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ABB appeals for end to Libyan crisis

This content was published on Oct 23, 2009 CEO Joe Hogan said on the company’s website that “ABB is very disturbed that it has not heard from [Max] Göldi or received any sign of life for five weeks”. The statement comes a day after a 60-day deadline for normalising relations between Switzerland and Libya ran out with no word on the fate of…

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Government stands by fighter jet plans

This content was published on Oct 22, 2009 At a meeting on Wednesday it decided to stick with its previously agreed timescale for replacing its ageing Tiger jet fleet. Defence Minister Ueli Maurer had suggested last week that the project be dropped and the money instead spent on infrastructure and equipment. An evaluation of three types of jet by different aircraft manufacturers –…

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Cabinet “disappointed” by Libya’s conduct

This content was published on Oct 22, 2009 On Wednesday a 60-day deadline for normalising relations ran out with no word on the fate of two Swiss businessmen detained in Libya for over a year. At a news conference on Thursday, cabinet members declined to say what measures would be taken towards Libya. “Switzerland sticks to its agreements and promises to all states,…

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Fighter jets purchase runs out of steam

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 According to Hans-Ulrich Ernst, a former top defence ministry official, the clamour for more jets is about the Swiss air force serving its own interests rather than being based on any realistic requirements for national security. It’s a rerun of the controversy of 1993 when the pacifist organisation Group for Switzerland without an Army (GSoA)…

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A group of Japanese women learns about Swiss farming

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009

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Army officer found guilty in rafting deaths

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 The 30-year-old man, who cannot be identified under Swiss privacy laws, was given an 18-month suspended sentence and a SFr100 ($98) fine. He was discharged from the army in the military tribunal ruling in Thun on Wednesday. The soldiers lost their lives when two rubber boats capsized on the River Kander in the Bernese Oberland…

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Guidelines for new passports set

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 Requests for the new passports, which will have two digital fingerprints and a photo of the holder embedded in a microchip, can be filed after February 24. The procedure has changed somewhat for obtaining the new version. A citizen must go in person to the authorities, typically at the municipal level, to submit his or…

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Libya deadline runs out

This content was published on Oct 20, 2009 Experts say Switzerland needs to carefully analyse its next steps in the Libya dispute, which arose after Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi’s son was arrested in Geneva last year. A Swiss delegation, led by a high-ranking foreign ministry official, arrived back from Tripoli on Monday evening. It was not accompanied by the two Swiss businessmen, who…

Couchepin takes parting shot at hospitals

This content was published on Oct 20, 2009 In an interview published ten days before his retirement at the end of October, Couchepin said there were too many hospitals in the country. “But to close them calls for courage. All the politicians who have attempted to cut hospitals have not been re-elected,” he told Bilan magazine, adding that the issue was complicated by…

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Kander river rafting trial begins

This content was published on Oct 20, 2009 Five soldiers lost their lives when two rubber boats capsized on the river in the Bernese Oberland on June 12, 2008. The commanding officer and four others survived. One victim’s body has never been found. The military investigation into the fatal rafting accident found that the trip was poorly planned and that the troops involved,…

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