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Swiss anti-paedophile strategy slammed by child protection agency

This content was published on Aug 18, 2020 The agency complains that too much is being left to individual cantons to combat the crime and that some are ill-equipped to meet this challenge. “At the moment, neighbouring countries are ramping up their cooperation, but here more and more is being delegated to the cantons,” agency spokeswoman Regula Bernhard Hug told Swiss public broadcaster…

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NGO demands health worker pandemic probe

This content was published on Aug 18, 2020 The NGO, together with trade unions and a healthcare organisation, will send an open letter to the federal authorities in a few weeks once it has collected signatures from health workers. By July, some 230,000 health professionals had contracted Covid-19 worldwide, says Amnesty International. But figures for Switzerland are not available, it complains. “In Switzerland…

Copy of a fake email sent to PostFinance customers

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Swiss state-owned companies targeted by phishing scams

This content was published on Aug 17, 2020 Swiss Post and the national railway operator have warned their clients about fake emails asking for personal passwords, credit card numbers or cash payments.

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Court keeps ex-Gambian minister Sonko behind bars

This content was published on Aug 14, 2020 The Swiss Federal Court has again rejected a plea from Sonko to release him from prison on the advice of prosecutors, it emerged on Friday. They suspect Sonko of committing numerous crimes as police chief and interior minister of the Republic of Gambia under the regime of Yahya Jammeh between 2006 and September 2016. Having…

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Switzerland sends medical support team to Beirut

This content was published on Aug 14, 2020 The latest team of specialists are accompanied by 1.5 tons of medical equipment, in the areas of surgery, paediatrics and obstetrics. The huge blast on August 4 tore down buildings in a wide radius, killing more than 200 people, injuring thousands and leaving some 300,000 homeless. In a statement on Friday, the government said experts…

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Reform seeks to protect wildlife and Alpine farming

This content was published on Aug 13, 2020 The growing wolf population in Switzerland is at the centre of discussions about a reform of the country’s hunting law.

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Law paves way for ‘coexistence between wolves and humans’

This content was published on Aug 13, 2020 Senator Stefan Engler is convinced that the revised hunting law is a sound basis to regulate the wolf population.

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No to a hunting law which allows ‘firing at will’

This content was published on Aug 13, 2020 Parliamentarian Isabelle Chevalley calls on voters to throw out the reform of the hunting law.

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Swiss government wants extra CHF770 million to tackle coronavirus

This content was published on Aug 12, 2020 The latest batch of funds is to cushion the economic impact of the pandemic in 13 areas. Some CHF288.5 million has been earmarked to pay for Covid-19 testing, but this amount can be offset against funds already allocated for procuring medical equipment, the government announced on Wednesday. Another CHF221.3 million is needed to shore up…

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Swiss to allow mass events from October despite spike in Covid cases

This content was published on Aug 12, 2020 Switzerland will lift a restriction limiting crowds to no more than 1,000 people on October 1.

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