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Diplomat calls for closer ties with EU

This content was published on Nov 19, 2004 Dante Martinelli, who has spent the past five years in Brussels as head of the Swiss Mission to the EU, told swissinfo the momentum must be sustained. Martinelli, who has just stepped down from his post in Brussels, conceded that the bilateral route was not easy. But he said this was the approach to the…

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Political reforms give voters a headache

This content was published on Nov 19, 2004 But the complexity of the issues at stake on November 28 appears to have overwhelmed many voters. The reforms are aimed at redefining who is responsible for a wide range of policy areas, including social security, welfare, education, transport, environment and culture. At stake is a total of SFr17 billion ($14.5 billion) in annual subsidies…

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Women victims demand a role in peace making

This content was published on Nov 19, 2004 The meeting is being held in conjunction with the Suzanne Mubarak foundation, the first movement of its kind from the Middle East that is devoted to women and peace. The three-day “Women Defending Peace” conference started on Monday at the International Labour Organization in Geneva. It brings together more than 350 international delegates, including those…

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Campaigners take aim at Sunday shopping

This content was published on Nov 18, 2004 A coalition of trade unions, consumer organisations, shopkeepers and churches has started a petition to force a nationwide vote on the issue. Presenting its case to the media in Bern on Thursday, campaigners said allowing shops at major railway stations and airports to remain open on Sundays would neither increase sales nor bring any benefits…

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Stem-cell vote hangs in the balance

This content was published on Nov 17, 2004 Only a slight majority now say they are in favour of the controversial research, which is opposed by right-to-life groups and some sections of the Left. The survey, the second and last ahead of the vote on November 28, was conducted by the GfS Bern polling and research institute, on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting…

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Career soldiers set to face new contract terms

This content was published on Nov 14, 2004 But the ministry does not see the move as an obligation for soldiers to serve abroad. It rather views it as a way of allowing those who want to serve abroad to carry out foreign missions. “The employee declares that he is willing to take part in short or long-term operations (for example, peacekeeping service),…

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Swiss upset about their embassy in Abidjan

This content was published on Nov 13, 2004 The foreign ministry in Bern admits there have been communication problems, but says its citizens have been kept informed about the possibilities of leaving the country. “The embassy made no effort to help me,” complained Corinne Moix from canton Valais, who returned to Switzerland this week with her 17-month-old son, after spending three years in…

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Arafat’s death could shift prospects for peace

This content was published on Nov 11, 2004 In an interview with swissinfo, Daniel Levy said Yasser Arafat’s death could put pressure on the Israeli government to take a more moderate approach towards resolving the conflict. Levy, an Israeli, is one of the initiators of the Geneva Accord, which was launched last December following two years of secret talks between Israeli and Palestinian…

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Expats flee bloody uprising in Ivory Coast

This content was published on Nov 10, 2004 The move comes after days of escalating violence targeted mainly at troops and citizens of France, Ivory Coast’s former colonial ruler. “The situation is very volatile at the moment,” Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey told a news conference on Wednesday. “We are looking at ways of evacuating our nationals who wish to go.” Calmy-Rey said 267…

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Swiss caught in Ivory Coast unrest

This content was published on Nov 8, 2004 It comes following a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that several hundred people were injured in fighting at the weekend. A spokeswoman for the foreign ministry, Daniela Stoffel, said the 267 Swiss currently in Ivory Coast had not been affected by the violence directed at French citizens and French holdings.…

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