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State visit marks 50 years of Swiss-NZ ties

This content was published on Oct 25, 2013 Burkhalter arrived in Auckland on Friday to be greeted by New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully before going on to meet Prime Minister John Key to discuss measures to enhance bilateral cooperation. On the agenda are talks about further cooperation between the two countries on human rights, environmental and climate change issues at the United…

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Press targets US over the spying scandal

This content was published on Oct 25, 2013 The latest revelations state that the US National Security Agency swept up more than 70 million phone records in France and may have tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own mobile phone. The scandal is set to overshadow a European Union summit in Brussels on Friday. “The United States of America and Europe face common challenges.…

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Fate of Greenpeace activists remains unclear

This content was published on Oct 23, 2013 On October 21, Weber and the others were denied bail by a court in the northern city of Murmansk. Then, on October 23, the Russians said they had reduced the activists’ charges and changed their maximum prison time to seven years from the original 15. Greenpeace called the revised charges still “wildly disproportionate” and said…

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Russian Arctic is more dangerous than the Soviet one

This content was published on Oct 23, 2013 The activists on the last but one Greenpeace ship arrested in Murmansk were the first people to bring bananas to the northern city, at the request of the son of Russian ecologist Yelena Vasilyeva: children there had never tasted the exotic fruit before. That was in October 1992. The Green movement was very young in…

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Insurers criticise drug profit margins

This content was published on Oct 23, 2013 For the third time, the association compared the difference between the producer and sales prices of 8,000 prescription medications in Switzerland and six European countries. The resale margins on Swiss drugs were above average, as in neighbouring Germany and Austria. Insurers paid around CHF5 billion ($5.6 billion) last year for prescription drugs under the compulsory…

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Suspected killer will be sent back to Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 23, 2013 A court spokesman said that the suspect had stated that he would not appeal the extradition ruling and that he hoped to return to Switzerland as soon as possible. “The Swiss authorities want him to complete his previous sentence and be judged for the crimes he committed,” the spokesman added. The suspect can still appeal…

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‘Anti-Blocher’ former justice minister dies

This content was published on Oct 21, 2013 His centre-right Radical Party on Monday described Friedrich as an “honest and forthright personality”. Friedrich was elected to the seven-member cabinet in 1982, picking up the justice portfolio. Two years later he stepped down, citing health reasons. His name was attached to a law limiting the acquisition of Swiss property by non-Swiss residents. He also launched…

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Activist remains behind Russian bars

This content was published on Oct 21, 2013 A Finnish colleague was also denied bail. Both will have to stay in prison until November 24 along with other members of the “Arctic 30”. They are in custody charged with piracy – punishable by up to 15 years in jail – after being caught on board the Arctic Sunrise on September 18. The Dutch-registered…

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Poll results

This content was published on Oct 18, 2013

Public support for 1:12 pay cap appears to wane

This content was published on Oct 18, 2013 An opinion poll published on Friday shows supporters and opponents neck and neck but the naysayers are expected to gain ground in the weeks leading up to the vote on November 24. The survey by the leading GfS Bern research institute found 44% of respondents saying they would approve the proposal to limit manager pay…

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