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Briton to represent Switzerland on Libya panel

This content was published on Aug 30, 2009 A foreign ministry statement on Saturday said Elizabeth Wilmshurst would be the country’s arbitrator on the panel, which will be located in London. The nomination is a condition of the Swiss-Libyan accord signed on August 20 by Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz, who has come under fire for apologising to the Libyan authorities for the “unjustified…

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French receive account details of tax suspects

This content was published on Aug 30, 2009 The news comes after Switzerland and France signed a revised double taxation agreement on Thursday, making it easier for the two countries to exchange banks’ customer information. However, the Swiss finance ministry has said that the handing over details was not linked to the accord. “This agreement is not yet in force and has to…

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Radicals want Pelli to remain party president

This content was published on Aug 28, 2009 There has been widespread speculation that Pelli would be put forward as a candidate to replace the outgoing interior minister, Pascal Couchepin. However, the Radical Party’s parlaimentary group said on Friday evening that it would be putting forward a double ticket of Neuchâtel senator Didier Burkhalter and Geneva parliamentarian Christian Lüscher. Pelli had earlier said…

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This content was published on Aug 28, 2009

Bern implementing accord with Libya

This content was published on Aug 28, 2009 The accord, aimed at helping two Swiss hostages return home, was signed by Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz and Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi, the Libyan prime minster. Switzerland said it is carrying out the commitments it made in the accord to create the “best possible conditions” for the quick return of two businessmen who have not been…

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Government jet returns without hostages

This content was published on Aug 28, 2009 A statement from the finance ministry said that the two businessmen are still in the Libyan capital and preparations for their return were continuing. The men have passports and exit visas but are awaiting final clearance from the Libyan justice authorities. The two, who are at the Swiss embassy in Tripoli, were detained after the…

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Cabinet agrees on need for new remit

This content was published on Aug 27, 2009 The justice ministry and Federal Chancellery were asked on Wednesday to develop proposals by next spring to update and expand on the cabinet’s current remit. The cabinet is the only government body to have remained essentially unchanged since the creation of the Swiss federalist state in 1848. Possible changes include extending the length of the…

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Swiss hostages to leave Libya

This content was published on Aug 26, 2009 Authorities said on Wednesday that the men still needed the permission of Libya’s judicial authorities before they can leave. They confirmed a Swiss government jet had landed in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, on Tuesday. Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz received a written note from the Libyan prime minister, Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi, on Wednesday assuring him it was…

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Federal Court to decide on fate of Haiti funds

This content was published on Aug 25, 2009 The family of Jean-Claude Duvalier – nicknamed Baby Doc – appealed on Tuesday against the decision taken two weeks ago by the Federal Penal Court to unfreeze deposits worth SFr7,000,000 ($6.6 million) and give them to the authorities in Haiti. The case will now be heard by the Federal Court in Lausanne. The family argues…

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Scots and Swiss deal with separate Libyan crises

This content was published on Aug 25, 2009 Last Thursday – the day Merz announced he had ended a year-long feud with Tripoli by apologising for the arrest of the Libyan ruler’s son in Geneva last year – the Scottish government released a Libyan national, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, from prison. Megrahi, convicted of the 1988 Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie in Scotland, received a…

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