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Swiss and Belgian federalism go different ways

This content was published on Sep 19, 2007 Although the country resembles Switzerland in terms of size and federal system, experts say it has dealt with multiculturalism differently. The Swiss favour consensus, the Belgians confrontation. “Two languages, two cultures, two economies and a growing ignorance of their neighbour’s real situation,” is how Jean Faniel, researcher at the Centre for Socio-Political Research and Information…

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Swiss hold out hope for Nepalese peace process

This content was published on Sep 18, 2007 But while Günther Bächler, a Swiss adviser for peace building in Nepal, described the Maoists’ withdrawal on Tuesday as a crisis, he believed it was not “irresolvable”. “Dialogue has not yet been completely abandoned. I do not yet consider this the collapse of the peace process,” he said. Bächler has worked in Nepal as a…

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Annan’s aid forum tackles natural disasters

This content was published on Sep 17, 2007 A critical part of the forum’s work would be to improve cooperation among various groups helping to relieve poverty, hunger and devastation from natural disasters around the world, Annan said in Geneva on Monday. The first task according to Annan, the forum’s president, is to look at ways of helping the communities around the world…

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Minister calls for glass ceiling to be broken

This content was published on Sep 17, 2007 Leuthard said on Monday that women accounted for only four per cent of upper management in Switzerland and only one third of companies had a female boss. The minister made the comments in front of around 200 businesswomen at the “potentiELLE” conference in Horgen, near Zurich. Leuthard called for women to take a more active…

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Storm brews before final parliamentary debate

This content was published on Sep 17, 2007 Tax breaks, army guns, citizenship and funding for research and education will most likely provide the ground for verbal exchanges between representatives of the five main parties. The speaker of the House of Representatives, Christine Egerszegi, is expected to open the three-week session with a warning, having made it clear that she would not tolerate…

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Swiss embassy in Macedonia in line of fire

This content was published on Sep 16, 2007 The SonntagsZeitung newspaper revealed that embassy staff had come under fire for negligence in the issuing of visas. A spokesman for the foreign ministry, Johann Aeschlimann, said an internal report dated one year ago “touched on an open wound” regarding visa practices in Macedonia. According to the newspaper report, the embassy staff in Skopje were…

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Swiss politicians given report card

This content was published on Sep 16, 2007 Published in the Sunday newspaper, NZZ am Sonntag, the results show which parliamentarians submitted the most or fewest motions and which members were the most verbose. The publication of the findings by Zurich University’s Sotomo research group came on the eve of the last legislative session before parliamentary elections in October. It is the first…

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Sheep poster gets black marks from UN

This content was published on Sep 14, 2007 He warned that the poster, depicting three white sheep booting a black sheep out of the country, would only provoke racial and religious hatred. The Swiss authorities say it is up to the courts to decide. Speaking at a meeting of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council on Friday, Diène said freedom of expression should…

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Afghans suffering more as conflict widens

This content was published on Sep 13, 2007 The Swiss-run organisation said on Thursday that the worsening security situation meant large parts of the country were close to becoming “no-go areas” for aid workers. Speaking at a news conference in Geneva, Reto Stocker, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Kabul, said the conflict was “clearly spreading and in certain areas is intensifying”. He…

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Government rejects racism accusations

This content was published on Sep 13, 2007 Responding to United Nations criticism, it said that while racism was unacceptable, it was up to the courts to determine whether particular statements violated anti-racism laws. “In a democratic society freedom of opinion must be defended, in particular in the context of political debate,” the government said in a letter responding to charges laid by…

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