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Swiss acknowledge Vietnam’s potential

This content was published on Aug 5, 2008 He held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Minh Triet, as well as government ministers and members of the ruling Communist Party during his three-day visit to the capital, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City. On Tuesday, Couchepin, who as interior minister is in charge of education and research, witnessed the signing of cooperation agreements…

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Chinese hold Swiss in high esteem

This content was published on Aug 5, 2008 Harro von Senger also says a lot of Western opinions of China are based on ignorance. He is the author of the best-selling The 36 Stratagems for Business, a set of Chinese aphorisms embodying the essence of the ancient Chinese art of cunning. China’s 1.3 billion inhabitants make up by far the world’s largest nation.…

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Unions demand more wages to boost economy

This content was published on Aug 4, 2008 The organisation said the rise was needed to balance out record inflation and to boost economic growth by maintaining spending power. Employees are entitled to their share as productivity increased amid a widening gap between salaries of top managers and workers, said Travail Suisse on Monday. The group, representing about 170,000 employees from 11 different…

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Couchepin begins Asian tour

This content was published on Aug 3, 2008 On August 8, at the invitation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) whose headquarters are in Lausanne, Couchepin will attend the opening of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. In Vietnam, Couchepin will meet his opposite number, Nguyen Minh Triet, and sign cooperation agreements between Vietnamese universities and Geneva University and the Federal Institute of Technology…

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Gun suicides among young worst in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 3, 2008 This is directly connected to liberal Swiss gun laws and the easy availability of weapons, said researchers from the European Alliance Against Depression, whose study is published in the current edition of the Journal of Affective Disorders. Almost half (43.6 per cent) of suicides in Switzerland committed by 15- to 24-year-old men involve guns. This…

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Swiss warns about new forms of protectionism

This content was published on Aug 1, 2008 Luzius Wasescha told swissinfo that the failure of the nine-day marathon negotiations in Geneva within the Doha Round could spell protectionist dangers if countries rest on their laurels. After the talks at the WTO, several ministers said they wanted dialogue to be resumed as soon as possible. The WTO’s head, Pascal Lamy shared this view,…

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A year after Ylenia murder, no alarm system yet

This content was published on Jul 31, 2008 Under discussion is a mobile phone photo alarm system but this is unlikely to come into force before 2010. Other proposals to sound the alarm bells have also been put forward. Ylenia, from Appenzell in eastern Switzerland, was reported missing on July 31, 2007, prompting a massive police search. Her body was found in mid-September.…

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Tensions with Libya ease but talks continue

This content was published on Jul 30, 2008 On Tuesday two Swiss citizens jailed for alleged immigration violations were released on bail. But no Swiss nationals are allowed to leave Libya. Foreign ministry spokesman Jean-Philippe Jeannerat said moves were underway to restore normal relations between the two countries. Tensions began when one of the sons of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi was temporarily arrested…

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Swiss press berate WTO failure

This content was published on Jul 30, 2008 Headlines ranged from “Everyone loses, no one wins” to “Fiasco” and “Infernal machine”. The Geneva newspaper Le Temps described the failure of the Doha Round under the auspices of the World Trade Organization as a “tragedy”. “In the short term, this failure will give comfort to those who felt themselves the most threatened, with the…

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Olympics body to examine censorship claims

This content was published on Jul 29, 2008 Amnesty International has condemned China’s human rights record and censorship of the media in the run up to the Games. A report, published by Amnesty on Tuesday, found that human rights have continued to deteriorate in the country instead of improving, as promised by the Olympics hosts. However, the Chinese foreign ministry rejected the claims,…

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