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Swiss minister hails trade deal with China

This content was published on May 15, 2013 Switzerland found “good solutions” on a broad range of issues and did not have to make concessions in “sensitive areas”, particularly for the Swiss agriculture sector, Schneider told a news conference following Wednesday’s regular cabinet meeting. He refused to make public further details of the accord ahead of a planned visit to Switzerland by the…

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Reported money laundering cases remain high

This content was published on May 14, 2013 Unlike 2011, when CHF3.28 billion was reported, last year was not characterised by any exceptional political circumstances. But the office said it had received “more SARs [suspicious activity reports] concerning individual cases, which meant more suspected criminal activities on the whole”. Swiss financial intermediaries – banks, the payment services sector, fiduciary and asset managers –…

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Business is anything but usual with Saudi Arabia

This content was published on May 14, 2013 “In Saudi Arabia two human rights advocates were sentenced to stiff jail sentences. . . . The true reason for the high penalty is that the reformers spoke out in favour of change and on behalf of political prisoners,” Zurich’s Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported in March. “An Islamic cleric rapes his five-year-old daughter and beats…

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“Corpses” protest against asylum reform

This content was published on May 13, 2013 On June 9, Swiss voters will have their say on the reform of Switzerland’s asylum legislation, which went into effect last September. Changes included suspending the possibility to hand in asylum requests at Swiss embassies as well as rejecting applications from conscientious objectors and deserters. A legal basis was also created to allow asylum seekers…

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Three Red Cross workers kidnapped in Yemen

This content was published on May 13, 2013 The aid workers were taken on Monday from a vehicle in the city of Jaar and there had been no demands from the tribesmen, the security source said. ICRC spokeswoman Dibeh Fakhr confirmed that two international staff and a locally hired employee had been taken in the vicinity of Jaar. She didn’t want to comment…

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Muslim teens not exempt from swim lessons

This content was published on May 10, 2013 The family argued that their strict religion prevented the girl from taking part in swimming lessons, where she would be seen by her male teacher and possibly other men. The girl already knew how to swim, having attended a private class strictly for Muslim girls, they added. However, the court ruled that the girl must…

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Negotiating the “crowded field” of mediation

This content was published on May 10, 2013 “Sometimes it’s a race for the Nobel Peace prize,” admitted Rachel Gasser from swisspeace, the Swiss Peace Foundation. “A growing number of actors are seeking opportunities to engage in peace-making.” In itself, this trend is positive, she told swissinfo.ch – “everyone contributes their own skills to the process” – but she added that the competition…

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Spanish court refuses to extradite ex-HSBC man

This content was published on May 8, 2013 A statement issued by the National Court on Wednesday said that it rejected the charges the Swiss authorities are seeking to bring against Hervé Falciani. The IT specialist is wanted for allegedly stealing information between 2006 and 2007 relating to 24,000 customers of the Swiss division of HSBC. Falciani has acknowledged taking the data but…

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New WTO leader faces rough road ahead

This content was published on May 8, 2013 Azevedo, who will be the first Latin American to hold the position and the first to hail from one of the so-called BRICS group of emerging economies, beat Mexico’s Herminio Blanco for the job in the final round. Now observers are left to wonder if he will be able to revive multilateral negotiations after the…

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For bi-national couples, it’s ‘I Do’ or ‘Adieu’

This content was published on May 7, 2013 Mya Hejia had never been outside China before she landed at Zurich airport with her Swiss husband in August 2012 to begin a new life in Bern. Soft-spoken but increasingly confident in her developing German skills, she says she didn’t have any real expectations of what life would be like for her in Switzerland –…

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