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Doubts cast on Berlusconi announcement

This content was published on Nov 9, 2011 With ever-growing fears about the ability of the Italian economy to reform and pay off its ever-mounting debts, the “Cavaliere” finally bowed to intense pressure from his European counterparts and announced he would resign following the passage of budget austerity measures through the parliament. But after a scandal-ridden political career that has spanned nearly 20…

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Justice minister seeks asylum ideas in The Hague

This content was published on Nov 9, 2011 Sommaruga met the Dutch minister for immigration and asylum in The Hague on Tuesday and received some valuable suggestions, as she told the Swiss News Agency. She visited a centre where up to 1,500 asylum seekers can live while waiting to see whether their applications are accepted. Social workers, doctors, lawyers and others involved in…

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Psychiatric care aims to help young criminals

This content was published on Nov 8, 2011 Previously there wasn’t anywhere suitable for these delinquent youths, Peter Tischer, senior physician and head of the department, told swissinfo.ch. “Prison is not the right place for them because it doesn’t provide the intensive psychiatric treatment they require. Giving medication is just one building block but what they really need is a concentration of specialists…

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ICRC to help clean up Libya’s unexploded bombs

This content was published on Nov 7, 2011 The campaign to remove devices and also educate the public about the dangers will focus particularly on the towns of Sirte and Bani Walid, where there is the highest concentration of such objects and the humanitarian impact is most serious. Around 100 members of the Libyan Red Crescent organisation have been trained to help educate…

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Swiss help tackle Czech consumer debt mountains

This content was published on Nov 7, 2011 The Czech justice ministry has launched an overhaul of the credit system hoping to ease the re-integration into society of former convicts. Switzerland is backing the reform as part of its aid to help eastern European countries transform into market economies. Prague is arguably one of the most attractive cities for tourists and consumers in…

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Court criticised for backing Tamil deportations

This content was published on Nov 6, 2011 The Federal Administrative Court said despite existing human rights concerns it was still safe to send asylum seekers back to all but one area of Sri Lanka – thereby upholding a decision made by Swiss migration officials at the start of the year. The ruling has already made waves, with the Swiss Refugee Council calling…

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Minister seeks to dispel “big brother” fears

This content was published on Nov 5, 2011 The cabinet is due to discuss an amendment to a by-law on postal services and telecommunications in the coming weeks. Sommaruga has been criticised for bypassing the parliament in introducing the new measures, which have also incited fears that ordinary citizens could be closely monitored. The amendment would set the legal basis for the tapping…

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Protesters again occupy Zurich’s Paradeplatz

This content was published on Nov 5, 2011 Armed with a large pot of soup, around 80 demonstrators occupied Paradeplatz, the financial centre of Zurich and home to the headquarters of Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse. The unauthorised but peaceful protest denounced the “rotten financial system” and called for “a new approach to economic cohabitation”. The “Occupy” movement first appeared at Paradeplatz…

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Swiss press unimpressed with G20 outcomes

This content was published on Nov 5, 2011 Editorialising on Saturday, papers noted that the summit was dominated by the euro zone debt crisis as escalated by the Greek Prime Minister’s snap decision earlier in the week to call a referendum on the acceptance or not of the latest bailout package. As such, many papers noted, very little of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s…

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WHO faces multi-million franc lawsuits over jobs

This content was published on Nov 4, 2011 A three-day WHO executive board special meeting ended on Thursday with the green light for a package of reforms, which included a savings programme and job cuts. Estimates of 300-700 jobs may go – up to 34 per cent of all headquarters’ posts. “These are absolutely extraordinary cutbacks – pretty much unprecedented in the public…

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