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Senate approves anti-hooligan law

This content was published on Mar 7, 2006 But the chamber, which represents the country’s cantons, has put a time limit of 2009 on the law, fearing some of the proposed measures may be unconstitutional. The Swiss Football League said it was disappointed by the limitation, arguing that the Senate had not taken into the account that there were “serious problems”. The League…

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Pandemic vaccine remains a long way off

This content was published on Mar 7, 2006 If the virus were to spread to humans, a new vaccine would need to be developed – a process that could take six to nine months, according to the World Health Organization. The Swiss interior minister, Pascal Couchepin, expressed concerns last weekend that Switzerland could not produce sufficient quantities of a human pandemic vaccine. To…

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Bern welcomes Africa’s “Iron Lady”

This content was published on Mar 7, 2006 Described as Liberia’s best hope for stability, Johnson-Sirleaf met her Swiss counterpart, Moritz Leuenberger, on Tuesday. The two discussed the present situation in Liberia, as well as bilateral relations between the two countries. Regional and international topics were also on the agenda. The Liberian president later attended a working lunch with Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline…

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Parliament backs state funding for swissinfo

This content was published on Mar 6, 2006 Parliamentarians on Monday decided the government should reinstate its subsidy for the multimedia platform, which was in danger of being reduced to an English-only service. The House followed the Senate in voting in favour of the subsidy, which was phased out completely at the end of last year, as part of wide-ranging public spending cuts.…

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Number of bird flu cases revised down to nine

This content was published on Mar 6, 2006 The office said on Monday that two cases were mistakenly diagnosed as having bird flu last week, and seven other suspected cases had turned out not to have the virus after all. The tally of wild birds found dead with the H5 virus is now confirmed at nine: one from Geneva and eight from northern…

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Embassy official accused of sexual harassment

This content was published on Mar 5, 2006 The case was first made public in the Pakistani newspaper, The News, one week ago, and follows on the heels of several cases of suspected visa fraud at Swiss embassies around the world. At least two women have charged a Pakistani employee at the Swiss embassy in Islamabad with sexual harassment. Foreign Ministry spokesman, Lars…

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Number of bird flu cases rises to 11

This content was published on Mar 5, 2006 The Federal Veterinary Office said laboratory analysis would show within a week whether the dead water birds carried the highly contagious H5N1 virus. The H5 virus was found in two ducks and a coot in villages in canton Thurgau, and a coot in canton Zurich. The Federal Veterinary Office said it had sent samples, as…

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Bird flu threatens Swiss poultry farming

This content was published on Mar 4, 2006 Experts say that if an order by the federal authorities to confine poultry indoors continues indefinitely, Switzerland’s humane methods of raising birds could be seriously undermined. Swiss hens, which produce more than 700 million eggs a year, are said to enjoy the best conditions in Europe. Laws introduced in 1981 overhauled the conditions for the…

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Former Mr Switzerland sets snow trend

This content was published on Mar 3, 2006 The Bikeboard can be adapted to go off-road, fly down sand dunes or skip across the water. swissinfo put it to the test in the central ski resort of Sörenberg and met its inventor. Viktor Borsodi has more than just the good looks that won him the title of Mr Switzerland seven years ago. He…

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