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Cabinet to boost security staff at Swiss embassies

This content was published on Mar 13, 2014 The House of Representatives on Thursday confirmed a decision by the Senate last week. It allows the government to decide on such a measure without preliminary approval by parliament over the next few years. As part of a legal reform to come into force in 2017, the cabinet hopes to be granted the right for…

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Burkhalter and Putin discuss Ukraine solutions

This content was published on Mar 12, 2014 The telephone conversation included the creation of a contact group and sending an OSCE security mission to Ukraine, according to the Swiss foreign ministry. Spokesman Jean-Marc Crevoisier said Burkhalter, who is also Switzerland’s foreign minister, and Putin had also discussed the long-term prospects of autonomy for Ukraine and its regions. The conversation came a day…

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Swiss investigate Uzbek president’s daughter

This content was published on Mar 12, 2014 The investigation was widened last September following legal assistance from the authorities in neighbouring France and in Sweden, according to a statement published on Wednesday. Police in Geneva had also searched the villa of Karimova, who had diplomatic immunity as the Uzbek representative to the United Nations and other Geneva-based international organisations. Her whereabouts…

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Situation hasn’t improved in horse slaughterhouses

This content was published on Mar 12, 2014 The Zurich-based group says conditions have not improved substantially in the slaughterhouses a year after the scandal came to light. Some Swiss grocery stores stopped selling horse meat altogether following last year’s scandal, and others changed their suppliers. However, most continue to import horse from Canada and South America, with Uruguay surfacing as a new…

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Burkhalter warns of dangers of Crimea vote

This content was published on Mar 11, 2014 Burkhalter is this year’s chairman of the OSCE. He is also Switzerland’s foreign minister. On Tuesday the regional parliament in the Crimea declared the peninsula to be independent of Ukraine. The referendum will ask voters to approve a request for Crimea to be admitted to the Russian Federation. “For any referendum regarding the degree of…

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Reform of Swiss schools abroad passes test

This content was published on Mar 11, 2014 The Senate agreed on Tuesday to the change which had already been approved by the House of Representatives, During the debates several speakers stressed the importance of the schools for the country’s image abroad and the promotion of Swiss cultural standards. They also praised the dual education system which combines classroom and on the job…

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Fanning social entrepreneurship in India

This content was published on Mar 11, 2014 In a remote village near the Gagas river basin in India, a middle-aged woman sits with her head covered, pounding away at whole dried red chillies. A friend beside her is adding salt to slices of lemon. They are making pickle. When a batch of pickle is sold, Basanti Devi will get her share of…

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Campaigners call for more cash for roads

This content was published on Mar 10, 2014 Representatives from the road transport industry as well as centre-right and rightwing political parties on Monday handed in more than 114,000 signatures to force a nationwide vote on their initiative. It calls for more funds to finance road transport, notably through the entire revenue from fuel tax. Currently 50% of the tax goes towards road…

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Kremlin critic wants to stay put

This content was published on Mar 10, 2014 His spokesperson confirmed on Monday that the request had been made, but would not reveal precisely where. Khodorkovsky was pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin and released from a decade-long imprisonment in December 2013. He flew to Berlin just hours after leaving jail, and then joined his wife and two sons in Switzerland at the…

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Swiss envoy says Crimea is ‘calm but tense’

This content was published on Mar 7, 2014 In an OSCE statement on Thursday, he said Crimea was “calm but tense” and commended the Ukrainian authorities for trying to de-escalate the situation. Guldimann was appointed by Switzerland, co-chair of the OSCE in 2014. Russian troops have effectively taken control of Crimea – whose population is mostly ethnic Russian – following the fall of Ukraine’s pro-Moscow…

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