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Counting the cost of corruption

This content was published on Feb 26, 2016 The problems have been ongoing for years, but they reached crisis point last May when FIFA executives were arrested at Zurich’s Baur au Lac Hotel. The Swiss police raid was repeated later in the year. FIFA delegates were relieved not to see flashing blue lights when they woke up in Zurich this morning, but they…

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Opening addresses

This content was published on Feb 26, 2016 The gist of all their addresses has been: “Reform now or go bust”. “This is a watershed moment in the history of FIFA,” said Hayatou. “The entire world has its eyes on us today. We have the power to change things.” Gilléron told delegates that the host country, Switzerland, has done its bit by “bringing…

Swiss women, voting since 1971

This content was published on Feb 26, 2016 Despite Switzerland’s democratic tradition, the country was one of the last in Europe to give women the right to vote. In 1868, a group women from canton Zurich first petitioned for women’s suffrage. The initiative was rejected in many cantons. To bring about constitutional changes the unique Swiss system of direct democracy requires a national…

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Tribunal rejects transparent booths for FIFA elections

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 Football’s governing body FIFA’s Ad-hoc Electoral Committee had earlier declined to incorporate the use of transparent voting booths for the upcoming FIFA presidential election in Zurich. Champagne filed the appeal against this decision to the sport’s highest tribunal on February 24 “to safeguard the integrity of the voting process and to ensure that the vote…

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FIFA host Switzerland ‘should clean up sport’

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 An anti-corruption watchdog wants Switzerland to tighten its laws governing sporting organisations headquartered in the country.

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From eating gruel to serving royalty

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 The one-room flat in EggiwilExternal link in the Emmental is sparsely furnished with a bed, a small table and two chairs made of pale wood. The eye is immediately drawn to the only picture on the wall. A black-and-white photograph shows a woman in a dark dress with a flock of children. The older girls…

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2015 recorded as deadliest in Switzerland since 1918

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 The number of deaths rose 5.2% from 63,900 in 2014 to 67,300 – the highest figure since 1918, when 75,000 Swiss died in the Spanish flu pandemic. The increase was higher in women (5.6%) than men (4.7%) and those aged 65 or over (6%). Elderly people were hit in particular by the flu at the…

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Swiss arrest Brazilian suspected in Petrobras scandal

This content was published on Feb 24, 2016 The man had come to Switzerland to withdraw funds and take them out of the country. He was arrested while closing an account at a Geneva bank, prosecutors said. He is suspected of involvement in the payment of bribes to former Petrobras executives and is being held in custody in Switzerland for three months because…

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Blatter and Platini’s bans reduced to six years

This content was published on Feb 24, 2016 On Wednesday, the appeals body announced that it had “partially upheld the decision made by the ethics committee” and had decided to reduce Blatter and Platini’s bans from eight to six years. It said the ethics committee had not taken certain mitigating circumstances into account before its verdict of an eight-year ban and therefore recommended…

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What’s the score in the long-running FIFA saga?

This content was published on Feb 24, 2016 swissinfo.ch charts the bruising path that led to FIFA's Extraordinary Congress meeting being called for February 26.

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