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Switzerland shapes accord with China

This content was published on Jul 11, 2012 “There are still many problems and challenges, but I’m very confident that we can find a solution before the end of the year,” Schneider-Ammann said. The economics minister’s entourage includes 25 captains of industry, a dozen officials and several journalists. In Beijing, the Swiss organised the Sino-Swiss Economic Forum, which brought together 300 Swiss and Chinese…

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Former cabinet minister, Leon Schlumpf, dies

This content was published on Jul 8, 2012 Schlumpf, a member of the Swiss People’s Party, joined the government in 1980, and was transport and energy minister until he stepped down in 1987. He was Swiss president in 1984 – a post which rotates annually, and which his daughter holds this year. In its tribute, the cabinet praised him as a man who…

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Do farmers really benefit from labels?

This content was published on Jul 7, 2012

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Divisions threaten to mar Libyan elections

This content was published on Jul 6, 2012 The country’s current fledgling state institutions are fragile and largely powerless. The Libyan roadmap aims to elect a general national congress, a 200-member transitional parliament, where 80 seats are allocated to representatives of political entities, and 120 seats to individuals. Once this transitional parliament has been elected, the remit of the interim governing National Transitional…

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Libya after the revolution

This content was published on Jul 6, 2012 Museums have been erected to commemorate the battles fought and the martyrs lost. Schools are back in session. Hundreds of former rebels are training to join the new national army. People are even talking about tourism and business. Women are discussing women’s rights and lecturing men on politics. Where the weak transitional government is failing, ordinary citizens…

Swiss stop short of ban on trading Iranian oil

This content was published on Jul 5, 2012 Switzerland’s new set of sanctions, to come into force on July 6, includes a ban on supplying equipment for the petrochemical industry and telecommunications as well as the purchase and sale of precious metals and diamonds by the Iranian state authorities. The rules governing the transfer of funds to cash transactions will also be tightened,…

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Swiss freeze arms exports to Arab Emirates

This content was published on Jul 4, 2012 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said on Wednesday that investigations were continuing with other government ministries to establish the details of the alleged existence of grenades in Syria. The Swiss authorities also contacted the UAE government. The statement said the provisional freeze was targeted at pending applications and included the return of about…

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Swiss lab finds polonium in Arafat samples

This content was published on Jul 4, 2012 Tests were carried out on biological samples taken from Arafat’s belongings given to his wife Suha by the military hospital in Paris where he died, according to Francois Bochud, head of the Institute of Radiation Physics at Lausanne University. “The conclusion was that we did find some significant polonium that was present in these samples,”…

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Talks take aim at weapons trading

This content was published on Jul 2, 2012 The conference, being held in New York from July 2-27, will include all major producers, exporters and importers of conventional arms. It is hoped the resulting treaty would make the international arms trade more responsible, help alleviate human suffering and curb the illicit trade in arms and weapons. Crucial for the outcome of the negotiations…

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Geneva deal cracks open door for Syria transition

This content was published on Jun 30, 2012 Peace envoy Kofi Annan said on Saturday after the talks that the government should include members of Assad’s administration and the opposition. But it was not immediately clear what role, if any, was envisaged for Assad. “It is for the people to come to a political agreement but time is running out,” Annan said. “We…

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