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Swiss companies are still funding cluster bombs

This content was published on May 25, 2011 According to a report published on Wednesday, 16 companies – big banks Credit Suisse and UBS in particular – are among 166 financial institutions worldwide that are funding cluster bomb and parts manufacturing, despite the international Convention on Cluster Munitions coming into force in 2010. Globally financial institutions from 15 countries are channeling more than…

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Expert doubts Syrian leader has Swiss stash

This content was published on May 25, 2011 Switzerland announced on Tuesday it was extending sanctions against Syria to include travel bans and asset freezes against Assad and nine senior officials, in a move that follows the European Union and the United States. Syria is Switzerland’s fifth major case of frozen assets this year. So far it has frozen SFr60 million ($69 million)…

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Illegal drugs to be given on prescription

This content was published on May 25, 2011 While the sale of cannabis will remain illegal, it will be possible to register for cannabis-based medicine or other banned substances such as heroin. Cannabis will be classified as a narcotic if it contains more than one per cent of the chemical substance tetrahydrocannabinol. The legal basis for prescribing heroin has already been enforced since…

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Switzerland expands Syria sanctions

This content was published on May 24, 2011 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said on Tuesday evening that it would add Assad and nine other senior members of the Syrian government to a list of those banned from travelling to Switzerland and subject to asset freezes. The measures will take effect from May 25, Seco was quoted as saying on news…

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Judge rules lifelong sentence valid

This content was published on May 24, 2011 A court in canton Thurgau decided that the man’s sentence, for having stabbed a prostitute to death, was valid because there was a high risk of reoffending. In 2004 the population voted in favour of a law which called for offenders found guilty of sexual and violent crimes to be handed lifelong sentences if they…

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Up to 1,000 pupils in Bern nuclear protest

This content was published on May 24, 2011 The protest, which passed peacefully, was monitored by the police and caused some disruption to city centre traffic. The march followed Switzerland’s biggest anti-nuclear protest in 25 years on Sunday, when an estimated 20,000 people marched in two groups to the site of Switzerland’s older nuclear power plant, Beznau, in canton Aargau. About 40 per cent…

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Questions raised over frozen assets and migrants

This content was published on May 24, 2011 Swiss Secretary of State Peter Maurer told a conference in Geneva on Monday that the return of the frozen assets had been the major topic during his recent visit to both countries. Switzerland has frozen SFr60 million ($69 million) belonging to former Tunisian dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his clan. It has also identified…

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Rightwing plans new anti-immigration campaign

This content was published on May 23, 2011 Party leaders on Monday said they wanted to re-introduce a quota system even though it would go against the Swiss-European Union free movement of people agreement. According to the proposal, it will be up to the government to decide how many foreigners would be permitted into the country to work. People’s Party president Toni Brunner…

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Anti-nuclear protests attract 20,000

This content was published on May 22, 2011 Chanting and waving placards, anti-nuclear protesters marched in two groups to the site of Beznau, Switzerland’s oldest nuclear power plant which is located in canton Aargau. “The thousands of people who have come have sent a very strong signal to the Swiss authorities. It shows that we are not a minority,” a spokesperson for the…

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Anti-nuclear protests attract 20,000

This content was published on May 22, 2011 Chanting and waving placards, the protesters marched to the site of Beznau, Switzerland’s oldest nuclear power plant which is located in canton Aargau. “The thousands of people who have come have sent a very strong signal to the Swiss authorities. It shows that we are not a minority,” a spokesperson for the protesters said. The…

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