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Failure to handle Iraqi asylum cases “illegal”

This content was published on Jan 11, 2012 Former federal judge Michel Féraud submitted his final report to the government on December 22; the cabinet released details of the report on Wednesday. The report concluded that by deciding not to process applications from Iraqis at the Swiss embassies in Damascus and Cairo during a period between 2006 and 2008, the migration office “violated…

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The illustrated Arab Spring

This content was published on Jan 10, 2012 Chappatte has wryly summarised events of the Arab Spring since they began hitting the headlines last year. These drawings appeared in the International Herald Tribune, in the Geneva daily Le Temps and in the Sunday edition of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

New foreign minister braces for EU headache

This content was published on Jan 10, 2012 After nine years of Micheline Calmy-Rey, a member of the centre-left Social Democrats, the centre-right parties are eager for a change in style and substance. Top of the agenda is the European Union. Relations with the country’s main trading partner are fraught and opinions on how to deal with the EU differ wildly: the left…

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Tense year looms in EU relations

This content was published on Jan 6, 2012 Bern and Brussels will have to find a solution to what is known as the institutional issue. Among the objectives for 2012 presented in early December by the Swiss government, “clarification of institutional relations between Switzerland and the European Union” is one of the ten biggest priorities. Beginning in 1972 with the initial agreement on…

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Initiative to end conscription handed in

This content was published on Jan 5, 2012 The Switzerland without an Army organisation on Thursday handed in just over 107,200 signatures to force a nationwide vote on the issue. Supporters, including parliamentarians of the centre-left Social Democratic Party and the Greens, said a mass army was a relic of the Cold War period and should be replaced by a voluntary force. They…

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Slow recovery two years after earthquake

This content was published on Jan 5, 2012

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Walking the talk on renewable energy

This content was published on Jan 5, 2012 Where do we go from here? The question raised after the May 2011 decision of the Swiss government to abandon nuclear energy has yet to be answered. While the disaster at Fukushima focused people’s minds on the risks of atomic energy, there remains great uncertainty about the future of energy supply in this country. By…

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“Very atypical” damages sought from government

This content was published on Jan 4, 2012 Harvey Rishikof filed his lawsuit against the Swiss government at the federal court in Washington on December 22. It is an unusually high amount, even for the United States. Trudith Rishikof was crossing a busy street in the US capital on October 6 when she was knocked down by a four-wheel drive Swiss embassy vehicle.…

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NGOs visits Tunisia to discuss frozen assets

This content was published on Jan 3, 2012 The Geneva-based group, Right for All, said the NGO representatives would meet President Moncef Marzouki and Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali during the course of the week. “A year ago we stood next to the Tunisian people, supporting them, and helping them regain their liberty and dignity. Today, we’re visiting Tunisia to say that Swiss civil…

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Euro anniversary shows two sides of the coin

This content was published on Jan 3, 2012 Introduced in 2002, the euro soon became the most tangible symbol of the great continental single market and of the process of bringing together the peoples of Europe. “The euro has been the most outstanding success in the process of European integration,” the European Commission proudly announced in 2007. This claim rings a bit hollow…

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