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Rise in US passport renunciations

This content was published on Aug 17, 2013 Some 1,131 US passport holders living overseas renounced their citizenship in the second quarter of 2013, a six-fold rise on the 189 that did so in the same period last year, according to the US government’s Federal Register, quoted by the Bloomberg news agency. This was also a leap up in comparison with the first…

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Expats reject voluntary registration system

This content was published on Aug 16, 2013 The Swiss Abroad Council, an assembly of more than 140 representatives from all over the world, unanimously rejected a voluntary reporting system as “incompatible with a draft law aimed at boosting the status of the expatriate community”. The meeting on Friday agreed that it is crucial for the authorities to be able to contact their…

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Foreign ministry warns against visiting Egypt

This content was published on Aug 16, 2013 In a message on its website updated on Friday, it says that there is a danger that the unrest could spread throughout the country. It advised any Swiss citizens currently in Egypt to keep themselves informed about the situation, to obey instructions from the security forces – including orders about curfews – and to avoid…

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Results of the first gfs.bern/SBC opinion poll

This content was published on Aug 16, 2013 The pollsters interviewed 1,209 Swiss citizens from across the country. The telephone interviews took place between August 5 to August 9. The margin of error is 2.9%.

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Glencore Xstrata moves towards human rights pact

This content was published on Aug 15, 2013 Switzerland had chaired the steering committee for the initiative since March, and Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter played a role in encouraging Glencore Xstrata CEO Ivo Glasenberg to come on board; Burkhalter had deemed the commodities giant’s cooperation “very important”. The signing, which was revealed by the Swiss media on Wednesday evening and has been confirmed…

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Press predicts dire future for ‘powder keg’ Egypt

This content was published on Aug 15, 2013 Hundreds of people were killed when the authorities forcibly broke up camps of supporters protesting against the ousting of former president Mohammed Mursi, in the worst nationwide bloodshed in decades. The interim government has declared a state of emergency and a curfew was in force across parts of Egypt on Wednesday night. Protesters, backed by…

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Swiss step up peace involvement in Mali

This content was published on Aug 14, 2013 Up to eight staff officers and experts will join the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and advise on a range of issues from humanitarian demining, munitions safety, security sector reform to military engineering and logistics. The cabinet based its decision on a specific request by the UN, according to a statement…

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Blocher ‘experience’ receives mixed reviews

This content was published on Aug 14, 2013 Whatever you might think of Blocher, there’s no denying the mark he’s made on Swiss politics over the past 20 years. But how do you go about painting a portrait of someone with whom you have fundamental differences? In L’expérience Blocher, left-leaning director Jean-Stéphane Bron chose to show the career of the pastor’s son who…

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‘Rituals don’t matter. What matters is doing good’

This content was published on Aug 11, 2013 On the road up to Muheim’s home village of Andermatt, half way to the St Gotthard pass, the famous Devil’s Bridge across the Schöllenen Gorge is shrouded in thick, cold fog. The mountains are invisible. The river Reuss is roaring over the rocks below. There’s an 18th century feel about the whole place. The concept…

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Desert solar energy plan at strategy crossroads

This content was published on Aug 9, 2013 Both factions insist that the Desertec project will succeed in building a network of renewable energy power plants. But the rift in early July (see infobox for details) has pitted the commercial dream of meeting European energy demand from North Africa against the need to achieve social and political stability in the region. The idea…

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