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Campaigners praise Mubarak asset freeze

This content was published on Feb 15, 2011 The United States, the European Union and several countries have meanwhile been asked by Egypt to freeze the assets of former Egyptian officials, but Mubarak was not on the list. The issue will be discussed by EU finance ministers on Tuesday. Last Friday the Swiss government asked Swiss banks to search for and block any…

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Switzerland and Nigeria to cooperate on migration

This content was published on Feb 14, 2011 Following a meeting on Monday with Nigerian Foreign Minister Henry Odein Ajumogobia, Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga told a news conference that the forced deportations of Nigerians residing illegally in Switzerland would be continued. The repatriations resumed in mid-January, having been put on hold following the death of a rejected Nigerian asylum seeker as he…

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Swiss gun vote digested in the US

This content was published on Feb 14, 2011 The US, which also has a gun-bearing tradition, is currently dealing with the fallout from a fatal gun attack in Arizona. However, gun control has not been made a political priority. Just over 56 per cent of Swiss voters threw out a proposal to ban army-issue firearms from the home and set up a central…

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Swiss move ahead with e-voting

This content was published on Feb 14, 2011 Some 177,500 voters in 12 cantons had the opportunity of casting their vote electronically, including 55,000 Swiss living abroad. In total, 14.4 per cent of voters registered to vote online did so. Eighty-five per cent of registered online voters were from cantons Zurich, Geneva and Neuchatel. Of these voters, some 13 per cent cast their…

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Gun vote “was about national identity”

This content was published on Feb 14, 2011 “A victory for the old Switzerland,” was the headline of the editorial in the Basler Zeitung, following Sunday’s vote in which just over 56 per cent of voters rejected banning army-issue firearms from the home and setting up a central arms register in a bid to curb gun violence. “Security and the ability to defend…

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Bern says yes to nuclear power plant

This content was published on Feb 13, 2011 Also on Sunday, voters in canton Nidwalden reiterated their lack of interest in hosting a nuclear waste repository in Wellenberg. Though non-binding, Sunday’s ballot box results show that nuclear technology remains controversial in Switzerland. In canton Bern, 51.2 per cent of voters said yes to building a new reactor in Mühleberg. However, in the city…

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Swiss voters reject anti-gun initiative

This content was published on Feb 13, 2011 Final results showed just over 56 per cent of votes had been cast against the initiative which sought to ban army-issue guns from the home. A majority of cantons voted against the initiative. Support came from several, mainly urban regions including Geneva, Basel and Zurich. Opposition was strongest in rural areas in eastern and central…

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Swiss voters reject anti-gun initiative

This content was published on Feb 13, 2011 Near-final results showed around 57 per cent of votes were cast against the initiative, which aimed to ban army-issue guns from the home. Head of the gfs.bern polling organisation, Claude Longchamp, told Swiss television the initiatve had won neither the support of the people nor the cantons. It needed both to succeed. More than half the…

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Switzerland and the EU

This content was published on Feb 13, 2011

Swiss vote on anti-gun initiative

This content was published on Feb 13, 2011 Sunday’s vote challenged a long-held Swiss tradition and pitted the centre-left against the centre-right and rightwing majority. The initiative, launched four years ago, sought to introduce stricter rules for gun possession, notably a nationwide database and a more comprehensive licensing system. Supporters of the proposal – an alliance of about 80 organisations backed by centre-left…

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