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FIFA investigation, illegal Viagra and unusual refugee centres

This content was published on Sep 27, 2015 Here are the top stories we're following the week of September 28, 2015.

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Reliable Swiss help the mountain folk of Pamir

This content was published on Sep 25, 2015 This dynamic former Soviet state in central Asia has a rich history. In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the state became independent and civil war broke out at around the same time. This lasted for seven years and claimed more than 60,000 lives. The Swiss began working there in 1993, at first…

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Signatures against the high-price island

This content was published on Sep 25, 2015

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‘A liveable present for an intelligent future’

This content was published on Sep 25, 2015 Join architect Mario Botta, immunologist Antonio Lanzavecchia and other experts to discuss how to find innovative solutions to today’s big problems.

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Plan to register old guns rejected

This content was published on Sep 24, 2015 On Thursday, the Senate followed the House of Representatives in refusing a government proposal to introduce mandatory gun registration for all firearms, including those acquired before December 2008. At the moment, only guns acquired after 2008 have to be included in cantonal registries. There are an estimated two million firearms in circulation in Switzerland, of…

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Think tank cautions against high hopes for Agenda 2030

This content was published on Sep 24, 2015 Alliance Sud, a Swiss think tank of six leading development organisations and charities, welcomes the United Nations Agenda 2030 as a compromise of sorts. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)External link are expected to be approved by world leaders in New York later this week. “It is a document riddled with contradictions,” says Eva Schmassmann, the…

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NGO says governments must be held accountable

This content was published on Sep 24, 2015 “We would have wished for some stronger language in anchoring human and social rights aspects,” says Iain Levine, Deputy Chief Executive for Program at HRW. “Whatever the strengths and weaknesses of the goals as now defined, the critical challenge is going to be in the implementation, the monitoring and the mechanisms that hold governments accountable,…

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Swiss president backs divisive EU refugee deal

This content was published on Sep 22, 2015 Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga says the new deal to share 120,000 refugees between most of the countries in the European Union is an “important stage” towards a common European policy of solidarity towards refugees.

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Parliament green lights speedier asylum process

This content was published on Sep 22, 2015 Under the law, which was rubbed stamped on Tuesday, most asylum requests should be decided within 140 days of being submitted, including time for appeals. This aims to reduce costs, but also to avoid well-integrated asylum seekers who have been in Switzerland for a long time from being deported. Asylum seekers will be also be…

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New intelligence law likely to face referendum

This content was published on Sep 22, 2015 Parliament has approved a law giving the Swiss intelligence service greater powers to monitor private communications in Switzerland.

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