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Foreign ministry denies Sri Lankan threats

This content was published on Feb 2, 2009 Sri Lankan Defence Minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa had previously told the Sunday Island newspaper that his government had had enough of international criticism. He said the Swiss ambassador, Ruth Flint, her German counterpart and international media outlets were acting irresponsibly and spreading panic about the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). “They will…

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Romania’s nurses stick close to home

This content was published on Feb 2, 2009 The former Eastern Bloc country of 22 million inhabitants seems an ideal picking ground for cheap medical professionals for Switzerland. And it could be, if voters choose to extend a labour agreement with the European Union to new members Romania and Bulgaria on February 8. “I think they want to stay in the country but…

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ICRC assists in hostage handover

This content was published on Feb 2, 2009 The hostages – three police officers and a soldier – had been held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) for more than a year. A Brazilian military helicopter with the ICRC insignia picked up the hostages on Sunday and flew them to a provincial Colombian airport where they were met by relatives and…

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Italian Swiss… or Swiss Italians?

This content was published on Feb 2, 2009 Gili, director of the Historical Archive in Lugano, argues that the Ticenesi can be both Swiss and Italian at the same time. The dual nature of canton Ticino is a matter of history. Having belonged to the Duchy of Milan, it was ceded to the Swiss confederates at the beginning of the 16th century –…

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Extract from Mendelssohn’s Swiss symphonies (2)

This content was published on Feb 2, 2009 Extract from Mendelssohn’s Swiss symphonies (2) Symphony for the strings no.11 in F, Scherzo (Commodo Swiss Song), using an Emmental Wedding March.

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Extract from Mendelssohn’s Swiss symphonies (1)

This content was published on Feb 2, 2009 Extract from Mendelssohn’s Swiss symphonies (1) Symphony for the strings no.9 in C, third movement, with its echoes of the mountains.

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WEF concludes on a sombre note

This content was published on Feb 1, 2009 For the thousands of attendees, the five-day summit finished on Sunday in the same subdued atmosphere as it had begun. “Everybody’s lost in Davos,” said Kishore Mahbubani, the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore. “No one seems to have a clear understanding of how big this crisis is and…

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Sri Lanka threatens to expel Swiss ambassador

This content was published on Feb 1, 2009 Sri Lankan Defence Minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the Sunday Island newspaper that his government had had enough of international criticism. He said the Swiss ambassador, Ruth Flint, her German counterpart and international media outlets were acting irresponsibly and spreading panic about the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). “They will be chased…

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Federer loses in epic Australian Open final

This content was published on Feb 1, 2009 The top-seeded Spaniard beat Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7:3), 3-6, 6-2 at the Australian Open Tennis Championships in a match that lasted into the early hours of Monday morning. For the first four sets, the world’s two top ranked players traded spectacular shots in a tour de force that even eclipsed their match-up at Wimbledon…

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Politicians oppose foreign deputy prosecutors

This content was published on Feb 1, 2009 An Italian, a Dutch and a German hold the posts, justice ministry spokesman Philippe Piatti confirmed to Sunday’s NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. Green Party parliamentarian Daniel Vischer said the practice was “sickening” and Christa Markwalder of the centre-right Radical Party called it “problematic”. Deputy prosecutors hold virtually the same powers as federal prosecutors, including ordering…

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