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Cabinet rejects ‘fair food’ initiative

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 The initiative demands that food imports be socially equitable and environmentally responsible. Supported by development aid organisations as well as consumer and animal rights groups, the Green Party wants food from other countries to be subject to the same standards imposed on Swiss agricultural producers. In a statement released on Wednesday, the government said such…

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Iran and the Swiss connection – a guide

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 Switzerland, like much of the rest of the world, has an eye on deepening its trade relations and other opportunities emerging from Iran.

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Cabinet not giving up on buying fighter jets

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 Might the government buy new jets despite the vote against them?

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Swiss parliament to weigh funding of UN renovation

This content was published on Feb 24, 2016 The funds are destined for the refurbishment of the Palais des Nations – the European headquarters of the United Nations – and reconstruction of main offices of the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as the International Labour Organization (ILO). “Maintaining International Geneva’s housing stock is one the core elements of Switzerland’s host state policy,”…

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Amnesty sees threat to human rights in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 24, 2016 In its annual reportExternal link, published on Wednesday, the organisation says Switzerland is among 160 countries worldwide where institutions safeguarding human rights have come under pressure. Manon Schick, director of the Swiss chapter of Amnesty International, said people’s initiatives seeking to put national legislation above international law jeopardise mechanisms created to protect individuals against attacks…

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The risk Switzerland runs with referendums

This content was published on Feb 23, 2016 In the past ten years, Swiss citizens have been asked to opine with increasing regularity on issues as disparate as executive pay, tax policy and – most sensitive of all – immigration. On Sunday, they will go to the polls again, to vote on a new tunnel through the Alps, a ban on “speculation” in…

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Thousands demand headscarf ban in Valais

This content was published on Feb 22, 2016 With an eye on Muslim hijab, Swiss People’s Party members in canton Valais have collected more than 4,000 signatures calling for a ban on headgear in public schools.

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Swiss media find Britain-EU deal ‘an enormous risk’

This content was published on Feb 21, 2016 The Swiss press sees huge hazards in “Brexit” and David Cameron’s deal with the EU.

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Foreign minister defends aid savings

This content was published on Feb 21, 2016 In an interview with Swiss public radio SRF on Saturday, Burkhalter argued that the planned CHF100 million ($102 million) in cuts simply represent a slowing to the growth in spending. “We are just halting the growth we wanted to have because we don’t have as much money,” he said. “The economic situation in Switzerland has…

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Government probes PLO connection

This content was published on Feb 19, 2016 The Interdepartmental Working Group 1970 was set up following revelations in the book Schweizer TerrorjahreExternal link (Swiss terror years) by journalist Marcel Gyr. According to Gyr’s research, former Foreign Minister Pierre Graber, who died in 2003, conducted a secret meeting with the PLO in 1970 in an effort to prevent further terrorist attacks on Swiss…

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