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Privacy and innovation clash in Google ruling

This content was published on Apr 5, 2011 The Swiss Federal Administrative Court ruled on Monday that Google must guarantee anonymity in its popular street view service, blurring faces and license plates captured in Switzerland (see Court ruling). The court largely sided with the Swiss data protection commissioner, Hanspeter Thür, who claimed that Google was breaching citizens’ right to personal privacy. Google’s right…

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Nuclear process on hold for “at least” two years

This content was published on Apr 5, 2011 Leuthard was speaking at the end of a two-day visit to Italy, during which the two countries agreed to draw up a declaration of their intentions for greater cooperation on energy issues. Both countries suspended plans to build new nuclear power stations in the wake of recent events in Japan. “It will certainly take at…

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Minister may face “dirty money” issue in India

This content was published on Apr 5, 2011 And it’s an issue that is likely to be raised when Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann visits New Delhi this Wednesday to Saturday. Having served as the backdrop to several Bollywood films, Switzerland has become the most popular travel destination of Indians. But Indian tourists are also increasingly suspected of coming to Switzerland to hide…

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Assisted suicides increase in 2010

This content was published on Apr 5, 2011 The organisation, which has a branch in both the German and French-speaking parts of Switzerland, saw its overall membership rise by 4,000 to 70,000 people. Those who avail themselves of Exit’s services must first become members. Exit said the rise in membership was a response to moves by both local and national authorities for tighter…

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Swiss perform poorly in integration survey

This content was published on Apr 5, 2011 The Migration Integration Policy Index (Mipex) gives Switzerland 43 points out of 100, placing it 23rd out of 31 countries The survey was carried out in 2010; Switzerland shows no improvement in its score and has dropped three places since the previous index in 2007. Neighbouring countries France, Italy and Germany have a better record…

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“There are four bodies outside our house”

This content was published on Apr 5, 2011 Tension is rising as the forces of the elected president, Alassane Ouattara, are poised to force his rival, Laurent Gbagbo, to step down. Reports say United Nations and French forces are preparing to attack the presidential palace on Tuesday after launching full assaults on the residence of the entrenched leader, the republican guard, two major…

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Parties asked to live up to pledges for expats

This content was published on Apr 5, 2011 The Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) points out that parties like to assert their support for expatriate issues in the run-up to elections, but too often there is a perceived gap between good intentions and concrete action. A sure sign of forthcoming elections for the federal parliament, which take place every four years in…

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Google loses latest round in Street View battle

This content was published on Apr 4, 2011 A ruling published on Monday by the Swiss Federal Administrative Court affects any new ground-level pictures that the popular internet search engine publishes. A court statement said the ruling upholds principles of privacy of control of personal data “regardless of the actual sensitivity of the information in question”. Lawyers for Google had told the court…

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Senator Dick Marty aims to solve Jura conflict

This content was published on Apr 4, 2011 A member of the Swiss Senate, he is now president of the Inter-Jura Assembly, a body created in 1994 to help promote rapprochement between cantons Bern and Jura in the western part of the country. At the heart of the strife are underlying linguistic and religious differences, as well as economic and political problems. Marty…

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Traditional parties lose in Zurich elections

This content was published on Apr 4, 2011 The centre-right Liberal Greens nearly doubled the number of seats in parliament to 19, while their centre-left rivals, the Greens, consolidated their 19 seats and gained a seat in the cantonal government. The small centre-right Conservative Democratic Party, standing for the first time, won six seats. The main losers were the traditional centre-right Radicals and…

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