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Doctors, police call for stricter gun laws

This content was published on Dec 13, 2010 “We want to save lives, not do away with the army,” said Jacques de Haller, president of the Swiss Medical Association, in reference to a fear that the initiative to ban men from keeping military-issue guns at home could be seen as a pacifist smokescreen to weaken the army. Jean-Pierre Monti, the president of the…

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Closing of Wikileaks account to be investigated

This content was published on Dec 13, 2010 President Doris Leuthard, who holds the communications portfolio, told parliament on Monday that her ministry would look into any possible wrongdoing. One week ago, the financial arm of Swiss Post closed Assange’s account because he did not meet PostFinance’s residency requirements. Leuthard said the company took a unilateral decision to close the account – which…

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EU puts Bern back in the eye of the storm

This content was published on Dec 13, 2010 In particular, the report wants to see the abolition of Swiss cantonal tax systems and a rethink of the “bilateral path” – the system under which Switzerland, a non-member of the EU, has reached bilateral agreements with Brussels. On December 7, finance ministers of the EU “encouraged” the European Commission to continue discussions with Switzerland…

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Talking business, politics and passing trains

This content was published on Dec 13, 2010 The tax expert turns out to be an entertaining interview partner who talks with amazing ease about his passion for politics, business and sport as well as his love for his native Valais region of the Swiss Alps. It’s not difficult to picture Roux biking and hiking in the mountains. His red cheeks give him…

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Can the disabled join the work force?

This content was published on Dec 13, 2010 However, as swissinfo.ch has been finding out, even those who have received awards for integrating the disabled within their firms are not totally behind the move. A House of Representatives committee has called for all private and public companies with 250 employees or more to be obliged have disabled people making up at least one…

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Swiss army loses its bearings

This content was published on Dec 12, 2010 The lack of clarity about the future of the army is currently casting its shadow on parliamentary debates about the basically uncontroversial 2010 armaments programme, which envisages a partial renewal of the aged air fleet. Defence Minister Ueli Maurer of the rightwing Swiss People’s Party said in spring 2009 that he wanted to make the…

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Hacker attacks on PostFinance are no joke

This content was published on Dec 11, 2010 “I have never seen an attack being organised so quickly,” Pascal Lamia, head of the Reporting and Analysis Centre for Information Assurance MELANI, told the Bund and Tages-Anzeiger newspapers in an interview published on Saturday. He described as “particularly worrying” the fact that anyone can join in, even if they know nothing about information technology.…

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Beefing up defence against cyber attacks

This content was published on Dec 10, 2010 Defence Minister Ueli Maurer said a taskforce would examine possible technical and legal measures to avert attacks on vital computer systems. He said the cabinet agreed that the protection in place could be improved, particularly cooperation between the different ministries as well with the private sector. Maurer added that cooperation with other countries was also…

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Swiss sign latest human rights convention

This content was published on Dec 10, 2010 The foreign ministry on Friday said Switzerland would have to adapt several of its laws to meet the treaty’s requirements, but it already satisfied the central point of the convention: zero tolerance towards cases of enforced disappearance. The move follows pressure from parliament and non-governmental organisations demanding immediate accession to the latest central United Nations…

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Access to civilian service to be complicated

This content was published on Dec 10, 2010 The cabinet on Friday approved a series of measures in an effort to reduce the number of applications for civilian service, which rose sharply in the wake of last year’s reform. The measures include a personal discussion with applicants to motivate them for army duty. The defence ministry added it will not reintroduce a vetting…

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