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Socialists tackle global issues in Geneva

This content was published on Jun 30, 2007 Around 400 left-leaning delegates are attending the session, which opened on Friday with an address from Swiss cabinet minister Moritz Leuenberger, a member of the centre-left Social Democratic Party. Among those taking part are leading players from the Middle East, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Lebanon’s Walid Jumblatt, leader of…

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Poll confirms steady progress of Greens

This content was published on Jun 30, 2007 This is in contrast to leftwing and rightwing parties, which continue to lose votes, signalling the end to the polarisation that has marked the Swiss political landscape since 1995. The fourth election barometer carried out by the gfs.bern institute on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation – swissinfo’s parent company – shows that the Green…

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Calmy-Rey says Switzerland is no “political dwarf”

This content was published on Jun 29, 2007 Calmy-Rey, who is also the foreign minister, said the country was pursuing an “active, coherent and successful” foreign policy and Swiss neutrality was enabling it to actively promote peace while safeguarding its own interests. “Switzerland talks with one voice abroad,” she said. She made the comments in Bern on Friday at a presentation of four…

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ICRC condemns abuses in Myanmar

This content was published on Jun 29, 2007 In a rare public rebuke of a country, the organisation says the government is guilty of repeated violations of international humanitarian law and is refusing all entreaties to put a stop to them. “The persistent use of detainees as porters for the armed forces is a matter of grave humanitarian concern,” said ICRC president Jakob…

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Marty slams “wall of silence” over CIA jails

This content was published on Jun 27, 2007 In a report earlier this month Senator Dick Marty said the CIA ran secret jails in Poland and Romania to interrogate key terror suspects after the 2001 attacks on the United States. The report – the former prosecutor’s second into the affair – was approved on Wednesday by the parliamentary assembly of the Strasbourg-based Council…

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Zurich e-voting system wins UN award

This content was published on Jun 26, 2007 The innovative pilot project was launched in 2002 in cooperation with the government and cantons Geneva and Neuchâtel, and was completed last year. The UN awards were presented in Vienna on Tuesday during the seventh Global Forum on Reinventing Government. The Swiss won their award in the category for “fostering participation in policy-making decisions through…

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Gaza faces humanitarian “nightmare”

This content was published on Jun 26, 2007 On Monday the United Nations called for the re-opening of a key border crossing between Gaza and Israel to avert such a disaster and the collapse of the economy in the Palestinian enclave. The UN provides food aid for 860,000 Palestinian refugees in Gaza but the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of shortages of…

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Widening wage gap favours bosses

This content was published on Jun 25, 2007 Trade union umbrella body Travail Suisse said top managers pocketed wage hikes 80 times higher than those of ordinary workers between 2003 and 2006. The largest union, Unia, said the gap grew 12.6 per cent last year. Travail Suisse president Hugo Fasel warned companies that they face government intervention if they allow the “rip-off” situation…

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EU leaders hammer out treaty deal

This content was published on Jun 23, 2007 For non-EU members such as Switzerland, agreement on a new treaty can only be a good thing, explains a Swiss EU expert. All 27 leaders – including Poland, which had staged fierce opposition to the proposed treaty – agreed on a “very precise mandate” to draft a streamlined treaty that will guide and govern the…

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Private sponsors come to aid of National Day

This content was published on Jun 21, 2007 A group of private sponsors has agreed to pay for security costs, and the city of Lucerne will provide transport to the site of the festivities in the heart of Switzerland, which is only accessible by boat. The committee in charge of the Rütli meadow gave the formal go-ahead on Friday. The celebration had become…

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