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Libyans seek economic contact with Swiss

This content was published on Sep 5, 2011 Foreign ministry spokesman Georg Farago confirmed this on Monday but added that for the time being mutual sanctions remained in place. Part of these sanctions would be lifted “soon” by Switzerland, which would assume revisions made by the European Union, according to Marie Avet, spokeswoman for the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco). On Friday…

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Vaud refuses to extend foreigner voting rights

This content was published on Sep 5, 2011 Cantonal voters rejected the “Live and vote here” initiative by 68.9 per cent on Sunday. In most Swiss cantons foreign residents cannot vote at either communal or cantonal level, but a patchwork of exceptions exists. If it had passed, the western canton would have become the first in Switzerland to give foreign residents full cantonal…

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What really happened on September 11, 2001?

This content was published on Sep 5, 2011 swissinfo.ch spoke to three Swiss specialists who have sifted through the official and unofficial versions. “When I saw the second plane – indicating that it was a terrorist act – I immediately thought it was al-Qaeda, as I had been working on that issue for a number of weeks,” recalled Xavier Colin, a TV producer-journalist…

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Anti-nuclear protestors removed from Mühleberg

This content was published on Sep 5, 2011 The protest action began on Sunday morning when around 50 activists blocked direct road access to the plant. In the early afternoon a second group blocked the bridge to Mühleberg, making the power station only accessible by foot or bicycle from the village of Gümmenen. Police have not said how long they will tolerate the…

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Fribourg provides lessons in federalism

This content was published on Sep 3, 2011 The answer to that loaded question depends on your political perspective and with 20 nationalities represented at the Institute of Federalism summer university in Fribourg, the flags of national interest are temporarily set aside for a chance to listen and learn. The summer university is aimed at advanced students of law, political science, economics or…

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Family due to face charges in nuclear case

This content was published on Sep 3, 2011 Friedrich Tinner and his sons Urs and Marco have been under investigation by the Swiss authorities for almost a decade. They are suspected of illegally supplying goods to Libyans as part of a secret nuclear arms programme that started in the late 1970s. Walburga Bur, a spokeswoman for the Federal Prosecutors Office in Bern, told…

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Who’s responsible for rampaging football fans?

This content was published on Sep 2, 2011

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Swiss to return Libyan assets

This content was published on Sep 2, 2011 Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said on Thursday that Switzerland wanted to hand over as soon as possible $420 million (SFr334 million) belonging to Libyan public entities “for the benefit of the Libyan people”. Speaking at an international conference on the future of Libya in Paris, she said the international community had the duty to hand…

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Swiss want to return Libyan assets

This content was published on Sep 1, 2011 Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said on Thursday that Switzerland wanted to hand over as soon as possible $420 million (SFr334 million) belonging to Libyan public entities “for the benefit of the Libyan people”. Speaking at an international conference on the future of Libya in Paris, she said the international community had the duty to hand…

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Portuguese embassy staff strike over franc

This content was published on Sep 1, 2011 They say their salaries have fallen by 30 per cent since 2010 and should be readjusted; they have contacted the Swiss foreign ministry for support. Italian embassy staff in Bern are also unhappy about wages being paid in euros. Portuguese consular staff – mostly administrative and technical workers – have been on strike in Switzerland…

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