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Swine flu wave set to hit the country

This content was published on Aug 4, 2009 The Federal Health Office said neighbouring Germany and Italy had reported a massive increase in new cases of the A/H1N1 virus over the past few days. “We expect another increase in cases in Switzerland in the weeks to come,” Patrick Mathys, a health official, told a news conference on Tuesday. To date, there are 535…

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Online politics gains ground despite scepticism

This content was published on Aug 3, 2009 Experts say the trend towards increased use of the internet and other modern means for political communication is unstoppable – if it is applied credibly and for specific purposes. More than 4,000 people took part in the ongoing survey which aims to give participants a say in focusing the political agenda of the Social Democrats.…

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Swiss leads EU organ-trafficking probe

This content was published on Aug 3, 2009 Dick Marty, a Swiss senator representing the Council of Europe, is leading the probe. The Serbs accuse ethnic Albanian guerrillas of kidnapping Serb civilians during Kosovo’s war, removing their organs and selling the body parts on the black market. Marty is expected to meet top Serbian judiciary and war crimes officials during his two-day visit…

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Swiss request access to US hikers held in Iran

This content was published on Aug 2, 2009 Nadine Olivieri, a spokeswoman for the Swiss foreign ministry, told swissinfo.ch on Sunday that officials were “trying to obtain confirmation of the situation”. Iranian state television confirmed on Saturday that the three had been captured on Friday after wandering into the Islamic Republic from Iraq’s Kurdish region. US Department of State spokesman Robert Wood on…

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Historians question federal charter

This content was published on Aug 2, 2009 But historian Georges Andrey draws swissinfo.ch’s attention to a few inconsistencies in the roots of Switzerland’s national day, which was created just over 100 years ago. Legend has it that on August 1, 1291, amid continuing Habsburg repression, representatives from three forest cantons around Lake Lucerne – Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden – met on the…

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Swiss image in United States still strong

This content was published on Aug 1, 2009 A majority of Americans think positively of Switzerland, its products and its place in the world. The survey, jointly commissioned by swissinfo.ch and the SonntagsBlick newspaper, was carried out in July by Isopublic, a Swiss member of the Gallup International research institute. Asked to what extent they concurred with various views of Switzerland, Americans were…

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Calmy-Rey and Clinton “relieved” over UBS deal

This content was published on Aug 1, 2009 The Swiss bank was facing legal action by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which wanted it to hand over the confidential information of 52,000 clients. Calmy-Rey met Clinton in Washington, DC on Friday, after the US Department of Justice and the Swiss government hammered out a deal that would have UBS deliver a substantially…

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Patriotism poll

This content was published on Jul 31, 2009

Swiss National Day

This content was published on Jul 31, 2009

Bike scheme booms despite poor cycle paths

This content was published on Jul 30, 2009 Yet despite the success of the ride-and-go cycle programme, western Switzerland continues to lag behind German-speaking regions and other parts of Europe in developing suitable paths and infrastructure for cyclists. From the end of July, some 45 bicycles will be available at three drop-off points between Vevey and La Tour-de-Peilz as part of the Suisse…

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