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Calmy-Rey visit to Asia aims at new horizons

This content was published on Feb 5, 2007 While former French protectorate Cambodia is still trying to shake off its difficult past, Indonesia is undergoing a boom and is becoming an economic and political power in southeast Asia. The initial part of Calmy-Rey’s first trip abroad as Swiss president – she is also the foreign minister – will be devoted to marking a…

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Swiss expert criticises Kosovo proposal

This content was published on Feb 3, 2007 Fleiner told a newspaper the plan presented by the United Nations special envoy to Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari, might result in a pressure-based solution and therefore more ethnic conflict. The Swiss foreign ministry has, however, welcomed Ahtisaari’s recommendations. The 90 per cent ethnic Albanian majority want Kosovo to break away from Serbia, but this is rejected…

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WEF ends on an optimistic note

This content was published on Jan 28, 2007 He says the most important developments were that climate change was widely discussed and that the Israelis and Palestinians said they wanted to talk. The five-day WEF, which was being held in the Swiss resort of Davos, ended on Sunday. It gathered many leading figures from the business and political world. In all, around 17…

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Swiss back new round of Syria-Israel talks

This content was published on Jan 25, 2007 Earlier this week Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey confirmed media reports that Switzerland had acted as a mediator between the two countries. Israel says the talks were unofficial. According to the Swiss foreign ministry, State Secretary Michael Ambühl held talks in Damascus on Tuesday with Syria’s foreign minister, Walid Al-Muallem, and Deputy-Prime Minister Abdallah Dardari. Bern…

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Key speakers at WEF summit strike unusual note

This content was published on Jan 24, 2007 For her part, Swiss President and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey called for dialogue and cooperation to ensure lasting peace in the world. The wintry weather conditions affected the first day of the meeting. Helicopters could not land in the Swiss mountain resort because of heavy snowfall. But most guests arrived by car and made it…

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Canton Bern denies foreigners voting rights

This content was published on Jan 23, 2007 Political rights for foreigners – who make up 20 per cent of the Swiss population – vary from canton to canton, with the majority according no voting rights to non-Swiss inhabitants. The motion, which was debated in Bern’s cantonal parliament on Tuesday, wanted to leave it up to each commune in the canton to decide…

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Calmy-Rey outlines Swiss foreign priorities

This content was published on Jan 22, 2007 Addressing journalists in Geneva on Monday, Calmy-Rey, who is also Swiss foreign minister, referred to Switzerland’s mediation role between Syria and Israel, and touched on the tax dispute between Bern and the European Union. “We shouldn’t imagine the worst,” she said, referring to the victory of the SRS, which won 28 per cent of the…

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Swiss praised for commitment to Kosovo

This content was published on Jan 20, 2007 He said the Swiss foreign ministry had pledged to help protect members of the ethnic Serb minority in the new state and encourage other countries to recognise an independent Kosovo. His comments – published in Saturday’s edition of the Zurich-based Tages-Anzeiger newspaper – come after talks between Swiss president Micheline Calmy-Rey and Ceku in Bern…

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Alternative Davos meets in Nairobi

This content was published on Jan 20, 2007 More than 100,000 people from non-governmental organisations and social movements are taking part in the seventh WSF, which got under way on Saturday. The WSF was launched in 2001 in response to growing mistrust of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which is also held in January. It is said to…

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Davos meeting to examine changing world

This content was published on Jan 17, 2007 Issues including climate change, energy and terrorism will take centre stage along with the Middle East, but talks will aim to set an international agenda rather than provide concrete solutions. Speaking in Geneva on Wednesday, the forum’s founder Klaus Schwab said that figuring out where the world was headed was more necessary than ever. “We…

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