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Imposing a president on the people

This content was published on Sep 22, 2012 Righetti has already produced several books with portraits of dictators, among them Saparmurad Nijasow, the ruler of Turkmenistan, and Kim-Il-Sung, the ruler of North Korea. “I’m asked over and over why I’m interested in dictators. I’d say that power doesn’t exist without a bit of spectacle; and ultimately it’s the spectacle that interests me. My…

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Swiss toughen rules for weapons sales

This content was published on Sep 21, 2012 The inquiry was prompted by reports in two Swiss newspapers in July that explosives manufactured by the Swiss state-owned Ruag company were used in the northern Syrian town of Marea. Results of the joint Swiss-UAE investigation, released on Friday, found that the grenades discovered in Syria were part of a shipment to the Emirates in 2003 and 2004. The…

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Swiss “heroes” honoured in Washington

This content was published on Sep 21, 2012 The Swiss Soirée event was launched in 2001 to focus on “the creativity and innovation of the Swiss”, in the words of former ambassador to the United States Urs Ziswiler. It is also “an opportunity to reinforce the excellent image Switzerland has in this town as a hospitable country that offers high-quality products in a…

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Assets found in Switzerland ‘a drop in the ocean’

This content was published on Sep 21, 2012 Some 18 months after Switzerland first froze Ben Ali entourage funds, it has yet to find assets belonging to the deposed leader himself.

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Swiss hope to close Arab Spring cases in 2013

This content was published on Sep 21, 2012 A year and a half later, the deputy federal prosecutor with the Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office, Maria-Antonella Bino, says the cases remain a priority for her office, which hopes to finalise its investigations by the end of 2013. swissinfo.ch: Since the first government announcements of asset freezes early last year, have the amounts involved increased?…

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Is Switzerland doing enough?

This content was published on Sep 21, 2012 But critiques argue these laws have not stopped certain Swiss banks from continuing to accept assets of dubious origins from politically exposed people (PEP). What do you think? Is the high amount returned by Switzerland simply because Swiss banks hold more illicit funds than others? Or are the Swiss being unfairly accused while other countries…

Swiss give Kenya legal assistance

This content was published on Sep 20, 2012 The handover on Thursday, which included banking records, was in response to requests by the Kenyan authorities for legal assistance in the case – in which a number of individuals are suspected of procuring lucrative government contracts by bribing civil servants. The scandal, which predates the 2002 election of Kenya’s current president, Mwai Kibaki, involves state contracts…

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Cannabis consumption to be liberalised

This content was published on Sep 20, 2012 The move, which brings Switzerland in line with other European countries that tolerate dope smoking in small amounts, comes four years after voters rejected a plan to decriminalise cannabis. Following several rounds of discussions in both parliamentary chambers, the House of Representatives agreed to align with the Senate on Thursday, paving the way for the…

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Pressure grows to defuse commodities ‘time bomb’

This content was published on Sep 20, 2012 Switzerland’s commodities sector has grown spectacularly over the past decade, largely unchecked and out of the public eye. It now represents close to 3.5 per cent of gross national product, more than the machine and tourism industries. But critics say the high concentration of trading and extractive firms in Switzerland, such as Glencore, Xstrata and…

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Gypsy tensions magnify culture clash

This content was published on Sep 19, 2012 Switzerland has had a very heated summer when it comes to the traveller community. There have been large scale camps, illegal camps, property damage, criminal complaints. Shots have even been fired. French-speaking Switzerland has been particularly affected as it is a popular destination with French Roma because of the common language. The situation has become…

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