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Vote turns spotlight on Latin American strategy

This content was published on Oct 4, 2012 A group of six Swiss parliamentarians and other officials are travelling to Caracas to observe the presidential election. Switzerland has close, long-standing political ties to Latin America. Swiss officials participated in the Guatemala peace accords, signed in 1996, which brought an end to the 36-year-old civil war. And Colombia remains a priority partnership country for…

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Missing bank data found in Greece

This content was published on Oct 2, 2012 The head of the Greek financial police, Stelios Stasinopoulos, reportedly handed the data over to the country’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday. It took the Greek government almost a week to locate the CD, with the support of intelligence agencies and two former finance ministers. The CD, which the Greek government acquired in 2010 via then-French…

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Report criticises pension fund oversight

This content was published on Oct 2, 2012 The conclusion contradicts that of canton Zurich’s public prosecutor, who found in June that a corruption scandal involving the pension fund was not due to lack of regulatory oversight but to the “exceptionally influential position” held by the former head of asset management, Daniel Gloor. Gloor was charged in 2011 with embezzlement, bribe-taking, breach of confidentiality…

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Bid to force vote on tax deals falls short

This content was published on Oct 2, 2012 The Swiss parliament has already given the green light to the so-called Rubik agreements, as have Britain and Austria. Germany is dragging its feet over the issue however. The accords would impose a retroactive levy of up to 41 per cent on capital in offshore bank accounts held by citizens of the three countries, impose a tax on future interest…

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Kurdish asylum seekers face terrorism charges

This content was published on Oct 1, 2012 The asylum seekers are accused of setting up internet platforms that were designed to attract new members to the recently formed terrorist organisation, issue propaganda, pass on messages to the al-Qaeda network and disseminate details of terror attacks. In addition, the brothers are alleged to have downloaded videos of executions and stored them on their…

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Is free movement an advantage?

This content was published on Oct 1, 2012 Is the free movement of people a good thing for Switzerland or do the disadvantages outweigh the benefits? Tell us what you think!

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Carla del Ponte joins UN Syria commission

This content was published on Sep 28, 2012 Del Ponte, who has also served as a Swiss ambassador and federal prosecutor, was named on Friday to serve on the commission alongside Vitit Muntarbhorn, a Thai expert and veteran UN investigator, American Karen Abuzayd and Brazilian Paulo Pinheiro. The international inquiry, led by Pinheiro, was set up a year ago, and is gathering evidence…

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Erasmus strives to widen Swiss horizons

This content was published on Sep 27, 2012 Switzerland is a popular – albeit expensive – destination but Swiss students lag behind in terms of interest.

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Vitol oil trade spotlights Swiss sanctions

This content was published on Sep 26, 2012 Vitol, the world’s largest oil trader, reportedly bought two million barrels of fuel oil from Iran in August 2012 and offered it to buyers in China, according to a report by Reuters published on Wednesday. Before offering the oil to the Chinese traders, the company allegedly blended it with fuel oil from Europe, concealing its…

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Swiss president hones in on Syria, UN reforms

This content was published on Sep 26, 2012 Widmer-Schlumpf said Switzerland had been watching the worsening situation in Syria with great concern at the violation of human rights. “Innocent people are dying, caught in the crossfire between the Syrian army and the armed opposition,” she said. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon began the assembly by demanding an end to the Syrian civil war, which…

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