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Switzerland’s president speaks

This content was published on Jan 20, 2016 In his speech, which follows that of WEF founder Klaus Schwab and starts after 8.45 minutes, he called for determination and resolution during “truly turbulent times”. “No times are ever calm, of course. But even just 12 months ago, the global mood was more upbeat, and the world order seemed a fair bit firmer than…

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Switzerland’s biggest science prize rewards cancer research

This content was published on Jan 20, 2016 Andrea Ballabio, who specialises in genetics and medicine, won the prize for his workExternal link on lysosomes – subcellular sacs that contain enzymes responsible for degrading and recycling cell waste. Ballabio’s team identified a master gene that controls lysosomal function, and promotes clearance of accumulated material. Their findings could allow researchers to treat human diseases…

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Report reveals clandestine Swiss deal with PLO

This content was published on Jan 20, 2016 The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) newspaper says a delegation led by Foreign Minister Pierre Graber met senior PLO officials in Geneva to negotiate a pact offering diplomatic support for the Palestinian cause in return for assurances to be spared from attacks. The first contacts between the Swiss minister and the Palestinians were initiated by Jean…

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Julius Baer employee let go over FIFA dealings

This content was published on Jan 19, 2016 A spokesman for the bank on Tuesday said a client advisor had been fired in connection with corrupt dealings at FIFA and no longer works at the bank. Following the arrests of several senior FIFA officials on corruption charges last May, Julius Baer opened an internal investigation into the affair and said it was fully…

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A breath of fresh air for an alpine village

This content was published on Jan 19, 2016 It was a dreaded disease - not WEF’s meeting of the world’s elite – that transformed the mountain resort of Davos.

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Jihadi videos on YouTube anger Swiss attorney-general

This content was published on Jan 19, 2016 The attorney-general opened criminal proceedings against the group’s leader, Naim Cherni, in December 2015 and asked Google, which owns YouTube, to remove the videos from the internet. YouTube evaluated both videos after the attorney-general intervened. According to YouTube’s guidelines, terrorist propaganda is forbidden but documentary coverage of issues is not. The attorney-general’s office is not…

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US rabbis protest against Zurich museum extension

This content was published on Jan 19, 2016 Representatives of the ultra-orthodox organisation Asra Kadisha, an international Jewish cemetery protection organisation, gathered on Monday and demanded that their ancestors be left in peace. It is thought the land was formerly the site of a cemetery dating back to 1380, when Jews were allowed back to Zurich after a period of pogroms. The graves…

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Vatican employee acquitted of smuggling money

This content was published on Jan 18, 2016 Italian magistrates had charged Nunzio Scarano in June 2013 with plotting to smuggle €20 million (CHF21.9 million) into Italy. His alleged conspirators were an Italian secret service agent and a financial broker. Prosecutors said a private plane had gone to Locarno, Switzerland, in 2012 to pick up the cash and bring it into Italy without…

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Dogs sniff out illegal imports

This content was published on Jan 18, 2016 Border guards in Zurich are using sniffer dogs to track illegally imported animal and plant products made from protected species. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Swiss victims among dead in terror attack

This content was published on Jan 17, 2016 The two Swiss victims have been identified as the former director of the nation’s Post Office, Jean-Noël Rey, and another well-known Social Democratic politician from the canton of Valais, Georgie Lamon. In a series of tweets at the weekend, Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann said that Switzerland was deeply concerned by the attack in Ouagadougou on…

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