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Libyan leader’s son not invited to WEF

This content was published on Dec 29, 2010 According to the French-language newspaper La Liberté, Seif al-Islam has tried appealing to US business leaders and Hollywood stars to intercede on his behalf, but Klaus Schwab, the founder of the WEF, which holds its annual meeting in Davos every January, has remained firm. The paper says Schwab has told the Libyans several times that…

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How Swiss politics hit the headlines in 2010

This content was published on Dec 28, 2010 Not surprisingly perhaps 2010 was marked by political fights over Swiss banking secrecy as well as moves to tighten regulations for immigrants, targeting particularly foreign criminals. While little progress appears to have been made in boosting relations with the European Union over the past 12 months, a crisis with Libya could be partly defused with…

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Minister Maurer sings praises of Swiss army

This content was published on Dec 28, 2010 At an end-of-year event in the resort of Adelboden in the Bernese Alps on Tuesday, he told journalists that security was at the top of his priorities. Maurer explained that the world was becoming less safe and people in Switzerland felt less secure. He said Switzerland had mastered the financial crisis and placed itself well…

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Number of gun deaths goes down in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 28, 2010 While 291 fell victim to a bullet in 2007, the figure was 259 in 2008, the Federal Statistics Office announced on Tuesday. In both years, most of those deaths were suicides: 264 in 2007, and 239 the following year. Most of 2008’s victims were male; 13 per cent were female. In 2007, women accounted for…

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Soldiers play truant from target practice

This content was published on Dec 27, 2010 In 2009 164,000 young men were summoned to take part, but nearly 15,000 did not show up and failed to provide a good reason for staying away, the 10vor10 programme said. The figures were confirmed by the defence ministry. The figure was even higher in 2008, when some 16,800 out of nearly 163,000 did not…

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Swiss group pushes for peace in Jerusalem

This content was published on Dec 27, 2010 Yet a Swiss organisation continues to push for peace in Jerusalem. For the Lassalle Institute, the project “Jerusalem – Open City for Learning World Peace” is a priority. Located in Bad Schönbrunn near the central Swiss town of Zug, the institute addresses leaders in business, politics and other sectors, advocating ethics rooted in holistic awareness.…

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Beirut – visible and invisible dangers

This content was published on Dec 27, 2010 The past year has been relatively peaceful – and here that is not something that can be taken for granted. It’s true that on the surface nothing in Beirut indicates that war might be about to break out – quite the contrary: the city seems positively optimistic. Everywhere new restaurants and shops are opening, and…

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Gbagbo airplane blocked at Basel airport

This content was published on Dec 26, 2010 The French foreign ministry confirmed on Sunday that the action had been taken at the request of the “legitimate authorities” of Ivory Coast, referring to Gbagbo’s challenger, Alassane Ouattara. The aircraft is being prevented from flying back to the west African state from EuroAirport, which is jointly operated by Switzerland and France. Gbagbo has refused to…

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EU ties to be a 2011 priority

This content was published on Dec 26, 2010 Calmy-Rey, who will hold the rotating post of Swiss president next year, told the SonntagsZeitung newspaper that Swiss-EU ties would be a priority. The foreign minister was responding to repeated criticism by Brussels of Swiss-EU relations. The EU has indicated that the bilateral course with the non-member state, in which more than 100 agreements have…

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EU mission wants more evidence on Kosovo

This content was published on Dec 26, 2010 A spokeswoman for Eulex told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper that there was not enough information in a recent report by the Council of Europe to open an investigation into charges that Hashim Thaci led a mafia-style organisation. “The state prosecutor always supports criminal proceedings with evidence,” said Karin Limdal. The spokeswoman said Council of…

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