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Safety first as Mühleberg closure approaches

This content was published on Nov 22, 2013 The Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) announced on Thursday that Swiss energy company BKW must meet strict long-term safety standards “until the plant’s final day” in 2019. BKW announced on October 30 that the plant is due to be taken off the grid in 2019, instead of 2022 as previously planned, because of “uncertainty surrounding…

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Concerns over Swiss surveillance industry

This content was published on Nov 22, 2013

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Swiss Greenpeace activist leaves jail

This content was published on Nov 22, 2013 Yves Zenger, Greenpeace Switzerland spokesman, confirmed the move on Friday, which had also been announced on Twitter. Weber, along with fellow protesters, are being looked after by a Greenpeace team in St Petersburg. But Zenger told the Swiss news agency that he did not know under what conditions Weber had been allowed to go free:…

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Swiss take to small stage to escape isolation

This content was published on Nov 22, 2013 The task is not new to Switzerland since it headed up the Vienna-based organisation nearly 20 years ago. But the challenges it faces are daunting – local conflicts in southeastern Europe and the Caucasus region, as well as necessary institutional reforms amid tensions between the United States and Russia, two major OSCE member countries, at…

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Syrian family visa rules changed after influx

This content was published on Nov 22, 2013 The requirements had only recently been eased in September in a special provision to allow visas to be issued more quickly and simply as a reaction to the “dramatic situation” in war-torn Syria. “But the experience of the last few weeks has shown that that the provision leaves many questions open which is why diplomatic…

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Upgrading and dismantling power plants

This content was published on Nov 22, 2013

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Swiss Greenpeace activist granted bail

This content was published on Nov 20, 2013 In total, 30 protestors were arrested on September 18 after launching a protest on the Prirazlomnoye oil platform, run by the Russian state-owned Gazprom, from aboard Greenpeace’s “Arctic Sunrise” vessel. According to Greenpeace Switzerland, the 28-year-old Weber was granted bail Wednesday upon payment of two million Russian roubles, or CHF55,000. However, he and the other…

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‘No pressure to give up our sovereignty’

This content was published on Nov 20, 2013 Yves Rossier, top diplomat and state secretary in the foreign ministry told swissinfo.ch what is at stake for non-EU member Switzerland in the months ahead. A major controversy has been simmering at a domestic level over the choice of an arbitration panel to settle dispputes between the 28-member bloc and Switzerland. According to Rossier, Switzerland…

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Deportation initiative raises more legal questions

This content was published on Nov 20, 2013 Wednesday’s decision is the latest chapter in a long debate over how the amendment, brought by the rightwing Swiss People’s Party and approved by 52% of voters in November 2010, should be implemented. In order to put pressure on the government to enforce the automatic deportation, the People’s Party launched another initiative at the end…

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Ukraine seeks ‘Tymoshenko’ funds

This content was published on Nov 19, 2013 Pshonka travelled to Switzerland last week for talks with prosecutors in Bern and Geneva. The Attorney General’s office confirmed that the complaints were discussed, but its spokesman said that Tymoshenko’s name was not mentioned, given the sensitive nature of the case. However the Ukrainian prosecutor told Swiss public broadcaster RTS that Tymoshenko was being targeted.…

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