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The minister who dismantled Swiss banking secrecy

This content was published on Dec 6, 2015 Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf was obliged to dismantle banking secrecy during her watch as Swiss Finance Minister.

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Cabinet to limit immigration with safeguard clause

This content was published on Dec 4, 2015 In the event that it is unable to reach agreement with the EU, the cabinet has instructed the justice ministry to draft a dispatch on a unilateral safeguard clause which will take effect if immigration reaches a certain threshold. This dispatch should be ready by the beginning of March 2016. In a statement on Friday,…

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Police plan more security checks at WEF

This content was published on Dec 3, 2015 Walter Schlegel, who heads the canton Graubünden police, told the Südostschweiz publication that he doesn’t consider Switzerland to be a top terrorist target. Nevertheless, plans for protecting the World Economic Forum, set to take place in Davos in January, now include more frequent and intensive checks of individuals and vehicles at the event. “We are…

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Key Swiss business lobbyist wants immigration limit

This content was published on Dec 2, 2015 Amid predictions that the Swiss cabinet will announce a plan for implementing the people’s initiative to curb immigration this coming Friday, economiesuisseExternal link president Heinz Karrer says his organisation would welcome a safeguard clause limiting how many EU citizens can come to Switzerland. In an interview with the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper on Wednesday, Karrer said, “A…

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Switzerland to launch 24-hour air police service

This content was published on Dec 1, 2015 By 2020, the Swiss army will have two F/A-18 jets ready to take off, fully armed, within 15 minutes, at any time of the day or night. The initiative follows a 2009 Senate motion to guarantee the availability of air police services.

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Migrants in a time of terrorism

This content was published on Dec 1, 2015 We need migrants and they need us. And the world needs leadership. It's high time for mature societies to demonstrate that they'll do whatever it takes to make this marriage work, writes William Lacy Swing, director general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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Searching for places to store nuclear waste

This content was published on Dec 1, 2015

Switzerland’s ‘magic formula’ of politics

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The political equation based on a magic formula

This content was published on Nov 30, 2015 How many seats are there in the Swiss cabinet? The answer is seven. But how does Switzerland do the math to reach that figure?

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Controversial politician chosen to lead House

This content was published on Nov 30, 2015 The 40-year-old parliamentarian from the centre-right Radical Party was elected to her new position with 159 of the possible 183 yes votes from her colleagues. Formally, she is now the most powerful woman in Swiss government. Elected to parliament in 2003, Markwalder has sometimes deviated from the Radicals’ party line, such as in energy policy.…

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Graphics to guide you through the climate talks

This content was published on Nov 30, 2015 The United Nations weather agency, which is home to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s top scientific authority on global warming, says it is likely that the world has now warmed by 1°C over pre-industrial times. More carbon emissions bring rising temperatures, changing seasons, higher sea levels and more frequent catastrophic weather events.…

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