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Switzerland is again “an island of stability”

This content was published on Dec 25, 2010 Paolo Dardanelli lectures in European and Comparative Politics at the University of Kent in Britain, and is a close observer of the Swiss scene. He looked back on the year for swissinfo.ch. The economic turmoil that shook Europe and much of the rest of world has left its mark and isn’t over yet. Dardanelli says…

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Swiss embassy bomb may be retaliatory act

This content was published on Dec 24, 2010 Swiss Ambassador to Italy Bernardino Regazzoni, citing the Italian police, told a Zurich radio station that the attack could be in retaliation for the imprisonment of Swiss “eco-terrorist” Marco Camenisch over the murder of a customs officer in Graubünden in 1989. A Swiss court sentenced Camenisch to 17 years in jail in 2004, which was…

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Why pets are simply not for Christmas

This content was published on Dec 24, 2010 “Disillusion comes in January at the latest, when the pet starts to require work, produce dirt and need a lot of time,” said Eva Waiblinger, a zoologist and head of the pet section of the Swiss Animal Protection Society. This is when many animals end up in sanctuaries, because in general they can’t be returned.…

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Blasts shake embassies in Rome

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 The Swiss ambassador to Italy, Bernardino Regazzoni, said a Swiss mail clerk suffered serious injuries to his left hand as he opened a package around noon, but his life was not in danger. “Investigations are ongoing but I can recall, without attributing any responsibility, some episodes of a similar nature in the recent past,” Regazzoni…

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UN alarmed over Ivory Coast unrest

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 The Geneva-based assembly, which comprises 47 countries including Switzerland, called for an immediate end to the political violence. Thursday’s special session of the council heard reports that up to 200 people were killed and dozens more tortured or mistreated. The United States and the European Union have imposed travel sanctions on the incumbent Ivory Coast…

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Blast at Swiss embassy in Rome injures one

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 The Italian interior ministry said a man seriously injured both of this hands when he went to open the package. He was taken to hospital for surgery as police gathered at the scene. “Investigations are ongoing but I can recall, without attributing any responsibility, some episodes of a similar nature in the recent past,” said…

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Magistrate recommends nuclear smuggling charges

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 Andreas Müller said on Thursday his recommendation that charges be brought for violating Swiss non-proliferation laws is based on an exhaustive probe into an alleged nuclear smuggling ring. Müller’s 174-page report “is now being studied in detail” by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, which “will inform the public in due course” on whether charges will be…

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Swiss stick to position over EU bilateral ties

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 The cabinet is convinced that the accords with Brussels are applied correctly, a government spokesman said. He added that on Wednesday the ministers discussed future relations between Switzerland and the EU on the basis of an interim report by a mixed working group. The experts had been asked to present proposals by the end of…

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Lessons not yet learned in Tinner nuclear case

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 A report released this week by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security says the Swiss, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the suspects-turned-spies themselves thwarted efforts to limit nuclear weapon know-how. On Thursday, a Swiss federal judge is expected to announce whether three members of the Tinner family should go to court for…

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Bank safeguards mooted to resist financial shocks

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 The measures include strengthening the capital bases of the country’s two major banks, more stringent liquidity requirements and better risk diversification, according to a statement by the finance ministry. The package is based on proposals by a group of experts who put forward proposals to alleviate the too big to fail problem following the financial…

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