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Swiss block spy technology exports to Syria

This content was published on Feb 19, 2012 Both countries were attempting to procure equipment to monitor mobile phones, a Swiss official confirmed on Friday. Mobile phones have become an important source of footage documenting the brutality of the government crackdown in Syria, where an estimated 7,000 people have been killed in 11 months of violence. The opposition movement in Iran also uses…

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Assisted suicide numbers up in 2011

This content was published on Feb 19, 2012 Dignitas, which caters mainly for people from abroad, accompanied 144 people choosing to die at their premises in Pfäffikon near Zurich, an increase of 35 per cent on 2010. Exit, the organisation which caters for Swiss residents facilitated more than 300 suicides, up from 257 the previous year. “A large proportion were suffering from cancer,”…

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$6 trillion in fake US bonds confiscated

This content was published on Feb 17, 2012 In Italy on Friday, eight people were arrested across the country and placed under investigation for fraud and other crimes. The bonds, carrying the false date of issue of 1934, had been transported in 2007 from Hong Kong to Zurich, where they were transferred to a Swiss trust, according to prosecutors in the southern Italian…

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Swiss colonel is Kfor’s “eyes and ears”

This content was published on Feb 17, 2012 Speaking to swissinfo.ch in his office in the Novo Selo military camp near the divided town of Mitrovica, he describes himself as “a diplomat who knows what makes the military tick”. He says 99 per cent of the decisions taken by Kfor commanders are based on input from his team. Kfor is the Nato-led peacekeeping…

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Swisscoy stays in Kosovo

This content was published on Feb 17, 2012 Swisscoy has been part of the multinational Kfor troops in Kosovo since 1999. The main work of the Swisscoy mission is transport, water treatment and mineclearing. (Pictures: Tomas Wüthrich)

Health insurers to face closer scrutiny

This content was published on Feb 16, 2012 Interior Minister Alain Berset, who is also in charge of health matters, hailed the plan as a good compromise aimed at boosting transparency and providing better protection of insurers and clients. The proposals – which are subject to approval by parliament – foresee a bigger role for the Federal Health Office in supervising insurance companies…

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Joint aid cooperation package published

This content was published on Feb 15, 2012 At a joint presentation with the foreign ministry on Wednesday, Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said approval of combined credit package for the years 2013-2016 was aimed at increasing transparency and improving cooperation between the ministries. Parliament is still to discuss the bill which covers humanitarian aid, development cooperation, and economic and trade policy measures, including…

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Swiss to recall ambassador to Syria

This content was published on Feb 15, 2012 On the fringes of a news conference on Wednesday, Burkhalter indicated that the decision would be taken shortly and the Swiss chargé d’affaires would be recalled swiftly. “We will close the embassy in the next few days,” he told public radio. The up to 180 Swiss nationals in Syria, mostly dual nationals, would be asked…

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Federal budget ends with surplus, not deficit

This content was published on Feb 15, 2012 However, the extra money will go straight towards extraordinary expenses. For example, the government is contributing to SFr2 billion to Swiss Federal Railways infrastructure, as well as to its pension fund. With these expenditures taken into account, the surplus will amount to SFr200 million, as the finance authorities announced on Wednesday. Most of the SFr1.9…

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Swiss appeal to UN for action on Syria

This content was published on Feb 14, 2012 Addressing the 66th General Assembly in New York on Monday, Paul Seger said Switzerland deemed it necessary for the council to act immediately “in view of the gross violations of human rights that have been committed, coupled with the unwillingness of the Syrian authorities to prosecute the perpetrators”. The 193-member Assembly met to discuss the…

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