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The Iran nuclear roadmap

This content was published on Apr 3, 2015 The agreement is an obvious accomplishment for diplomacy, but there are obvious sceptics who could block any final document, says Daniel Warner.

Swiss-based voices react to Iranian nuke deal

This content was published on Apr 3, 2015 Switzerland has welcomed the agreement hammered out in Lausanne on the Iranian nuclear programme, yet others are wary.

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Government fine tunes plan to retain multinationals

This content was published on Apr 2, 2015 The Swiss government has backtracked on parts of its planned corporate tax reform following objections from cantons.

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Politicians neglect potential of Twitter and Facebook

This content was published on Apr 2, 2015 Six months ahead of October’s federal elections, social media have not yet made much of a breakthrough among candidates.

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Afghan family leaves Switzerland with Italian guarantees

This content was published on Apr 1, 2015 According to a ruling by the Strasbourg court in November, Switzerland would violate Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights if it were to send the family back to Italy under the Dublin agreement without having first obtained individual guarantees from the Italian authorities that applicants would be properly looked after and the…

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Testing the limits of a 160-year-old dream

This content was published on Apr 1, 2015 The ragged paupers who first came to Guglera in the middle of the 19th century had a long walk up the driveway to get to the big house. So great was their need, they came before the building was even finished. The four-storey orphanage and school stood for more than a century, as generations came…

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Authorities confirm first ever deportation by sea

This content was published on Mar 29, 2015 The asylum seeker in question was a Moroccan national who had twice refused to return to his country of origin by plane, stated an SEM spokesperson referring to an article published in the Sunday edition of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper. With assistance from French and Moroccan authorities the unsuccessful asylum seeker was sent to…

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Army looking to acquire mini-drones

This content was published on Mar 28, 2015 The miniature drones will be used for close-proximity surveillance according to Armasuisse, confirming information published in the Blick newspaper on Saturday. A proposal is currently being prepared to test various models with a view to eventually acquiring them in 2019-20, revealed Armasuisse spokesperson Kaj-Gunnar Sievert. These mini-drones offer the capability of observing the enemy over…

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Swiss want International Criminal Court intervention

This content was published on Mar 28, 2015 At a high-level debate in New York on victims of ethnic or religious attacks in the Middle East, Swiss deputy permanent representative to the UN Olivier Zehnder, called on the Security Council to give the ICC the mandate to investigate the situation in Iraq. “It [Switzerland] is extremely concerned by the credible allegations made by…

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Swiss continue to pledge funding for ICRC

This content was published on Mar 25, 2015 In addition to the contribution to the headquarters, Switzerland also earmarked CHF50.3 million to finance specific ICRC humanitarian operations in 2015, as well as the cost of new delegates, according to a foreign ministry statement. “The ICRC is the Swiss government’s most important partner in the humanitarian field. Switzerland is the biggest contributor to the…

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