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Freed US prisoners in Iran arrive in Geneva

This content was published on Jan 16, 2016 Switzerland facilitates a prisoner exchange between the US and Iran linked to the anticipated implementation of the nuclear deal.

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Why Switzerland takes asylum seekers’ assets

This content was published on Jan 15, 2016 Swiss law states that asylum seekers have to disclose their assets. According to certain criteria – such as the amount and/or lack of proof of the origin of the assets – the authorities can demand that it be handed over. According to Léa Wertheimer from the State Secretariat for Migration, the law says that asylum…

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Swiss air force gears up for 24/7 service

This content was published on Jan 12, 2016 On several occasions in the past when Swiss air space was breached, the Swiss air force was unable to act because its pilots were off duty. That was the case in February 2014 when an Ethiopian Airlines pilot took full control of his aircraft, while his co-pilot was in the toilet. The man diverted the…

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Geneva airport withdraws workers’ security passes

This content was published on Jan 12, 2016 Over 30 people working at Geneva’s international airport have had their runway access passes withdrawn amid tighter security concerns, according to the airport and media reports.

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New faces for main parties but hardly new policy

This content was published on Jan 11, 2016 “The People’s Party has been streamlined and there are no longer major dissenting voices,” says Georg Lutz, External linkpolitical scientist at the University of Lausanne. He is not in the least surprised by the latest announcements over the weekend. Lutz says it makes perfect sense to seek a renewal of the leadership three months after…

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Security for WEF is challenging but under control says chief

This content was published on Jan 10, 2016 The situation leading up to this Forum is more difficult than in past years, even in comparison to the 2015 attacks on the satire journal Charlie Hebdo in France, said Schlegel. “The bombings in Paris last November represent a new sort of threat for WEF, and require new measures,” he said. “For the first time…

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Superbrains, franc shock and surveillance

This content was published on Jan 10, 2016 Here are the stories we’re following the week of January 11.

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Up to 5,000 troops for WEF meeting

This content was published on Jan 7, 2016 The head of the canton Graubünden police force, Walter Schlegel, who is responsible for the operation overall, said back in December that his anti-terror resources had already been at maximum capacity since the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, and that expanding them was “not even possible”. Parliament gave its approval for an…

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Custom shelters replace flawed IKEA models

This content was published on Jan 5, 2016 Individuals from Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Iraq are set to move into the exhibit hall in the coming weeks, with the first thirty having arrived on Monday. All of them had previously been housed in cantonal asylum centres. Originally, officials had planned to house them in mobile shelters made by the furniture company IKEA, for…

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Swiss summon Saudi diplomat over executions

This content was published on Jan 4, 2016 In a statement issued on Monday, the foreign ministry said it had summoned the Saudi diplomat to explain Switzerland’s principled opposition to the use of the death penalty. It said: “These mass executions risk to reignite confessional tensions which have already caused too many victims in the region”. The execution on Saturday of Shiite cleric…

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