Swiss Politics

Population control on the Swiss agenda

This content was published on Dec 31, 2012 The continued growth of the world population, climate change and the strain on natural resources has revived the debate on the overpopulation of the planet, home to seven billion people. According to the latest demographic projections the world population will reach nine billion by 2050, although some predict a decline in the world population from…

Swiss Politics

Swiss step up hunt for war criminals

This content was published on Dec 27, 2012 They are homing in on two figures in particular: Khaled Nezzar, the former Algerian defence minister suspected of alleged civil war offences, and ex-Guatamalan police chief Erwin Sperisen, accused of human rights abuses. Pressure from human rights groups such as the Geneva-based Track Impunity Always (Trial) and Amnesty International to get the authorities to assign…

Swiss Politics

Where should we try war criminals?

This content was published on Dec 27, 2012 Since the end of the Second World War, more than 15 countries have exercised universal jurisdiction. But opponents argue that it is a breach of each state’s sovereignty and that the process can degenerate into politically-driven show trials. Should any state launch proceedings regardless of the location of the crime and the nationality of the…

Swiss Politics

Brussels airs grievances with Bern

This content was published on Dec 20, 2012 On Thursday, EU transport and energy ministers formally adopted their “Conclusions on relations with Switzerland”. This text, accepted without discussion, outlines 12 points on the state of the Bern-Brussels relationship, which currently features more than 200 bilateral agreements. It also contains conditions for moving forward. The document begins by declaring that the bilateral accords concerning…

Swiss Politics

Why Portuguese seek work in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 18, 2012 Fibbi is a professor at Lausanne University and a coordinator of the Swiss Forum for the Study of Migration at Neuchâtel University. Born in Italy, but resident in Switzerland for more than 30 years, she is well-placed to understand the complexities of immigration. In 2010, she oversaw a study entitled “The Portuguese in Switzerland”, commissioned…

Swiss Politics

Rwanda, an African Singapore?

This content was published on Dec 16, 2012 The tidy and well-maintained streets of central Kigali are not unlike those of most Western capitals. The economic boom underway is obvious to foreign visitors. Out in the country though, the reforms imposed by President Paul Kagamé cause some frustration and discontent. (Photos: Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch/agencies)

Swiss Politics

Smoothing Rwanda’s rocky road to reconciliation

This content was published on Dec 16, 2012 Excitement spreads through the small village of Cyendajuru, on top of one of the countless hills in south-western Rwanda. In a few hours, the local fete will take place, marking the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the political party that has ruled the country since the end of the genocide…

Swiss Politics

Cabinet seeks tighter rules on foreign money

This content was published on Dec 14, 2012 Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said on Friday that financial institutions could however decide to demand such a declaration from their customers. This would be part of a series of enhanced due diligence requirements planned by the authorities. The requirements would be similar to those already in place to combat the financing of terrorism and…

Swiss Politics

Anti-terrorism measures agreed upon in Abu Dhabi

This content was published on Dec 14, 2012 Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, representing Switzerland at the Forum’s third meeting on Friday in the United Arab Emirates, said the memorandum on preventing kidnapping for ransom by terrorists was “highly significant” and welcomed its adoption. Switzerland is committed to not paying ransom to kidnappers, he said. In a highly publicised case in 2011, a Swiss…

Swiss Politics

Plastic shopping bags get the boot in parliament

This content was published on Dec 13, 2012 Environment Minister Doris Leuthard said a ban was unnecessary, as the Swiss system of garbage disposal currently works well. However, those in favour of the new law noted that plastic shopping bags require considerable petroleum and energy to produce. In addition, it takes hundreds of years for a plastic bag to decompose out in the…

Page 686 of 1365

First … 684 685 686 687 688 … Last

Swiss Politics

Popular Stories

Most Discussed

Sign in and personalize Swissinfo

Swiss Politics

More

Population control on the Swiss agenda

More

Swiss step up hunt for war criminals

More

Where should we try war criminals?

More

Brussels airs grievances with Bern

More

Why Portuguese seek work in Switzerland

More

Rwanda, an African Singapore?

More

Smoothing Rwanda’s rocky road to reconciliation

More

Cabinet seeks tighter rules on foreign money

More

Anti-terrorism measures agreed upon in Abu Dhabi

More

Plastic shopping bags get the boot in parliament

Popular Stories

Most Discussed