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Armenia thanks Swiss for deal with Turkey

This content was published on Nov 11, 2009 During a visit to Bern on Tuesday, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian said he hoped his country’s parliament would soon ratify the agreement normalising relations with Ankara. The accord was signed in Zurich last month. It calls for the opening of borders between the former foes, and for the establishment of diplomatic ties. Nalbandian, speaking…

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Swiss left unimpressed by swine flu policy

This content was published on Nov 11, 2009 A doctor in Bern told swissinfo.ch that the Federal Health Office’s policy was “catastrophic”, and at a drop-in centre for children not one parent could be found who intended to vaccinate either themselves or their children. “Definitely not,” one mother replied. “For me the side effects of the vaccination haven’t been scrutinised and I’ve heard…

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Swiss hostages case swings in Libya’s favour

This content was published on Nov 10, 2009 Hasni Abidi, director of the Study and Research Center for the Arab and Mediterranean World, says the return of two Swiss hostages to the Swiss embassy in Tripoli on Monday shows that Libya knows how to use the media. “Libya releases Swiss businessmen,” wrote the BBC. French newspapers Libération and Figaro also described the men…

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Hostages in Libya returned to Swiss embassy

This content was published on Nov 9, 2009 The Swiss citizens “are as well as can be expected under the circumstances”, the ministry said in a statement. The men were returned to the embassy without an explanation. It is unclear whether they will now be allowed to leave the country. Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey welcomed their re-emergence, and said she had spoken by…

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Veto on truck tax throws spanner into EU deal

This content was published on Nov 9, 2009 The levy is part of a compromise agreement with the European Union which allowed 40-tonne lorries on Swiss roads. Some worry the country’s policy of moving transalpine freight traffic from road to rail could be jeopardized by the ruling. The Federal Administrative Court upheld a complaint by the Swiss Road Hauliers’ Association against the government’s…

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Swiss inquiry into Cern terror suspect underway

This content was published on Nov 8, 2009 The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland opened its investigation at the end of October, according to a spokesman who confirmed a Sunday newspaper report. The 32-year-old suspect was a researcher connected to but not employed by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern). He also worked at the Federal Institute of Technology in…

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Secret service chief calls for more Swiss spies

This content was published on Nov 8, 2009 In an interview published in the newspapers SonntagsZeitung and Le Matin Dimanche, Seiler revealed that the intelligence services also plan a greater presence in Swiss embassies. “As an open country with an open economy and many international organisations, Switzerland is a stomping ground for secret services,” Seiler said, adding that the growing number of spying…

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Balkan businesses may hold key to stable future

This content was published on Nov 6, 2009 The financial crisis has created a “high noon” scenario for Albania and the former Yugoslavia. Whether they prosper or crumble depends largely on how well the region’s economic potential is developed, experts say. Those were key topics at a forum in Bern earlier this week, when Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey joined business owners, bankers,…

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Swiss suspend treaty with Libya

This content was published on Nov 4, 2009 Libya’s “systematic refusal” to cooperate with Switzerland in the case of two Swiss businessmen who have been prevented from leaving the country for more than a year prompted the decision, a government statement said. The government said that the two men had been “abducted in violation of international law”, and it is not known where…

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New interior minister joins cabinet

This content was published on Nov 4, 2009 Burkhalter’s portfolios include health, social security, culture as well as science and research. The 49-year-old former senator, who was elected by parliament in September, will also act as deputy economics minister, according to a statement by the Federal Chancellery. As widely expected all the other cabinet members remained in the current posts. Burkhalter is one…

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