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Switzerland concerned about Syrian violence

This content was published on Jun 25, 2012 “Whoever the perpetrators of the crimes in Syria are, they must know that they will have to answer for their acts in a court of law,” said Switzerland’s representative to the United Nations, Paul Seger, speaking in an open debate on the protection of civilians at the UN Security Council on Monday. “The fight against…

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LIBYA AFTER THE REVOLUTION – Original

This content was published on Jun 25, 2012 Women are discussing women’s rights and lecturing men on politics—a newfound agency that they’ve capitalized on since the revolution. Where the weak transitional government is failing, ordinary citizens are helping one another rebuild. Young people are getting creative. All this induces optimism; optimism of the wild, determined sort. Libya is set to hold its first democratic election in July. No…

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“Switzerland’s good offices are still in demand”

This content was published on Jun 22, 2012 Tagliavini, who speaks eight languages, has carried out 18 missions in 30 years. These were mostly in the former Communist bloc for the United Nations, the European Union or the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Recently retired, she looks back at the peace efforts in Georgia, where she worked for almost ten…

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Abkhazia fantasia

This content was published on Jun 22, 2012 The Georgian government and the majority of the world’s governments consider Abkhazia still a part of Georgia’s territory. Under Georgia’s official designation it is an autonomous republic, called the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi. The 1993 War in Abkhazia resulted in a Georgian military defeat, de facto independence of…

“Collective depression” haunts Georgia

This content was published on Jun 22, 2012 In November 2003, thousands of people took to the streets of Tbilisi to protest against electoral irregularities and call for the resignation of president Eduard Shevardnadze. This launched the “Rose Revolution” and announced the arrival of Mikheil Saakashvili, a charismatic opposition leader who became head of state. The rise to power of this young lawyer…

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Swiss and US move forward on tax compliance

This content was published on Jun 21, 2012 The announcement on Thursday expands the list of countries already cooperating with the US Treasury to implement the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or Fatca, a 2010 anti-tax evasion law. The US legislation has worried foreign banks that have American clients as banks face penalties if they refuse to give the US certain client…

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Cohesion funds support more than 200 projects

This content was published on Jun 18, 2012 The SFr1 billion ($1.05 billion) payment was approved by Swiss voters in December 2006. Five-and-a-half years later, it is clear which projects are being supported to help transform the states into market economies. In approving the projects, Switzerland has fulfilled the objective set down for the first phase of the enlargement contribution, namely that of…

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Greeks choose austerity over chaos

This content was published on Jun 18, 2012 New Democracy is now seeking an alliance with once-mighty Socialist party Pasok, now reduced to third place behind the radical left Syriza bloc. With just short of 100 per cent of ballots counted, New Democracy had won 29.7 per cent of the vote, ahead of Syriza on 27 per cent, while Pasok had 12.3 per…

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Short shrift given to Managed Care at ballot box

This content was published on Jun 17, 2012 None of the three issues won more than 31 per cent in Sunday’s nationwide ballot and no language region or individual canton recorded a majority in favour. “It is a rather devastating verdict particularly for the proposal by parliament and the government to boost Managed Care systems,” says political scientist Claude Longchamp. He adds that…

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Health, foreign policy plans set for verdict

This content was published on Jun 16, 2012 An initiative aimed at boosting home ownership through tax breaks on savings deposits is also on the agenda. According to opinion polls none of the three issues on the ballot is likely to win a majority. Plans by parliament and the government to promote the introduction of Managed Care systems creating clusters of doctors, therapists,…

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