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Polls close in foreign criminal and tax ballot

This content was published on Nov 28, 2010 In a separate vote the electorate was asked to decide on a proposal by the centre-left to set minimum tax rates for wealthy citizens across the country overruling the fiscal autonomy of the cantons. Both issues are controversial and the ballot sheet is relatively complex. Citizens can choose between a hardline option in the anti-crime…

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Swiss set to get tough on foreign criminals

This content was published on Nov 27, 2010 At stake are a rightwing initiative calling for the automatic expulsion of convicted non-Swiss offenders and an alternative option by parliament which includes a case-by-case examination and additional integration measures. In a separate vote the electorate also has the final say on a proposal by the centre-left to set minimum tax rates for wealthy citizens…

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Deiss makes Security Council reform his priority

This content was published on Nov 26, 2010 Deiss, a former Swiss foreign minister, told the Associated Press he wanted serious negotiations to start and will discuss the matter next month at the African Union summit. In so doing, Deiss has added his voice to President Barack Obama’s call for a major shake-up at the top level of the organisation. Deiss, who took…

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Money probe into Kazakh leader’s son-in-law

This content was published on Nov 26, 2010 Oil magnate Timur Kulibayeva is suspected of laundering around SFr600 million ($597 million) through bank accounts in Zurich, Geneva and Lugano. The money is believed to have come from illegal commissions and other fraudulent means between 2000 and 2005, when he presided over the KazTransOil state company, according to Bruno de Preux, the Geneva lawyer…

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Gül wants more Swiss investment in Turkey

This content was published on Nov 26, 2010 Speaking to journalists in Zurich after meeting some 20 businessmen on the second day of his official visit to Switzerland, he said Turkey had a solid infrastructure, with important oil and gas pipelines, and was a hub between Europe and Asia. Gerold Bührer, president of the Swiss Business Federation, economiesuisse, told the Swiss news agency…

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Ex-minister’s new post raises questions

This content was published on Nov 26, 2010 Leuenberger – formerly the minister responsible for transport, environment, energy and communications issues – has been nominated to join the board of Implenia, Switzerland’s largest construction company. The announcement came just three weeks after the 64-year-old Social Democrat left the parliament building, and one week after he was tapped to serve as president of an…

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Turkey pledges to stand by Swiss-brokered deal

This content was published on Nov 25, 2010 On a two-day state visit to Switzerland, he also stressed the potential for closer business ties between the two countries. Gül said Turkey is committed to striving for peace and stability in the Caucasus region by normalising relations with Armenia. Swiss President Doris Leuthard encouraged Turkey to boost cooperation with Armenia despite recent setbacks. Last…

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Low-cost terrorism proves hard to combat

This content was published on Nov 25, 2010 The terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said the packages it put aboard freight planes bound for the US were never intended to cause mass casualties, but to create maximum economic damage as part of its “strategy of a thousand cuts”. The Yemeni-based group said the parcels, which were intercepted in Dubai and…

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Air pollutants drop although roads busier

This content was published on Nov 25, 2010 The Federal Environment Office said however levels were still too high and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions needed to be stepped up. A report published on Thursday shows emissions from 1990-2010 and makes projections up to 2035. The downward trend in emissions from trucks, tourism and delivery vehicles, buses and motorbikes is expected to…

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Swiss and Turkish presidents seek solutions

This content was published on Nov 25, 2010 In practice, this means the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan which is holding up the ratification of a landmark deal signed by Turkey and rival Armenia in Zurich 13 months ago. Gül – who is always seen smiling and likes to remind people that his name means “rose”, as in the flower, in…

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