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Arrest made in SECO corruption case

This content was published on Feb 7, 2014 A criminal complaint was filed with the prosecutor at the end of January after claims made in the press that a departmental head at SECO had developed suspicious business dealings with an external company. IT contracts are said to have been given out relating to unemployment insurance and VIP tickets, trips and gifts in excess…

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Spotlights and dark sides

This content was published on Feb 7, 2014 Switzerland has sent its biggest Winter Games delegation ever, and Swiss Olympic has set a target of ten medals for its 163 athletes. Representing the Swiss government, Didier Burkhalter, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year, will attend the opening ceremony. Sports Minister Ueli Maurer will arrive during the event and Interior Minister Alain…

Swatch head ticked off about NSA spy scandal

This content was published on Feb 7, 2014 Hayek’s comments came in response to a letter from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who administers the state’s $161 billion (CHF145 billion) pension fund. DiNapoli had asked Hayek and nine other Olympic sponsors to take a stance against Russia’s recent clampdown on gays ahead of the Winter Games in Sochi. Most corporate executives balk…

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Minister ‘stands by all decisions’

This content was published on Feb 6, 2014 A Jersey subsidiary of the Ammann construction group, which is owned by the minister’s family, is the target of the tax investigation. “I am at ease with the investigation as the appropriate tax authorities were fully informed at all times and all laws were adhered to. I behaved appropriately at all times and stand by…

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Foreign firms frozen out of IT contracts

This content was published on Feb 5, 2014 Invoking state security, cabinet said that service contracts for “vital” central infrastructure would only be awarded when possible to Swiss-based companies with a majority of local shareholders and providing those services from Switzerland. The new rules cover contracts with the army as well as for mobile phones and computers. The decision is the result of…

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Syrian refugees move into Swiss households

This content was published on Feb 5, 2014 The council made a public appeal last October to homeowners, and so far around 100 people have responded. They come from all walks of life, according to the council’s spokesman Stefan Frey. “We have not settled on a specific profile for volunteers. We are lacking in experience, but we are letting ourselves be guided by…

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Whiter than white: how spotless is your T-shirt?

This content was published on Feb 5, 2014 Wash day for the average person means lots of socks and trousers – and T-shirts. “Made in Bangladesh”, “made in China”, “made in Thailand”, say the labels. What a relief to get them all clean. But a nagging question remains: how cleanly were they produced? According to Géraldine Viret, spokeswoman of the NGO Berne Declaration,…

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‘I have never seen such hatred or violence’

This content was published on Feb 4, 2014 At least 2,000 people have been killed and one million – a quarter of the population – displaced by fighting since the mostly Muslim Séléka rebel group seized power in March last year in the majority Christian country. The situation has stabilised somewhat since rebel-turned-president Michel Djotodia surrendered power in January amid mounting international condemnation…

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Swiss and Japanese mark diplomatic anniversary

This content was published on Feb 3, 2014 Like Burkhalter, the man who signed that treaty, Aimé Humbert-Droz, also hailed from canton Neuchâtel. According to the foreign ministry, Akihito viewed this symbolic visit as a sign of strengthened bilateral relations. However, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper pointed out on Monday that although Burkhalter’s visit to Japan is on the books as work, he…

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Red Cross suspends work in Sudan

This content was published on Feb 3, 2014 Jean-Christophe Sandoz, head of the ICRC’s delegation in Sudan, said in a statement on Sunday that the group was now in discussions with authorities on how to lift the suspension, which took effect on Saturday. The state news agency SUNA quoted Khartoum’s humanitarian aid commissioner as saying that the request to halt the Red Cross’s…

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