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Schmid strikes back over aid criticism

This content was published on Sep 14, 2005 His comments in New York on the eve of a United Nations summit follow fresh accusations from non-governmental organisations that the Swiss have arrived “empty-handed”. The summit, which is being attended by more than 170 world leaders, has been hailed as an opportunity to give impetus to the Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty, improve…

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Swiss fear lack of real progress at UN summit

This content was published on Sep 13, 2005 Peter Maurer, who has been involved in difficult negotiations on a final document, says a big question mark hangs over whether substantive progress can be made on a number of issues. More than 170 heads of state and government are due in New York for the 2005 World Summit, which gets underway on Wednesday. Ambassadors…

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Swiss demand more details of Iraqi death

This content was published on Sep 11, 2005 In a letter addressed to the Iraqi government and also sent to the Swiss authorities, the US army admitted that it had been involved in what it called a “tragic accident”. Salah Jmor, who held dual Swiss and Iraqi nationality, was killed on June 28 this year as he drove along a Baghdad highway. His…

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Women politicians unite for all-day school

This content was published on Sep 11, 2005 The “coalition of mothers and grandmothers” wants to give parents the option to leave their children at school for the whole day. Their initiative will be launched in the autumn session of parliament. Currently the vast majority of Swiss schools close for lunch with the expectation that children return home to eat their midday meal.…

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Hurricane aid remains in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 9, 2005 Bern and Washington blame logistical problems, but Daniel Warner, an American at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, blames US bureaucracy. The 50 tons of emergency supplies comprising blankets, tarpaulin, tents and hygiene kits – in addition to eight Swiss experts in logistics, medicine and water – have been ready to go since…

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Rütli celebrations set to continue

This content was published on Sep 7, 2005 The Rütli committee is to put forward proposals aimed at avoiding a repetition of this year’s gathering in which right-wing extremists heckled Swiss President Samuel Schmid. In a statement on Wednesday, the committee said it would do “everything possible” for future August 1 celebrations to be worthy of the name. And to that end it…

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Katrina is “wake-up call” for US

This content was published on Sep 7, 2005 Smyke predicts that President Bush, who has announced that he will lead an investigation into how the disaster was handled, will not be among the “heads to roll” as criticism mounts. But he believes that the most powerful nation in the world will go through a period of painful soul searching about Hurricane Katrina, which…

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Swiss feel safe within their borders

This content was published on Sep 2, 2005 It also found that the policy of closer ties with the European Union appeared to be gaining ground with the public. The report by the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), which was published on Friday, found that the feeling of security had increased slightly since last year. In total, 87 per cent of…

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Expatriates give thumbs up to EU labour deal

This content was published on Sep 1, 2005 Delegates also heard pledges by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) that its internet platform, swissinfo, would be maintained if parliament resumed its funding. During the annual congress of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) in Interlaken on Thursday, the council – the OSA’s representative body – recommended approval of the accord by 69 votes…

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Deiss warns of crisis if labour vote fails

This content was published on Aug 31, 2005 The Swiss electorate is due to decide on September 25 whether to extend an existing treaty with Brussels to the ten countries which joined the EU last year. Swiss voters are having the final say on closer ties with the EU for the second time this year. In June they approved an accord on closer…

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