published on Apr 1, 2014 Quotas, as stipulated in the wording of the initiative, are incompatible with the free movement of people agreed between Switzerland and the EU. Since Brussels has so far shown no willingness to compromise on this, Switzerland faces a dilemma: should the initiative be implemented through quotas (as its proposers want), which would endanger the country’s…

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Re-inventing scapegoats – right-wing populism across Europe

This content was published on Apr 1, 2014 The rise of right-wing populist movements across Europe has started to concern not only European governments but also other countries around the world. Analogies with other right-wing populist parties such as the American Tea Party are being made. As every politician uses populist rhetoric to win votes, one should examine and question how such groups…

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Death sentences delay return of Egyptian assets

This content was published on Mar 31, 2014 Valentin Zellweger told Swiss public television, SRF, on Monday that developments in Egypt “are reflected in our proceedings one to one”. It is necessary to proceed more carefully, because Swiss law requires that human rights be respected, he said. A court in southern Egypt sentenced members of the anti-establishment Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges including…

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Swiss suspend Crimean development project

This content was published on Mar 30, 2014 The foreign ministry told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper that the situation in Crimea made it impossible to pursue these projects for the time being. The Swiss cooperation office and the embassy in the Ukrainian capital Kiev are watching developments and trying to find out what can still be done. Other activities in Ukraine are…

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Putin critic receives Swiss resident permit

This content was published on Mar 30, 2014 The permit was granted last Thursday migration office spokeswoman Léa Wertheimer told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. “It is a permit for one year,” she added. According to Wertheimer, Khodorkovsky’s application was thoroughly checked before being approved. “It fulfilled all the legal criteria and there were no political circumstances that would justify denying the request,”…

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Getting in – and out – of North Korea

This content was published on Mar 29, 2014

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A night at Geneva’s ‘Court of Miracles’

This content was published on Mar 29, 2014 Photographer Didier Ruef went to meet the people who live out of sight of the rest of local population. The men and women who sleep at the shelter come from near and far – locals from Geneva, other Swiss citizens and foreigners. What they almost all have in common is that they have suffered serious…

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Russia says Swiss steps ‘counterproductive’

This content was published on Mar 28, 2014 The Swiss reaction – which includes travel restrictions on a number of Russian government officials – was “unjustified and counterproductive”, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday. Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted the foreign ministry as describing the Swiss government’s stance towards events in Ukraine as “out of touch with reality”…

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Skiing in a state of control

This content was published on Mar 28, 2014 A visit to the country’s newest – and only – luxury ski resort brings adversaries together for a few days of relative normalcy and fun.

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