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Libya barred from prestigious Davos meeting

This content was published on Nov 28, 2009 No guests from Libya have been invited and will be invited to the annual conference of politicians and business leaders in Davos at the end of January, according to a senior Wef official. “There won’t be any participants from Libya as long as bilateral relations between Switzerland and Libya have not normalized,” Kai Bucher said.…

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Breaking a taboo

This content was published on Nov 27, 2009

Security of army guns to be improved

This content was published on Nov 27, 2009 The new rule, which comes into force on January 1, was adopted by the Swiss government on Friday as part of its amendments to the regulations on firearms. The cabinet also called for earlier detection of soldiers who represent a potential threat. Under another amendment, men who wish to keep their gun after completing their…

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Polanski not to be released before Monday

This content was published on Nov 27, 2009 The Justice Office said on Thursday that it would not contest a decision by the Federal Criminal Court to uphold Polanski’s appeal against detention pending extradition and to place him under house arrest. Bail was set at SFr4.5 million ($4.5 million) on Wednesday and Polanski will be able to move to his chalet in Gstaad…

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DETAIL RIGHT ACTU minaret special

This content was published on Nov 26, 2009

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Brother calls for Libyan hostage to be freed

This content was published on Nov 26, 2009 Moritz Göldi told Swiss television that his brother, Max, was not well and had been suffering from nightmares and anxiety attacks since he and fellow Swiss Rachid Hamdani were abducted by the Libyan authorities and kept in a secret location for a seven-week period. They were returned to the Swiss embassy on November 9. Göldi…

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Doubts persist over weapons exports

This content was published on Nov 24, 2009 The government in its official information brochure for voters describes its policy of trading war material as restrictive, transparent, tough and not open to frequent abuses. Throughout its campaign the pacifist group for a Switzerland without an Army has tried to undermine the clean Swiss image. It has published a report by Human Rights Watch…

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Swiss vote on banning weapons exports

This content was published on Nov 24, 2009

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Bern makes economic crisis a priority

This content was published on Nov 24, 2009 The aims were set out by Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz before the Senate on Tuesday, during parliament’s winter session. Merz said the cabinet wanted to contain the country’s unemployment rate, which currently runs at four per cent of the working population, its highest since 2005. If the labour market situation deteriorates, the government may examine…

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Women take over in Swiss politics

This content was published on Nov 23, 2009 Pascale Bruderer, a member of the centre-left Social Democratic Party, was elected speaker of the House of Representative. The 32-year-old Bruderer entered politics at a local level 12 years ago and joined the Swiss parliament in 2002. The Senate will be headed by Erika Forster-Vannini of the centre-right Radical Party. The 65-year-old businesswoman has served…

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