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Intense talks continue over Crimea observers

This content was published on Mar 18, 2014 Putin said as much in a telephone conversation with Burkhalter on Monday. Now, says the Swiss president, a clearer mandate for the OSCE observers must be negotiated. “We are very close to having a consensus among all 57 (OSCE) members,” Burkhalter told Swiss public television SRF. Also on Monday – the day that the European…

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UN: North Korean rights abuses mirror Nazis

This content was published on Mar 18, 2014 Enslavement, executions and torture at political prison camps, state-sponsored abductions, indoctrination, persecution and mass starvations – the list of crimes against civilians in the secretive Asian nation documented in a 372-page UN inquiry report discussed at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday makes terrifying reading. “My mother and my older brother were publicly…

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Swiss media express dismay over Crimea vote

This content was published on Mar 17, 2014 Zurich’s Tages-Anzeiger criticised the Russian authorities for trying to manipulate public opinion. “The Kremlin has taken aim at the last forms of free communication, such as social networks and small alternative media,” yet the paper pointed out that nevertheless, thousands of people had marched through Moscow on Saturday chanting “no war” and “Maidan” – referring…

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Swiss walk tightrope between the West and Russia

This content was published on Mar 16, 2014 Swiss President and Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter is in a quandary: how to reconcile Switzerland’s excellent diplomatic relations with Russia and his role as head of the OSCE. His latest statements about the hastily organised Crimean referendum on switching the Black Sea peninsula’s allegiance back to Russia shows how much of a balancing act it…

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The many roles played by Swiss volunteers

This content was published on Mar 15, 2014

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Turkish anger as Swiss appeal Perinçek decision

This content was published on Mar 14, 2014 The case eventually ended up at the European Court of Human Rights in 2013; where it was ruled that Switzerland had violated the ex-head of the left-wing Turkish Workers’ Party’s right to free speech. The Swiss Justice ministry said on Tuesday it was appealing the decision and will refer it to the Grand Chamber of…

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Swiss military observers sent to Ukraine

This content was published on Mar 14, 2014 The two observers are working with experts from 25 other countries, by invitation from Ukraine. According to the defence ministry, they stopped in the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Friday. Although their next destination is not known, an attempt to access the Crimean peninsula has not been ruled out. The OSCE military observers made…

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‘Compromise’ deal may secure internet’s future

This content was published on Mar 13, 2014 Jovan Kurbalija, the founding director of DiploFoundation, an organisation that trains diplomats in internet governance matters, believes the NETmundial meeting in São Paulo, Brazil on April 23-24 could set out the basic principles for a new internet governance deal. That agreement would include the future status of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers…

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Parliament pushes for cyber expert panel

This content was published on Mar 13, 2014 Defence Minister Ueli Maurer on Thursday tried in vain to convince members of the House of Representatives that the government cyber policy was sufficient to address the issues. “We do not need more paper work, but we should apply what we know already,” he said. He said the cabinet had presented a white paper on…

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St Gallen home for Kremlin critic

This content was published on Mar 13, 2014 Khodorkovsky arrived in Switzerland at the start of January after being freed from prison in Russia and was granted a Schengen visa at the end of December. It was announced that he had filed an application to stay on Monday, but the location was not revealed. Rapperswil-Jona is a small historic town on the banks of Lake…

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