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LeVine ‘leans in’ to new job as US ambassador

This content was published on Jul 4, 2014 Suzi LeVine, who has worn many hats in her life and career and is now US ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, wants to help send the message during her time in Bern that women should “lean in” and take an active role in shaping society. When LeVine was sworn in last month at the White…

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New ‘Iron Curtain’ in Europe fights illegal migration

This content was published on Jul 4, 2014 On a trip to the Evros river at the outermost edge of Europe, swissinfo.ch saw first-hand how Greece is working to stem the flow of unwanted immigrants into the European Union (EU).

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Turbulent times in Ukraine

This content was published on Jul 3, 2014 Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision last November to withdraw from an association deal with the EU resulted in street protests that eventually led to him fleeing to Russia. Pro-Russian forces have since taken over the southern Crimea region of Ukraine. The crisis has taken East-West relations lurching back towards the Cold War with the United…

Bern and Brussels bury hatchet on business taxation

This content was published on Jul 1, 2014 Senior officials from the Swiss finance ministry and the European Union have initialled a mutual understanding formally ending a long-running dispute over controversial business taxation.

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Data protection chief warns of customer and criminal surveillance

This content was published on Jun 30, 2014 Switzerland’s head of data and information protection has highlighted the dangers of technology that allows businesses to track customers’ habits, warning such practices may soon come to Switzerland and that data collection and analysis en masse represents a “massive threat to privacy”.

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Minister looks into cutting 7% of government jobs

This content was published on Jun 29, 2014 The cabinet has been tasked with coming up with a plan to shave CHF300 million ($336 million) from government staff costs. Up to 2,600 jobs could be affected, according to Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. In an interviewExternal link with the Schweiz am Sonntag newspaper, the minister said she would be presenting three cost-cutting scenarios in…

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Swiss president: Ukraine showed potential of OSCE

This content was published on Jun 28, 2014 Swiss President Didier Burkhalter has opened the annual parliamentary meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) saying its role in Ukraine has given renewed impetus to reforms of the body.

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Refugee total climbs to 50 million worldwide

This content was published on Jun 27, 2014 The extra-parliamentary commission advises the cabinet and the administration on issues related to migration. In a press release on Friday it cited figures from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) estimating that there are more than 50 million refugees worldwide for the first time since the Second World War. The war in Syria alone has…

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Iran’s riches attract Swiss business interest

This content was published on Jun 26, 2014 With positive signals coming from the US-Iran nuclear talks, the gas-rich Middle Eastern country is piquing the interest of Western industrial nations. To be ready when the economic embargo is lifted, Switzerland is increasing contact with the Islamic Republic.

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Pilot error caused Swiss fighter jet crash

This content was published on Jun 23, 2014 “Under growing pressure, the pilot badly appreciated the situation at the critical moment. He overestimated the space available to change direction, waited too long to make a 180-degree turn and failed to complete the manoeuvre,” a statement from the defence ministry said. Two F/A-18 fighter jets took off from Meiringen military airport on October 23,…

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