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Gambia wants former minister to answer charges

This content was published on Feb 23, 2017 Sonko is currently in detention in Switzerland having sought asylum late last year. In an exclusive interview with Swiss public television, SRF, the new Gambian President Adama Barrow as well as Interior Minister Mai Fatty called for Sonko to be released into Gambian custody. The West African country is investigating claims of torture and killings under…

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Spreading Odebrecht corruption claims put Latin American leaders on notice

This content was published on Feb 21, 2017 When Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski held a call with US President Donald Trump last week, one of his tasks was to ask whether his former boss could be extradited.

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Thousands petition Swiss cabinet to shun Trump

This content was published on Feb 21, 2017 Petitioners have formally asked the Swiss government to block US President Donald Trump from visiting Switzerland.

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More defence spending not a panacea, says Swiss minister

This content was published on Feb 20, 2017 Speaking to German-language regional paper Nordwestschweiz after attending the Munich Security Conference on February 18, he cautioned that more money alone may not solve security problems. “There is no point in spending more on dubious projects,” he said. The Pentagon chief James Mattis, had said that NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was important for…

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UN criticises tightened Swiss policy on Eritreans

This content was published on Feb 17, 2017 One of the United Nations’ top human rights experts says Switzerland had no good reason to crack down on Eritreans.

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The Swiss politicians who have mastered Twitter

This content was published on Feb 17, 2017 As Donald Trump takes the political use of Twitter to a new dimension, we wondered which Swiss politicians are making the most use of social media.

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Let’s discuss

This content was published on Feb 17, 2017 The hundreds of thousands of Swiss citizens living abroad have voting rights, but should they?

First state visit tradition survives – theoretically

This content was published on Feb 16, 2017 In his first official bilateral foreign trip since becoming head of state, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen was welcomed to Switzerland with full military honours. The visit carries on a 60-year tradition that survives – just about – to this day. Switzerland and Austria, two neighbouring countries with generally friendly relations, have certain things…

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EU Commission ‘very disappointed’ by Swiss tax reform vote

This content was published on Feb 13, 2017 Voters on Sunday blocked the tax system revamp, sending the Swiss government back to the drawing board as it tries to abolish ultra-low tax rates for multinationals without triggering a mass exodus by those companies. The vote put non-EU member Switzerland on a collision course with the EU and the OECD (Organisation of Economic Co-operation…

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Swiss told to ‘be patient’ over UK trade deal

This content was published on Feb 13, 2017 “A trade deal [with Switzerland] would certainly be desirable, but first we have to sort out our relationship with the European Union,” Paul Drechsler, president of the CBI (Confederation of British Industry), told the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper on Monday. Switzerland, Britain’s tenth-largest trading partner, would have to be patient, he said. “Switzerland has the best of…

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