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Parties put integration at top of agenda

This content was published on Nov 16, 2006 The four main parties in government are due to meet in the capital, Bern, on Thursday for discussions to see if they can find common ground on the issue. In Switzerland a lack of integration among foreigners means more chance of being unemployed and in poverty, or of having problems with the law. Calls for…

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Funds for Europe hang in the balance

This content was published on Nov 15, 2006 But the gfs.bern polling institute that carried out the survey on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation says the result of the referendum remains open. “Two weeks before the vote, a decision is still not clear,” it commented. On a second issue, there is still a clear majority in favour of unified minimum child benefits,…

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Furrer withdraws ITU candidature

This content was published on Nov 9, 2006 Furrer, who is head of the Federal Communications Commission, finished last among the six candidates after the second round of voting on Thursday. The Swiss candidate was fourth with 14 votes after the first round, but obtained only nine in the second. “Marc Furrer was surprised by his poor result, since he was asked to…

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Furrer withdraws ITU candidature

This content was published on Nov 9, 2006 Furrer, who is head of the Federal Communications Commission, finished last among the six candidates after the second round of voting. The new secretary-general is now expected to be either Mali’s Hamadoun Touré who received 72 votes after the second round, or Germany’s Matthias Kurth with 51. A final vote will be held on Friday…

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Bush receives a “slap in the face”

This content was published on Nov 9, 2006 They say he is reaping his just reward for his administration’s conduct of the war in Iraq. And they are convinced that for the next two years Bush, termed “a cowboy” and even a “lame duck”, will now be on the defensive. The Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives, and appear poised…

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Rwandan war criminal expelled

This content was published on Nov 8, 2006 swissinfo spoke to Philip Grant about the case. Grant is president of the Swiss non-governmental organisation, Trial (Track Impunity Always). According to Trial, the conviction of the former mayor of the town of Mushubati was the first by a non-Rwandan foreign court. The former mayor was accused of using his influence to incite the killing…

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Christian Democrats pay tribute to Josi Meier

This content was published on Nov 7, 2006 Known as the “Grand Old Lady” of Swiss politics, Meier – who died on Saturday- was one of the first women in parliament after female suffrage at federal level was finally won in 1971. Meier, who hailed from Lucerne and was a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Party, was known for her wit and…

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OECD demands more reforms to disability scheme

This content was published on Nov 7, 2006 The scheme, which is undergoing its fifth revision, needs to provide more incentives to get people off benefits and back into work. The OECD’s remarks were contained in a report released on Tuesday comparing invalidity insurance schemes in Poland, Norway and Switzerland. The organisation plans to review nine other countries’ systems in the near future.…

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Swiss-American voters worried by Iraq

This content was published on Nov 7, 2006 But unlike the Jewish, Afro-American or Muslim communities, the Swiss will not vote as a bloc in favour of the Democratic or the Republican parties. Erdmann Schmocker, a historian, says that the Swiss community is so old, diverse and widespread that it is difficult to say whether its members are aligned with one of the…

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ICRC demands urgent action on cluster bombs

This content was published on Nov 6, 2006 The Geneva-based organisation is urging states to take a catalogue of measures at a conference that opens in the western Swiss city on Tuesday. These include an immediate end to the use of inaccurate and unreliable cluster munitions and the elimination of their stocks, and a ban on using cluster munitions against military targets in…

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