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Syrian opposition leader asks for help

This content was published on Aug 27, 2012 In Bern on Monday, Abdulbaset Sieda met with the secretary of state of the foreign ministry, Yves Rossier, who outlined Switzerland’s priorities in the Syrian conflict and pledged that Switzerland would do its part to help. Rossier said these priorities included promotion of international humanitarian law, the fight against impunity, provision of humanitarian aid, and…

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Truck drivers hit the rails and take a break

This content was published on Aug 27, 2012 The railway workers in their orange overalls have an unenviable job. In the summer heat sweat is streaming down their grubby faces under protection helmets. The open area of the loading yard on the outskirts of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, offers little shade from the noonday sun, and lots of muscle is needed for the…

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Swiss bank Julius Baer confirms data theft

This content was published on Aug 26, 2012 “Following tighter checks and a comprehensive internal investigation, we recently discovered a case of data misuse and were able to identify the alleged perpetrator,” Collardi told the paper. The suspected culprit, a Zurich bank employee who purportedly acted alone, has been arrested. No other details are available about the offender. The SonntagsZeitung said the bank…

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Obama and Romney hunt for bucks abroad

This content was published on Aug 26, 2012 Geneva’s historic Old Town district is set to be a roadblock with Clooney flying in to headline the $15,000 (SFr14,500)-plate intimate dinner at an undisclosed location, described on the Democrats Abroad Switzerland website as “the single most important fundraising event of Americans Abroad for Obama”. This is not Clooney’s first fundraising trip to Geneva. He…

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Swiss bank employees back Romney

This content was published on Aug 26, 2012 With less than three months to go before the November 6 vote and with money flowing in abundance into campaign coffers, the 2012 presidential election is projected to be the most expensive in US history. In July, Romney outpaced Obama for the third month in a row in fundraising. But Obama is reported to have…

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Concern over Franco-Swiss inheritance tax plans

This content was published on Aug 25, 2012 “It’s been quite a lot of bad news for the Swiss expat community in France in the space of just a few years,” lamented Jean-Michel Begey, president of the Union of Swiss Abroad Associations of France (USAF). “We’ve only just got over the taxes that Swiss banks have imposed on foreign clients since 2010, and…

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Lausanne researchers to examine Arafat’s body

This content was published on Aug 24, 2012 Researchers from the Institute of Radiation Physics at Lausanne’s university hospital have been ready to travel to Ramallah to begin tests on Arafat’s body for two weeks, after receiving two letters in early August from the Palestinian Authority asking them to come to the West Bank “as soon as possible.” However, they have been waiting for…

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Press sees winners and losers in cabinet decision

This content was published on Aug 23, 2012 After voters in March approved a 20 per cent cap on the number of second homes, the government had to decide when and how to implement it. It was a highly anticipated decision, and one that was bound to be controversial. On the one side, supporters of the quota who said the property boom in…

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Cap on holiday homes to prompt legal battle

This content was published on Aug 22, 2012 Campaigners who championed a 20 per cent cap on holiday homes per commune have accused the cabinet of caving in to pressure from the construction industry and tourist regions. The Helvetia Nostra group of the Franz Weber Foundation said an interim statute approved by the cabinet was in violation of a people’s verdict. The initiative…

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Swiss mothers hold back from having it all

This content was published on Aug 22, 2012 Respect, power, influence and a family to boot – to the outside world Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former policy planning director for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had it all. What she didn’t have was time to spend with her family, something women in Switzerland have in relative abundance. Writing in the US magazine The Atlantic…

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