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New chief to watch over Swiss financial sector

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 Anne Héritier Lachat will assume the post in January, the government said on Wednesday. She replaces Eugen Haltiner, who will step down at the end of 2010, one year before the term expires. Héritier Lachat, 60, has served on the Finma board since 2008, and is a part-time law professor at Geneva University who specialises…

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Cutting red tape for expatriate voting rights

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 The cabinet agreed to support a proposal by a parliamentary committee which aims to waive the four-year renewal of applications. Instead the committee says registration for future votes should follow on automatically after Swiss abroad have taken part in a nationwide ballot. “The proposal no doubt makes it easier for the Swiss abroad to exercise…

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Emotions and tradition clash over anti-gun move

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 Switzerland has the highest number of arms per capita, with estimates varying between 1.2 million and 2.3 million. But exact data are not available as there is no central arms register. Shaken by a number of high-profile killings over the past decade a broad alliance of human rights groups, churches, women’s organisations, trade unions and…

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Calmy-Rey defends Kosovo recognition

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 “Hashim Thaci has only been the head of government since January 2008. The declaration of independence and its recognition by many states does not depend on him,” she said in an interview published on Wednesday in the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper. She added Switzerland had not been the first country to recognise the independence of the former…

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Swiss census to get a makeover

This content was published on Dec 21, 2010 According to the gospel of Luke, Joseph had to register in his old hometown of Bethlehem. It was during this trip that his fiancée Mary gave birth to Jesus – in a humble stable because Bethlehem’s inns were bursting with all the other census participants. Fortunately, modern-day residents have it a bit easier than the…

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Senator Marty explains opposition to blacklists

This content was published on Dec 21, 2010 One of his successes earlier this year was to persuade both houses of parliament to pass a motion limiting the abuses of the blacklists instituted by the United Nations Security Council to combat the threat of al-Qaida and Taliban terrorism. In an interview conducted before the release last week of his draft report on alleged…

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Iranian activists demonstrate for lawyer

This content was published on Dec 20, 2010 Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, called for the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been hospitalised after going on hunger strike. Sotoudeh was arrested on September 4 and was held in isolation in Tehran’s Evin prison. She started her hunger strike on December 4, and was taken to hospital five days…

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Rightwing raises stakes over future EU relations

This content was published on Dec 20, 2010 In an interview with swissinfo.ch Hans Fehr, senior party member and parliamentarian, accuses the government of being ambiguous about future ties between Bern and Brussels. Switzerland has concluded more than 120 bilateral accords with the 27-nation bloc, but the EU is now stepping up pressure to find different forms of cooperation. The cabinet is expected…

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WikiLeaks founder not on the Davos guest list

This content was published on Dec 19, 2010 “It’s our policy not to invite anyone who is currently the object of a legal complaint,” Schwab said in an interview with the SonntagsZeitung newspaper. He said the forum, which takes place every January in the Swiss resort of Davos, would still discuss WikiLeaks, the group behind a mass-leak of confidential United States embassy cables…

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Media question wisdom of recognising Kosovo

This content was published on Dec 17, 2010 There have been criticisms in the Swiss media this week of Switzerland’s diplomatic move, following a Council of Europe report accusing the Kosovo leader of heading a mafia-style organisation. The international community also came in for criticism by Swiss politician Dick Marty, who led the investigation. According to Marty, the European Union, the United States…

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