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Politics remain on young adults’ agenda

This content was published on May 21, 2012 During the last parliamentary elections in October, 32 per cent of young Swiss aged from 18 to 24 took part in the vote. At the same time, 70 per cent of those aged 75 and over turned in a ballot. This sizeable difference between the two groups is observed during most national elections. But recent…

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Prosecutor’s Office goes after Syrians, Libyans

This content was published on May 20, 2012 A spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Office said it had received information from the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS) in relation to Libya and Syria. “I can confirm that procedures relating to money laundering [have been opened] resulting from that information,” the spokesman told the Swiss news agency, confirming a report published in the NZZ…

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Swiss withdraw UN draft resolution

This content was published on May 18, 2012 The “Small 5” group (S5) – Switzerland, Costa Rica, Jordan, Liechtenstein and Singapore – submitted the draft resolution in March; it included an annexe with 20 recommendations. Wednesday’s withdrawal of the text in New York was mostly the result of pressure exerted by the powerful five permanent members of the council: China, France, Russia, Britain…

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Transforming Geneva into an environmental hub

This content was published on May 17, 2012 The R20, an alliance of 30 city and regional governments and partners developing low-carbon projects worldwide, joins some 250 NGOs and 32 international organisations – many in the environmental field – as well as the European headquarters of the United Nations and specialist agencies. “It was quite a natural decision for us,” R20’s operations manager…

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Cabinet doesn’t want to be chosen by the people

This content was published on May 16, 2012 The initiative was launched by the rightwing Swiss People’s Party, which views the idea as a means of reinforcing the democratic rights of the people and giving the cabinet stronger democratic legitimacy. But in rejecting the initiative on Wednesday, the cabinet said a popularly elected cabinet would upset the balance between it and the parliament.…

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Money laundering fears leap after Arab Spring

This content was published on May 14, 2012 Part of the reason for the increase was a new requirement for Swiss banks and other financial institutions to report shady deals surrounding foreign political events. Last year witnessed social unrest across North Africa and the Middle East, resulting in the downfall of several regimes. Switzerland has frozen the assets of former dictators, including Egypt’s…

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EU ambassador rejects Swiss supervisory plan

This content was published on May 13, 2012 In an interview in the German-language SonntagsZeitung newspaper, Richard Jones said the EEA, a halfway house to EU membership which Swiss voters narrowly rejected in 1992, had an effective system for dealing with difficult questions. “Its structure is clear,” said Jones. “There are the monitoring authorities of the European Free Trade Association (Efta) and the…

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Boost for home ownership gets second chance

This content was published on May 12, 2012 Sponsored by the Home Owners’ Association, the latest initiative facing voters on June 17 seeks to encourage the purchase of so-called first homes for taxpayers as Switzerland’s rate of home ownership is below average compared with other European countries. Up to SFr10,000 ($11,016) per person could be set aside as tax deductible for a period…

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Poll sees Managed Care plans on sickbed

This content was published on May 11, 2012 A poll commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation found only one in three respondents approving the amendments. They were passed by parliament but challenged to a nationwide vote by the country’s main doctor’s organisation, trade unions and large parts of the centre-left. Political scientist Claude Longchamp of the leading GfS Bern research and polling institute…

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Caflisch heads UN law commission

This content was published on May 11, 2012 The foreign ministry considers the appointment of 76-year-old Caflisch a mark of recognition for the former dean of the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Switzerland gives great importance to the work of the commission, particularly concerning compliance with international law and its further development, the ministry said in a statement. In 2006,…

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