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Media circus adds spice to cabinet election

This content was published on Jun 13, 2006 For some observers this is merely a sign of the times but for others the reams of column inches in the press have left a rather unsavoury taste in the mouth. A resignation during the course of a legislature is still a rare event in Switzerland, and Deiss’s decision to step down on April 27…

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Historic trip to Armenia focuses on mediation

This content was published on Jun 12, 2006 Switzerland also offered to act as a mediator in the long-running conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Calmy-Rey also laid a wreath at a memorial for the victims of the massacre by troops of the former Ottoman Empire 90 years ago. Calmy-Rey held talks with her Armenian counterpart, Vardan Oskanyan,…

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Transit visas unnecessary from mid-July

This content was published on Jun 1, 2006 The ruling by European Union justice ministers on Thursday to end transit visas will benefit more than half a million foreigners living in Switzerland, which is not an EU member. There are currently 15 countries that have implemented the Schengen accord, which has a common asylum policy and has done away with border posts. All…

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Swiss urge UN to change terror list

This content was published on May 31, 2006 Ambassador Peter Maurer, who also addressed the assembly on behalf of Germany and Sweden, said the meaning of an association with these terrorist organisations had to be clearly defined. There are currently 142 individuals on the list who are linked to the former Afghan regime and 212 people and 122 businesses connected to Osama bin…

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Palestinian unrest hits Swiss aid projects

This content was published on May 25, 2006 Mario Carera, head of the SDC’s Gaza and West Bank office, says a major problem is the shortage of medicine in Palestinian hospitals – something the Swiss are trying to address. On Tuesday Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh stressed that the occupied territories were not about to collapse into chaos. His comments follow clashes between…

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Montenegro vote is boost for Balkan democracy

This content was published on May 22, 2006 Parliamentarian Andreas Gross, one of 3,000 foreign and local observers present in the former Yugoslav republic, said the legitimacy of the ballot couldn’t be questioned. Official results published on Tuesday showed that 55.5 per cent of Sunday’s votes were in favour of cutting ties with Serbia, according to a preliminary count. The European Union had…

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Education vote heralds political sea change

This content was published on May 22, 2006 Editorialists say Sunday’s vote puts the onus on the cantons to make harmonisation work, but warn against expecting fast results. A decisive 86 per cent of the electorate voted on Sunday in favour of constitutional amendments to bring more cohesion to the school system and give the federal authorities a bigger say. But turnout was…

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Overwhelming approval for education reform

This content was published on May 21, 2006 The constitutional amendment aims to harmonise the different school systems and give the federal authorities a bigger say. The polls indicate at least 23 of the 26 cantons voted in favour, paving the way for the reforms to be implemented. Changes to the constitution require a majority of the cantons as well as of the…

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Lenin and the Swiss non-revolution

This content was published on May 19, 2006 Lenin, the father of the Russian revolution, worked on his theories for a popular uprising while living in Switzerland.

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Cantons look at pros of EU membership

This content was published on May 16, 2006 The report says that entry into the EU would have advantages over the bilateral treaties that Bern has signed with Brussels. Membership would mean the cantons playing a direct role in regional bodies of the EU, whereas, at the moment, the Swiss government alone negotiates the bilateral way. The Europe working group of the Conference…

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