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Closures in America cause concern and dismay

This content was published on Aug 3, 2012 The closures are the latest in a series of changes in the country’s diplomatic network both in Europe and elsewhere over the past few years. An alliance of charities and development aid organisations sent a letter to Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, urging him to reconsider the closure of the embassy in Guatemala City which also…

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Swiss National Day

This content was published on Aug 1, 2012 While stressing that Switzerland is a safe haven and support for them, she hopes the Swiss abroad will be standard bearers for Swiss values of freedom, democracy and peace.

Bern to help Beirut take in Syrian refugees

This content was published on Jul 28, 2012 Burkhalter also visited the Beirut office of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). At the SDC’s request, Bern recently increased its humanitarian aid budget for Syria by two million francs, bringing the total to over SFr10 million ($10.25 million). This funding includes support for Lebanese families who have taken Syrian refugees into their…

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Peaceful solution is “virtually impossible”

This content was published on Jul 25, 2012 The former professor of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies says Assad could try to withdraw to a stronghold in the Alawite mountains on the Mediterranean coast. Djalili, a political scientist, says however a peaceful solution to the Syrian conflict now looks “virtually impossible”. And should Assad’s regime collapse, then “Iran will go…

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Attacks on Romney’s account have Swiss worried

This content was published on Jul 25, 2012 The revelation that presumptive Republican candidate Mitt Romney had $3 million (SFr2.94 million) in a Swiss bank account has led to unrelenting attacks from President Barack Obama’s re-election team that he hides his money overseas to avoid paying tax. In recent days, the Obama campaign has ramped up its attacks on Romney, accusing him of…

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Keeping a positive spin on Switzerland’s image

This content was published on Jul 25, 2012 Dedicated to promoting a positive image of Switzerland abroad, Presence Switzerland, has recently begun using state-of-the art technology – developed by a company which created a similar programme for Israeli security agency Mossad – to monitor when, why and by whom Switzerland is mentioned by foreign media outlets. Nicolas Bideau, head of Presence Switzerland, describes…

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Swiss demonstrate to express solidarity

This content was published on Jul 25, 2012 The results of the study were published by the Swiss National Science Foundation on Tuesday. Researchers also examined the motivations of demonstrators in Belgium, Britain, the Netherlands and Spain. For the first time, the results were collected during various marches rather than gathering intentions beforehand. “We thought it would be interesting to get people’s point…

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Valtellina: lost piece of the Swiss puzzle

This content was published on Jul 22, 2012 In June 1512, the forces of Graubünden, now a Swiss canton but then an independent republic, marched into the Valtellina, its southern neighbour. For nearly three centuries thereafter, Graubünden ruled the Valtellina as a subject territory. Yet the locals were never really happy being ruled by self-interested and often corrupt officials from Chur. In 1797,…

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Swiss lift arms export ban to Arab Emirates

This content was published on Jul 20, 2012 The commission was set up earlier this week and will try to clarify whether a shipment of hand grenades, sold to the UAE in 2003, was later transferred out of the country, in violation of Swiss export regulations. Two Swiss newspapers published pictures which claimed to show Syrian rebels in possession of the grenades. They…

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The case for giving foreigners the vote, or not

This content was published on Jul 20, 2012 A democracy that refuses to give a political voice to people who have contributed for decades to the country’s economy is less democratic that a state that gives them such rights, says d’Amato, head of the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies at Neuchâtel University. swissinfo.ch: The Swiss authorities keep stressing how important it…

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