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Minister calls for more Swiss doctors

This content was published on Nov 11, 2010 Didier Burkhalter was speaking at a conference on national health policy. In a speech he said the cabinet would recommend cantons expand their capacity at universities or make use of existing spaces more efficiently. According to estimates of staffing level requirements, due to be presented by the government in the spring, 1,200 doctors will need…

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Politician found guilty of ballot rigging

This content was published on Nov 11, 2010 On top of the two-year suspended penalty of more than SFr1,800 ($1,842), he will also have to pay a SFr540 fine and court costs of up to SFr15,702. The verdict was handed down by a local judge in the town of Biel on Thursday. Ricardo Lumengo was accused of filling in more than 40 ballot…

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Swiss Post and Microsoft offer online training

This content was published on Nov 11, 2010 beesmart is an internet platform which encourages users to work with PCs and the internet via a series of free online training modules. It is intended to help young adults embark upon their professional career. Swiss Post said in a statement on Thursday that the ability to navigate online platforms was one thing, “the frequent…

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UN expert urges action over rising food prices

This content was published on Nov 11, 2010 Olivier de Schutter said it was too early to say whether recent price hikes signalled a world food crisis similar to that of 2008. But faster action was needed to curb price volatility and tackle related phenomena like land-grabbing. Deadly riots over food prices hit Mozambique recently, and experts at a special UN Food and…

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ILO staff protest halts board meeting

This content was published on Nov 10, 2010 The governing board was forced to postpone Wednesday’s meeting in Geneva after staff formed a human chain around the ILO meeting room, preventing the 56 board members from entering. Staff say many of the ILO’s 3,000 employees are on short-term contracts which limits their chances of renting apartments and restricts access to pensions and health…

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Banks face tougher bank equity rules next year

This content was published on Nov 10, 2010 The cabinet has decided to tighten regulations in line with international rules and implement them by next January, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The banking industry had argued Switzerland should wait for other countries to put the rules into force. However, the government withdrew a requirement imposing more frequent controls following protests by the…

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Army recruits remain in hospital

This content was published on Nov 10, 2010 Eight others are receiving medical care at the military training ground. Three recruits are seriously injured but are out of danger, according to an army spokesman. Four vehicles carrying up to 40 people collided on Tuesday injuring more than 20 of the young army recruits. The cause of the accident is under investigation. More than…

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Six seriously injured in army accident

This content was published on Nov 10, 2010 Sixteen army recruits have been injured in an accident involving armoured vehicles in canton Jura. Six of the soldiers suffered serious injuries. An army spokesman said the four vehicles involved were travelling one behind the other at a military base in Bure on Tuesday when for unknown reasons they collided. The police said all available…

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Swiss grill Libya over human rights

This content was published on Nov 9, 2010 Dante Martinelli, Swiss ambassador to the United Nations, recommended that Tripoli nullify laws that criminalise freedom of expression. He also noted that “hundreds” of people are in “administrative detention” even though they have been acquitted or served their sentences. A coalition of 30 NGOs led by UN Watch denounced the Libyan report before the UN…

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Security firms sign code of conduct

This content was published on Nov 9, 2010 The initiative for the code, which is the first of its kind, was launched jointly by Switzerland and industry associations with the support of main governmental clients, humanitarian organisations and civil society. It took 14 months to create. “In conflicts, non-state actors like private security-service providers are of increasing importance,” commented Peter Maurer, state secretary…

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