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Conservatives set to reinforce dominant position

This content was published on Jul 25, 2011 Experts believe that a mixture of anti-immigration rhetoric and well-organised campaigning could see the voter share of the Swiss People’s Party, the rightwing’s sole representative in the five-party cabinet, rise above 30 per cent for the first time. “We want Switzerland in the future to remain an independent country with a high degree of self-determination…

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Climate change “endangers global security”

This content was published on Jul 24, 2011 His comments followed a heated debate in the United Nations Security Council earlier this week on whether the environment was a security matter meriting the attention of the 15-nation body. “Climate change is not an immediate motivation for conflict between states,” Spillmann, former head of the Center for Security Studies in Zurich, told swissinfo.ch “But…

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Call for caution over asylum dealings with Italy

This content was published on Jul 24, 2011 Bern insists that Rome, which is dealing with a flood of refugees from North Africa, is keeping to the rules. The Italian Council for Refugees says there needs to be flexibility. Under the Dublin agreement, which Switzerland joined in 2008, Switzerland can send rejected asylum seekers back to the first European country in which they…

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Package causes closure of Fribourg streets

This content was published on Jul 23, 2011 Police were alerted after a shoe box with a skull painted on it was reported on a street corner in the early morning. The rue Joseph-Piller, which houses the cantonal finance department, as well as the rue de l’Hôpital and the rue de Rome were closed for three hours, Fribourg cantonal police said in a…

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Norway in shock after “national tragedy”

This content was published on Jul 23, 2011 Police have charged a 32-year-old Norwegian man over both incidents which took place on Friday. The international community, including Switzerland, has condemned the attacks. Norwegian police say the man, who has been named in media reports as Anders Behring Breivik, has confessed to the bombing and shooting spree. But Police Chief Sveinung Sponheim told reporters on Sunday that…

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Norway in shock after “national tragedy”

This content was published on Jul 23, 2011 Police have charged a 32-year-old Norwegian man over both attacks. The man dressed as a police officer was arrested on Utoeya island after an hour-long shooting spree. The search for other possible victims continues. The Oslo bombing killed at least seven. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on Saturday morning that the attacks were “a…

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Eco-terrorists jailed over foiled IBM attack

This content was published on Jul 22, 2011 A 26-year-old Swiss-Italian from Ticino and an Italian couple aged 29 and 34 were found guilty by the Federal Criminal Court of conspiring to destroy the IBM centre in Rüschlikon, near Zurich, while it was under construction. They were also found guilty of importing explosives into Switzerland, then illegally hiding and transporting them. The court in…

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Eco-terrorists jailed for foiled IBM attack

This content was published on Jul 22, 2011 The Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona sentenced the trio to terms ranging from just over three years to three years and eight months in the trial which ended on Friday. A Swiss-Italian and two Italians were found guilty of conspiring to destroy the IBM centre in Rüschlikon, near Zurich, as it neared completion. They were also found…

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Online “wanted” photos trigger mixed feelings

This content was published on Jul 22, 2011 The move has been widely welcomed, but Zurich lawyer Markus Bischoff tells swissinfo.ch why he is concerned about people being pilloried online before they have been convicted of anything. Bischoff sits in Zurich cantonal parliament as a member of the leftwing “Alternative List” party. swissinfo.ch: The police’s latest method of hunting criminals is clearly successful…

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ICRC visits Gbagbo in Ivory Coast

This content was published on Jul 22, 2011 The ICRC had previously struggled to get access to Gbagbo, under house arrest, his family and his collaborators. The meeting with Gbagbo took place from July 18-21 during a series of visits to people in detention or under house arrest in the north of the country. ICRC’s head of delegation in Abidjan, Dominique Liengme, said…

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