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Dialogue over missing OSCE monitors

This content was published on Jun 1, 2014 Speaking to journalists outside the OSCE’s office in Kiev, Michael Bociurkiw, spokesman of a special OSCE mission, said: “We’re quite confident that they’re in good shape, they haven’t been harmed.” Bociurkiw said the organisation is in talks with a number of groups in eastern Ukraine regarding the release of four workers – including a Swiss…

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Thirty years in Tibet: from refugees to the Dalai Lama

This content was published on Jun 1, 2014 Bauer meets us in his studio in the former industrial district of Winterthur, outside Zurich. The ground floor of the former industrial workers’ house has been Bauer’s retreat for many years. Previously he had a dark room in the cellar, which remains filled with old-fashioned equipment. But today, piled between the magnifiers, are boxes of…

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‘Nationality is just one part of our identity’

This content was published on May 31, 2014

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More OSCE monitors detained

This content was published on May 30, 2014 The Vienna-based OSCE said a group of four international monitors and a Ukrainian language assistant were stopped by armed men in the town of Severodonetsk, 100 kilometres north of Luhansk. The organisation said it had lost contact with the team at around 7 pm (1600 GMT) on Thursday. The group is in addition to another missing team – among which there…

Swiss in line with army support

This content was published on May 30, 2014 The study, published by the institute’s Military Academy and Center for Security Studies on Friday, revealed that 80% of those surveyed considered there to be a need for the army. “In the last 20 years this value has never been so high,” said the authors in a statement. It was also 8% more than in…

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Insurgents say they have missing OSCE observers

This content was published on May 29, 2014 Vyacheslav Ponomarev, who has declared himself mayor of the city of Slovyansk in the eastern Ukranian Donetsk region, told the media the monitors were safe and would be released. “I addressed the OSCE mission to warn them that their people should not, over the coming week, travel in areas under our control. And they decided…

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Swiss undecided on shape of future army

This content was published on May 29, 2014 “As such, the Gripen ballot wasn’t a vote about the army. Because if it had been, we would have lost,” said Jo Lang, a former Green Party parliamentarian and founding member of the Group for a Switzerland without an Army. “It was a vote against the new jets and an increase in military spending. I also see…

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Colonel led shooting practice with North Koreans

This content was published on May 28, 2014 Since 2011, eight North Koreans have studied at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), with the Swiss defence ministry covering the costs. Faced with accusations of wasting taxpayers’ money, the ministry says the exercise is a useful course or the promotion of peace and security. It said it wanted to enable “somewhat closed” countries…

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How sweet are Swiss companies on Modi?

This content was published on May 28, 2014 India is viewed as one of the most exciting markets in the world by many Swiss companies, but one that has not lived up to its true potential. Economic growth has dipped in the last two years while inflation has risen amid mixed messages about reforms that could open up the country further to foreign…

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Swiss is among missing observers in Ukraine

This content was published on May 27, 2014 The 57-nation Vienna-based OSCE, which is currently headed by Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, said the team comprising a Swiss, a Turkish, an Estonian and a Danish citizen were part of a mission sent to try and ease tension and gather information in the Ukraine. The Swiss foreign ministry confirmed the information about one of its…

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