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Most trade sanctions against Myanmar lifted

This content was published on Apr 26, 2012 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said the move was a reaction to the southeast Asian country’s progress towards democracy and respect of human rights. The cabinet approved a proposal to lift restrictions, gradually introduced in 2000 and which included a ban on trade in wood, coal, metal and precious stones, as well as…

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Bern hosts Israeli foreign minister

This content was published on Apr 24, 2012 It was the first time since 2003 that an Israeli foreign minister came to Switzerland on a state visit. According to a statement from the foreign ministry, Burkhalter said that “a just and lasting peace would be possible only through the creation of an independent and viable Palestinian state with secure and recognised borders alongside…

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Swiss hostage released in Mali

This content was published on Apr 24, 2012 She was released in good health on Tuesday, according to the Swiss foreign ministry. The woman, circa 40 years old and from Basel, was brought to Burkina Faso by helicopter after negotiations held in a tent under the watch of armed men. Both sides said afterwards that no ransom had been demanded or paid. The…

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Swiss shadow economy reveals its bright side

This content was published on Apr 24, 2012 Switzerland’s shadow economy represents around 7.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), or SFr34.6 billion, in 2012, according to Friedrich Schneider, an economics professor and illegal employment expert from Austria’s Johannes Kepler University. There are around 460,000 people who work full-time without declaring work they do. Schneider tells swissinfo.ch about the little-known phenomenon. swissinfo.ch:…

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Swiss in touch with hostage holders in Mali

This content was published on Apr 23, 2012 The French AFP news agency quoted local sources in Mali as saying she was in the hands of the Islamist group Ansar Dine, which had seized her from her original kidnappers and was ready to release her. A spokesman for Ansar Dine told a French radio station that the group would let her go as…

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Swiss sanctions target Assad’s wife

This content was published on Apr 23, 2012 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said on Monday it had added a number of people to the list of those sanctioned to include key personalities close to the regime. Along with Assad’s wife Asma and mother Anisa, his sister Bushra and sister-in-law Manal – wife of younger brother Maher who heads the Republican…

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Swiss press predict Sarkozy’s demise

This content was published on Apr 23, 2012 The unpopular president finished second with 27.08 per cent of votes behind Socialist candidate François Hollande on 28.63 per cent. Meanwhile Marine Le Pen for the far-right National Front came third with 18.01 per cent – the best result in a presidential election in the party’s history – while the far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melénchon came…

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Swiss grant extra funds and hold on to IMF seat

This content was published on Apr 22, 2012 Facing pressure by governance reform plans, Switzerland agreed to share its seat on the IMF executive board with Poland, one of eight members of a mixed voting group made up of countries from eastern Europe and central Asia. Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told the IMF meeting that Switzerland was willing to contribute to efforts to…

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“A Hollande presidency couldn’t be any worse”

This content was published on Apr 21, 2012 But with voters going to the polls in the first round on Sunday, will the presidential election lead to a change in relations between Paris and Bern? Those on the left in Switzerland are hoping that if front-runner and Socialist candidate François Hollande moves into the Elysée Palace, there will be a repetition of the…

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Minister defends planned use of gas power

This content was published on Apr 21, 2012 Leuthard said the cabinet’s energy outlook, presented last Wednesday, was in line with the policy on climate change. It is crucial to reduce the use of fossil energy and promote renewable resources, she said in an interview in Saturday’s edition of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper. Leuthard came out in favour of curbing the rights…

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