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Bank announces party funding policy

This content was published on Mar 23, 2012 The bank said the financing was dependent on the strength of a party on cantonal and federal levels but did not entail a specific political commitment. Credit Suisse, which published the announcement in a report on corporate responsibility, said it considered the funding as part of its support for the role of political parties in…

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Stiff competition for places in academic schools

This content was published on Mar 22, 2012

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Swiss extradite suspected war criminal to Serbia

This content was published on Mar 21, 2012 Three Serbian police officers accompanied the man, who has been in Swiss custody since April 2011, on a flight from Zurich to Belgrade on Wednesday. The Serbian authorities suspect the man – a Serbian citizen according to the extradition request, but who himself claims to be Kosovar – of participating in war crimes committed by…

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Revised British tax deal re-opens battle front

This content was published on Mar 21, 2012 But while the patched up treaty has overcome legal objections from the European Commission (EC), observers warn that generous loopholes could soon be plugged or that it could yet be torpedoed altogether. The so-called Rubik treaty is Switzerland’s answer to mounting calls from the EC for an automatic exchange of tax information, that would blow…

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Brussels meeting yields little progress

This content was published on Mar 20, 2012 The EU has been blocking discussions on new agreements until the institutional question is resolved, while Bern would like to make progress on issues such as electricity or technical barriers to trade. Speaking in Brussels after meeting Swiss President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter on Tuesday, European Commission president José Manuel Barroso said…

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Tax agreement with Britain ready for approval

This content was published on Mar 20, 2012 In Brussels on Tuesday, the two countries signed a protocol of amendment supplementing the accord reached last October. While the deal is essentially unchanged, interest payments, which are covered by a 2004 accord on the taxation of savings between Switzerland and the European Union, will now be excluded from its scope. Specifically, interest income will…

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ICRC seeks Russian assistance on Syria

This content was published on Mar 19, 2012 However, after a 90-minute meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Jakob Kellenberger said Lavrov voiced clear support for a plan for daily humanitarian ceasefires in Syria and promised Russia would press President Bashar Assad’s government to accept it. Lavrov “clearly agreed to and was supportive of” the idea of a daily two-hour cessation of…

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Red Cross chief holds Syria talks in Moscow

This content was published on Mar 18, 2012 Some 8,000 people are thought to have been killed in the year-long uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad. Russia, along with China, has vetoed proposals at the United Nations to condemn Assad’s regime. Up to three explosions in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Saturday killed 27 people and wounded at least 100, according to…

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Swiss open embassy in “rising” power Qatar

This content was published on Mar 18, 2012 Ambassador Martin Aeschbacher tells swissinfo.ch that the small Gulf kingdom “is on the rise” economically. Aeschbacher says relations with Gulf states are growing in importance. Qatar in particular plays a mediator role in the region, something he will be following “close-hand”. The new embassy opening comes against the backdrop of closures of various Swiss embassies…

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Swiss played “crucial” role in Evian talks

This content was published on Mar 17, 2012 By offering its good offices under a policy of active neutrality, Switzerland played a key role in the Evian talks, which helped resolve the conflict, historian Marc Perrenoud tells swissinfo.ch. Perrenoud specialises in Swiss foreign policy for the research centre Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland, and is the author of an article on the Evian accords…

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