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Swiss seek Davos boost for China trade talks

This content was published on Jan 26, 2011 Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said he will meet China’s trade minister, Chen Deming, on Friday as Switzerland seeks to beat the European Union to a lucrative deal with the fastest growing world economy. “The chances are good that we can conclude a free trade agreement with China before the EU,” Schneider-Ammann said. “This would…

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Council adopts Dick Marty’s Kosovo report

This content was published on Jan 25, 2011 In addition to adopting Marty’s report in Strasbourg on Tuesday, the Council approved a resolution calling on Albanian and Kosovan authorities to investigate organ-trafficking allegations – with 169 votes in favour, eight against and 14 abstentions. Filed in December, Marty’s report implicated high ranking members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the murder of…

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Parties denounce assault on politician

This content was published on Jan 25, 2011 Fehr, who was beaten as he was making his way to the traditional annual party meeting in Zurich, filed charges on Monday against persons unknown. He suffered bruised ribs and grazes in the incident and was taken to hospital. A statement from the People’s Party, the centre-left Social Democratic Party, as well as the centre-right…

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Report challenges Kosovo “founding myth”

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Marty implicated high ranking members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the murder of Serbian and Kosovo Albanian prisoners and the selling of their organs. They include the current prime minister, Hashim Thaci, and others who now hold important political positions. Swiss journalist Andreas Ernst of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper, who has been…

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Explosion kills 35 at Moscow’s main airport

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 President Dmitry Medvedev postponed his visit to Switzerland where he was to attend the Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum. Russian state television reported that more than 150 people, including European Union citizens, were injured in Monday’s attack that bore the hallmarks of militants fighting for an Islamist state in the North Caucasus region.…

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Calmy-Rey meets “good neighbours” in Berlin

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Calmy-Rey on a visit to Berlin met the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German foreign and economics ministers on Monday. Calmy-Rey, who is also foreign minister, said Switzerland did not accept illegal money and proposed imposing a withholding tax on funds deposited in Swiss bank accounts. “Both sides now want to engage in speedy,…

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Explosion kills 35 at Moscow airport

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 President Dmitry Medvedev said preliminary information indicated the explosion at Domodedovo Airport on Monday was a terror attack. Medvedev added he had delayed his trip to the 41st World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, which begins on Wednesday. Medvedev was due to fly to Switzerland on Tuesday to deliver the opening speech at the…

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Swiss minister wants Bilaterals III with EU

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Schneider-Amman, who has been in office for almost three months, was speaking at a news conference in Bern on Monday at which he presented his priorities. Schneider-Ammann said he wanted to intensify discussions with Brussels because the bilateral way of carrying out business with the EU was far from being exhausted, despite voices to the…

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New nuclear plant put to a test ballot

This content was published on Jan 23, 2011 The cantonal ballot could have a key impact on the choice for the sites of two new plants considered by the country’s three electricity companies. It is widely expected that Swiss voters will have the final say on the construction of new reactors in a nationwide ballot in 2013 or 2014. Switzerland currently has five…

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Geneva banks may hold Ben Ali assets

This content was published on Jan 23, 2011 A request made to the Swiss government last Monday by a lawyer representing Tunisians living in Switzerland alleges that Ben Ali and his family have assets at branches in Geneva of HSBC Private Bank, Citibank and Credit Suisse. The NZZ am Sonntag newspaper also reported that eyewitnesses said Ben Ali’s nephew, Sofiane Ben Ali, had…

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