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Swiss investors welcome Iran nuclear deal

This content was published on Jul 17, 2015 The agreement with Iran concludes 12 years of negotiations, a number of which were held in the Swiss cities of Geneva and Lausanne. The Swiss have a particular interest in the Islamic Republic, having represented the interests of the United States there for the past 35 years. The new deal seeks to curb Iran’s nuclear…

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Learning how to improve life in the suburbs

This content was published on Jul 16, 2015 Stopping urban sprawl involves turning suburbs into mini-cities. That’s the latest collective thinking from a pool of top experts.

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Politicians move against ‘hired guns’ in parliament

This content was published on Jul 15, 2015 University of Lausanne political scientist André Mach is co-leader of a comparative study of the strategies used by lobby groups in Switzerland and California. The findings of the study have yet to be published, but Mach is sure of one thing: lobbying in Swiss parliament has increased in scope and sophistication over the past 20…

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Iran nuclear deal expected to realign politics

This content was published on Jul 15, 2015 The multilateral agreement was also saluted on Wednesday morning by the Swiss government which wrote in an official statement: “Resolving the conflict surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme is of historic importance and a milestone for the Middle East region and beyond.” In western Switzerland, the Tribune de Genève newspaper penned that the agreement had “set the…

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Addis Ababa meeting aims to close North-South divide

This content was published on Jul 13, 2015 Ambassador Michael Gerber outlines Switzerland's contribution to the Addis Ababa Financing for Development summit.

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Foreign minister warns of fresh Europe split

This content was published on Jul 10, 2015 More high-level dialogue is necessary in Europe to avoid new divisions, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter has warned at a meeting to honour the 1975 Helsinki accord, seen as a milestone in reducing tensions between the West and East during the Cold War.

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Over 1,300 Swiss ‘slave children’ seek compensation

This content was published on Jul 9, 2015 To date, just under 600 applications for compensation have been granted, while 138 have been rejected and the rest will be handled by the beginning of 2016, the ministry said in a statement. June 30 was the cut-off date to apply. A little less than CHF8,000 ($8,400) per person has been distributed, for a total…

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‘Sealing off Europe cannot be the right policy’

This content was published on Jul 7, 2015 The current crisis in European refugee policy might mean it is time to fundamentally rethink the entire process, according to professor of migration law Alberto Achermann.

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Grexits, greferendums and gruelling ascents of the Matterhorn

This content was published on Jul 5, 2015 The top stories we’re following in the week of July 6, 2015.

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Swiss push for female rights at UN

This content was published on Jul 3, 2015 Switzerland pushes for further measures to boost women's rights at the UNHRC whilst condemning atrocities in armed conflict zones.

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