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How relevant is the G20 today?

This content was published on Feb 13, 2013 For the first time Switzerland is joining in the G20 meetings of finance ministers and central bank governors. What role can Switzerland play among these economic giants? Would it be more effective for Switzerland to operate as a neutral entity alongside such organisations so as to bring an objective view?

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Switzerland prepares to sit at G20 head table

This content was published on Feb 13, 2013 In the past Switzerland has expressed a keen interest in participating in G20 preparatory work, but up to now it has not been represented at the G20 meetings of finance ministers and central bank governors. A Russian invitation sent to the Swiss authorities in January, citing the alpine nation’s important role in the international financial…

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North Korean nuclear test condemned

This content was published on Feb 12, 2013 North Korea’s latest test, carried out Tuesday, prompted angry reactions from the United States and Japan as well as calls for calm from China, North Korea’s main ally. The bomb, which was detonated underground, is said to have been about twice as powerful as previous tests carried out by the reclusive regime in 2006 and…

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POW medal recognises US aviators’ suffering

This content was published on Feb 11, 2013 “With this POW medal, I’m glad to have recognition after 68 years, but disappointed it took so long,” said Lieutenant Colonel James Misuraca. “I have never been angry with the Swiss people. I was angry at the Swiss military for incarcerating me in a hell-hole like Wauwilermoos [prison].” Around 1,750 American aviators were interned in…

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Nazi hunter says Swiss rejected fewer Jews

This content was published on Feb 10, 2013 The higher figure included in the 1999 Bergier report into the refugee policy of Switzerland during the Second World War was based on imprecise archive material which did not specify the rejection of Jews or the reasons for denying people entry, Klarsfeld told the Sonntag newspaper. Klarsfeld has called on Switzerland to create a new…

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Swiss decline to reopen Zardari graft case

This content was published on Feb 10, 2013 As part of a long-running legal battle over Zardari’s immunity from prosecution, Pakistan’s supreme court forced the Islamabad government to write to the Swiss authorities to ask them to reevaluate Zardari’s file last October. According to Yasmin Abbasey of Pakistan’s justice ministry, the Swiss responded “with a letter indicating that the [Pakistani] president enjoyed immunity”.…

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Monitoring of suspected criminals goes up

This content was published on Feb 7, 2013 The figure released by the justice ministry on Thursday was the highest since monitoring began in 1998. Ninety-eight per cent of orders in 2012 were placed by the cantons and two per cent by the federal authorities. Real-time monitoring involves listening to telephone conversations at the time the calls are placed and reading emails at…

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Sommaruga concludes migration accords

This content was published on Feb 6, 2013 Under the accords, the two countries have agreed to accept back their nationals whose asylum application is turned down by Switzerland. But they also provide for broader partnership over immigration issues. In particular, the accords aim to encourage asylum seekers to return home voluntarily, according to a justice ministry statement on Wednesday. Switzerland already had…

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Should gays and lesbians be able to adopt?

This content was published on Feb 6, 2013 Although they are not officially recognised in law, so-called rainbow families are a fact of life in Switzerland. Up to 30,000 children are estimated to be growing up with two parents of the same sex. Should the state acknowledge and legitimise this societal evolution? Or, as opponents of gay adoption demand, should it send a…

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Rainbow families caught in ethical storm

This content was published on Feb 6, 2013 “Various studies in the United States show there are no differences in the sexual orientation, construction of identity or social representation of children raised by two people of the same sex,” says Nicolas Favez, a psychology professor at Geneva University. “However, most researchers are limited to those children who are born into a straight family…

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