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Geneva to honour Swiss Hiroshima doctor

This content was published on Aug 5, 2005 The Japanese, who marked the Hiroshima anniversary on Saturday, have been honouring the pioneering International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate for 15 years. Geneva is to commemorate Junod, who was the head of the ICRC delegation to Japan in 1945, for the first time on September 13. The ceremony will include the unveiling…

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Serbs give Swiss dressing down over Kosovo

This content was published on Aug 3, 2005 But Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey’s diplomatic adviser told swissinfo that the policy – a push for a form of independence for the province – would not change. A diplomatic row broke out after the foreign ministry in Belgrade lodged an official protest against what it considered to be inappropriate comments made by Calmy-Rey during…

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Kosovo talks “no triumph” for Swiss diplomacy

This content was published on Aug 2, 2005 In an interview with swissinfo, Andre Liebich said the Swiss foreign minister was jeopardising Switzerland’s neutral role by pushing for a form of independence for the province. He was speaking as Calmy-Rey wrapped up a four-day tour of Kosovo, during which she held talks with President Ibrahim Rugova and Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi. Her trip…

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Schmid praises Swiss ‘success story’

This content was published on Aug 2, 2005 Schmid’s speech, recorded last Tuesday, was broadcast on August 1 from the Federal Sport Office high up in the Jura above Lake Biel. “Sport helps us to overcome our inhibitions and to move fictitious borders,” said Schmid, who is also minister for sport. “The story of Switzerland is a success story,” he said. “That such…

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Switzerland enjoys the highs of August 1

This content was published on Aug 1, 2005 From Kosovo Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey made a plea for liberty and justice, but Swiss President Samuel Schmid was heckled during his speech and left early. Deiss was the topographical, if not political, highlight of the day: he had spent six-and-a-half hours climbing to the Dufourspitze, the highest point in Switzerland. The 59-year-old was celebrating…

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Demolitions in Zimbabwe hamper Swiss aid work

This content was published on Jul 29, 2005 On Thursday Harare said that the demolitions, which razed several townships to the ground, had come to an end. But the United Nations estimates that the operation has left about 700,000 people without homes. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has channelled emergency cash reserves into Zimbabwe to help people affected by the…

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Calmy-Rey defends Swiss position on Kosovo

This content was published on Jul 29, 2005 But in an interview with swissinfo, Micheline Calmy-Rey stressed that a decision on Kosovo’s future status could only be taken with the support of the government in Belgrade. Calmy-Rey’s visit – which gets underway on Saturday – comes at a sensitive time for Swiss relations with Serbia and Montenegro. Last month Serbian President Boris Tadic…

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The horror of Hiroshima

This content was published on Jul 27, 2005 Marcel Junod was the first foreign doctor to visit Hiroshima after the atomic bomb wiped out the city. He arrived in Japan on August 9 – three days after the bombing – bringing 15 tons of aid to the survivors. In the 1930s and during the Second World War,

Swiss elected to top UN tax post

This content was published on Jul 22, 2005 Robert Waldburger was Switzerland’s chief tax negotiator in the recent treaty with the European Union on savings tax and banking secrecy. Waldburger, deputy director of the Swiss federal tax administration, has been elected to the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters. The 25 members of the group – an ad-hoc committee…

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Firms close ranks over rejected asylum seekers

This content was published on Jul 22, 2005 If they fail to do so by the end of the month, they could be hit with fines of up to SFr5,000 ($3,900) per illegal employee. In April this year the authorities in Vaud announced that all rejected asylum seekers facing expulsion would no longer be allowed to work in the canton, bringing it into…

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