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As Trump takes oath, LeVine says goodbye

This content was published on Jan 19, 2017 The outgoing US ambassador's approach to tweeting couldn't be more different than that of the incoming US president.

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Questions raised over Swiss handling of Chinese visit

This content was published on Jan 19, 2017 In an unprecedented move, ahead of Xi’s visit to the United Nations’ Palais de Nations building in Geneva, 1,600 staff were asked to vacate the building by 2pm as meeting rooms were closed – including that of the Council of Human Rights. The UN said the decision was “logistical, not political” to prepare for the…

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Stopping Chinese products being sold as ‘Swiss’

This content was published on Jan 19, 2017 The Chinese are still being sold products dressed up as ‘Swiss’. This is despite the signing of an bilateral treaty on intellectual property rights.

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Switzerland: ‘No alliance with Britain against the EU’

This content was published on Jan 18, 2017 In interviews with several newspapers, Burkhalter said the government had approved a plan last June to adjust bilateral relations with Britain without leaving too much of a delay. He said the Brexit decision opened up options. “We want to improve relations in several fields. It is also an opportunity [for us], if not everything has…

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Swiss ministers dismiss kowtow allegations

This content was published on Jan 18, 2017 Burkhalter said Switzerland proposed a visit to China by the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner and suggested “improvements in the field of freedom of expression and personal freedoms”. “The president reacted positively [to the suggestion],” he told the Tages-Anzeiger and Bund newspapers in a syndicated interview. On Monday, Swiss President Doris Leuthard told journalists that…

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In conversation: Tunisian Prime Minister

This content was published on Jan 18, 2017 The Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed tells swissinfo.ch that he has higher priorities than chasing frozen dictator assets at WEF.

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We’ve only just begun

This content was published on Jan 18, 2017 I started the morning yesterday experiencing the dubious pleasure of the Refugee Run simulation, learning what displaced people go through when they are forced from their homes – that video is now available on this blog. I also spoke to Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed who was remarkably relaxed at the slow pace of recovering…

Swiss scientists graduate from funding doldrums

This content was published on Jan 17, 2017 Last January, the Swiss scientific community was in the doldrums as negotiations to stay in the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme stalled in Davos. Swiss universities were threatened with a mass exodus of talent. Roll on 12 months and the curtain of gloom has been lifted thanks to an EU-friendly method of implementing an anti-mass immigration…

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Tibetans and Uighurs protest in Geneva

This content was published on Jan 17, 2017 “Stop the genocide against Tibetans,” people shouted in the Place des Nations square. They called for the Chinese president, who is on a week-long visit to Switzerland and the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, to bring back “Swiss democracy to Tibet and to China”. On Sunday, Swiss police detained 32 Tibetans and…

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Swiss president opens WEF

This content was published on Jan 17, 2017 Swiss President Doris Leuthard delivered the opening remarks, and took the opportunity to highlight some of the world’s problems.

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