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The President and his office

This content was published on Jan 1, 2013 Defence minister Ueli Maurer, who takes over the largely ceremonial role of Swiss president, is surrounded by memorabilia and symbols of a rural Switzerland while he works. swissinfo photographer Thomas Kern captures Maurer in his office in Bern.

Cantons agree to increase police numbers

This content was published on Dec 31, 2012 The police union, the Swiss Federation of Police Officers, says the figure is not enough, but that it is a move in the right direction. Union chairman Jean-Marc Widmer told the Swiss News Agency that the police themselves wanted to see numbers almost doubled, from 16,000 to 30,000. The union says that its members are…

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Population control on the Swiss agenda

This content was published on Dec 31, 2012 The continued growth of the world population, climate change and the strain on natural resources has revived the debate on the overpopulation of the planet, home to seven billion people. According to the latest demographic projections the world population will reach nine billion by 2050, although some predict a decline in the world population from…

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Swiss step up hunt for war criminals

This content was published on Dec 27, 2012 They are homing in on two figures in particular: Khaled Nezzar, the former Algerian defence minister suspected of alleged civil war offences, and ex-Guatamalan police chief Erwin Sperisen, accused of human rights abuses. Pressure from human rights groups such as the Geneva-based Track Impunity Always (Trial) and Amnesty International to get the authorities to assign…

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Where should we try war criminals?

This content was published on Dec 27, 2012 Since the end of the Second World War, more than 15 countries have exercised universal jurisdiction. But opponents argue that it is a breach of each state’s sovereignty and that the process can degenerate into politically-driven show trials. Should any state launch proceedings regardless of the location of the crime and the nationality of the…

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Brussels airs grievances with Bern

This content was published on Dec 20, 2012 On Thursday, EU transport and energy ministers formally adopted their “Conclusions on relations with Switzerland”. This text, accepted without discussion, outlines 12 points on the state of the Bern-Brussels relationship, which currently features more than 200 bilateral agreements. It also contains conditions for moving forward. The document begins by declaring that the bilateral accords concerning…

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Why Portuguese seek work in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 18, 2012 Fibbi is a professor at Lausanne University and a coordinator of the Swiss Forum for the Study of Migration at Neuchâtel University. Born in Italy, but resident in Switzerland for more than 30 years, she is well-placed to understand the complexities of immigration. In 2010, she oversaw a study entitled “The Portuguese in Switzerland”, commissioned…

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Rwanda, an African Singapore?

This content was published on Dec 16, 2012 The tidy and well-maintained streets of central Kigali are not unlike those of most Western capitals. The economic boom underway is obvious to foreign visitors. Out in the country though, the reforms imposed by President Paul Kagamé cause some frustration and discontent. (Photos: Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch/agencies)

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Smoothing Rwanda’s rocky road to reconciliation

This content was published on Dec 16, 2012 Excitement spreads through the small village of Cyendajuru, on top of one of the countless hills in south-western Rwanda. In a few hours, the local fete will take place, marking the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the political party that has ruled the country since the end of the genocide…

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Cabinet seeks tighter rules on foreign money

This content was published on Dec 14, 2012 Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said on Friday that financial institutions could however decide to demand such a declaration from their customers. This would be part of a series of enhanced due diligence requirements planned by the authorities. The requirements would be similar to those already in place to combat the financing of terrorism and…

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