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Communications minister communicates on line

This content was published on Jul 4, 2008 His latest blog sums up his activity in the past year. So far he has written 70 entries, and more than 5,000 readers have left comments. The number of readers has grown steadily between October and June. But Leuenberger expects numbers to fall off during the summer. He compared the blog to a public meeting…

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“Jihadism” is biggest threat to Swiss security

This content was published on Jul 4, 2008 The Federal Police said on Friday that the threat was real even though it had no evidence of any attacks being planned in recent years. The director of the Federal Police office, Jean-Luc Vez, said in the introduction to the internal security report for 2007 that “western Europe is a hotbed of jihadism and Switzerland…

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Maoists settle into power in Nepal

This content was published on Jul 4, 2008 The landlocked Asian country in late May shed its status as a constitutional monarchy. It has been one of Switzerland’s priority countries for cooperation for more than half a century. By evicting Nepal’s “last king” Gyanendra from his palace, the Nepalese reached a final symbolic turning point of a spectacular two-year process during which the…

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Swiss ministers have busy day on holiday

This content was published on Jul 3, 2008 They started with a train trip from just outside Bern to Olten, where they visited an exhibition about the earliest civilisations in Romania before continuing to Zurich, to see an exhibition in the National Museum devoted to the history of the family. From Zurich they flew by helicopter to the small village of Saint-Prex on…

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Pro-Tibet groups call for Olympic boycott

This content was published on Jul 3, 2008 The petition, organised by four pro-Tibet organisations, was handed over to the government on Thursday. Couchepin announced at the end of May that he would attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. “Switzerland is home to the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee and other international sports federations, so it is only natural that…

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Betancourt liberation doesn’t end negotiations

This content was published on Jul 3, 2008 Switzerland, which has been negotiating the liberation of Farc hostages along with France and Spain, hailed the result of the Colombian army operation, but warned there are other prisoners still waiting to be freed. Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over Betancourt and three American military contractors on Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue…

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Government to return Duvalier funds to Haiti

This content was published on Jul 2, 2008 In a statement, the authorities announced they had given account holders three months to prove the money was not illegally acquired. If they do not comply, the assets – estimated at SFr7.6 million – will be returned to the Caribbean state. The funds only represent a fraction of the $100 million fortune Duvalier and his…

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One in ten Swiss feels “bad”

This content was published on Jul 2, 2008 The Swiss pharmaceutical association Interpharma reported that when asked about the current state of their health 13 per cent of those surveyed said they felt “bad”. This compares with a figure of only one per cent recorded regularly in polls made ten years ago and more. However, Interpharma’s “Health Monitor 2008” found that the number…

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Drinking and smoking lose favour with youth

This content was published on Jul 1, 2008 However, a minority of young people is causing concern because they are more likely to take sleeping pills or illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin. The findings were presented in Bern by the Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Problems as part of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and…

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Geneva and Zurich stub out smoking

This content was published on Jul 1, 2008 Of the two cantons, Geneva introduced a stricter ban on Tuesday, which includes bars and restaurants, while Zurich has only outlawed smoking in public buildings. Simon Küffer of the Swiss Lung League welcomed the moves by Geneva and Zurich to protect the public from the risks of passive smoking. “We are particularly pleased about the…

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