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Rightwing comes out on top

This content was published on Oct 19, 2002 The survey showed that the People’s Party would gain 25 per cent of votes cast, making it the largest party outright for the first time. At the last election in 1999, the party won 22.5 per cent of the vote, the same as the centre-left Social Democratic Party. However, there is little support for giving…

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Swiss speak out on Iraq question

This content was published on Oct 17, 2002 Staehelin was addressing the UN highest decision-making body on Thursday during a two-day open debate by non-aligned nations on Iraq. The ambassador said that Switzerland, a member of the UN since September, would support a two-phase approach to the Iraq question. He said that UN weapons inspectors should first be allowed into Iraq to report…

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Swiss observe key Montenegro vote

This content was published on Oct 17, 2002 Two Swiss observers who have been monitoring the run-up to the vote for the past three weeks say the two sides have so far been playing by the rules. Opinion polls predict a close race between pro-independence President Milo Djukanovic and his rival Vesna Perovic, who wants to maintain strong links with Serbia, the bigger…

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Tobacco control treaty enters crucial stage

This content was published on Oct 14, 2002 Switzerland intends to sign the treaty despite lagging behind in introducing a strict tobacco control regime. Over the next two weeks, negotiators are hoping to develop rules to limit the advertising, promotion, sale and smuggling of tobacco products. They are considering a new text of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which proposes options…

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Castle boasts role in shaping European history

This content was published on Oct 13, 2002 And the past comes alive during a visit to the castle on the southwestern shore of Lake Neuchâtel. The key date in Grandson’s history was March 2, 1476, the day when the might and splendour of Burgundy was forced to flee by the fledgling Swiss confederation. The Battle of Grandson was the first of three…

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Controversy overshadows nuclear peace prize

This content was published on Oct 13, 2002 Putin was among seven people to be honoured on Saturday by a Zug-based company which specialises in nuclear disarmament programmes. Although the award was given specifically for Putin’s efforts in the field of nuclear disarmament, critics immediately pointed to the Russian president’s activities in the breakaway Republic of Chechnya. Zug’s cantonal government formally distanced itself…

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Foreign children denied right to education

This content was published on Oct 12, 2002 The survey, conducted in 17 cantons, found that the children of asylum seekers were not always offered places at state schools. It also found a huge discrepancy between the French-speaking cantons and German areas when it came to the provision of education to foreign children. While the right to education was recognised by all cantons,…

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Historians face wall of silence over Swiss-Apartheid links

This content was published on Oct 11, 2002 The main stumbling block has been Swiss companies’ reluctance to open their archives to scrutiny. The federally funded project is supposed to cover everything from foreign policy to the effectiveness of sanctions against the apartheid regime, and historians have been studying the relationship between the two countries since last autumn. The government gave the mandate…

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Changing of the Swiss guard in Kosovo

This content was published on Oct 5, 2002 swissinfo went with the Swisscoy recruits as they travelled by military-chartered jet to the regional capital, Pristina. The latest contingent of Swiss troops to arrive in Kosovo is the first in more than two centuries to carry weapons while on active service abroad. Each member of the 200-strong battalion lining up on the tarmac at…

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Neutral Switzerland reveals its Cold War defences

This content was published on Oct 4, 2002 The Menzingen base, positioned high on a hill above the town of Zug, acts as a showcase for military hardware, which was once primed to deal with the threat of the Cold War. After serving as an active missile base from 1968 to 1999, the Menzingen site reopened as a museum earlier this year and…

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