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E-voting starts for Swiss abroad

This content was published on Sep 4, 2009 Under a scheme adopted in canton Geneva around 15,600 Swiss abroad are eligible to vote online from Friday for the first time on the two issues of disability insurance and public education. The e-vote ends on September 26. A questionnaire will be sent to users after the vote to find out how the option is…

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Gaddafi’s Libya

This content was published on Sep 4, 2009 On September 1, 1969, a small group of military officers led by then 27-year-old army officer Moammar Gaddafi overthrew Libya’s King Idris’ government. The revolutionary officers abolished the monarchy, and proclaimed the new republic. Gaddafi is to this day, referred to as the “Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution” in government statements and the…

Swiss still attached to consensus politics

This content was published on Sep 3, 2009 A survey conducted by a leading research institute also found a majority in favour of extending the role of Swiss president but rejecting plans to choose cabinet ministers in a nationwide election rather than by parliament. Four out of five respondents approved the idea of cross-party cooperation, while clear majorities also came out in favour…

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Poll shows demand for cuts in health costs

This content was published on Sep 3, 2009 The most popular ideas were to limit the number of prescriptions and the number of expensive treatments used by top-end medicine, as well as to cut the price of medicines and reduce the number of pharmacies. But people are not in favour of paying a fee when they go to see their doctor, according to…

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OECD praises Swiss tax efforts

This content was published on Sep 3, 2009 A meeting of the OECD in Mexico took note of the progress made by Switzerland to meet standards for cooperation on tax matters, namely that it had initialled 14 double taxation agreements and signed four of them. The agreements all conform to Article 26 of the OECD’s Model Tax Convention, which creates an obligation for…

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Libyan anti-Swiss motion rejected

This content was published on Sep 3, 2009 Farhan Haq told the Swiss News Agency that Libya had submitted the proposal for discussion by the General Assembly. It was thrown out by the committee responsible for setting the assembly’s agenda, since it contradicted the principles of the UN charter. According to the charter, no member country can threaten the existence or sovereignty of…

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United cabinet urges Libya to comply with accord

This content was published on Sep 2, 2009 President Hans-Rudolf Merz and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey on Wednesday repeated Switzerland’s commitment to complying with the terms of the deal aimed at normalising relations soured by the arrest of Hannibal Gaddafi in Geneva last year. “The government is willing to restore the once-good relations with Libya,” Merz and Calmy-Rey said in a statement read…

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Swiss frustrated over nuclear talks blockage

This content was published on Sep 2, 2009 In an interview with swissinfo.ch, Jürg Streuli, Switzerland’s representative at the Conference on Disarmament, said hopes had been high that serious negotiations could have begun this year to end the production of fissile material for bombs. Arms negotiators failed to clear the way on Monday for the start of talks as Pakistan, which tested a…

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Tough arbitrator picked for Libya tribunal

This content was published on Sep 1, 2009 Elizabeth Wilmshurst came to public notice in 2003 when she stepped down from the British Foreign Office in disagreement over the legality of the Iraq war. Two years later the details of her resignation were made public under the Freedom of Information Act and reignited controversies over the war. Wilmshurst, now an international law specialist…

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Libya reportedly demands money for freedom

This content was published on Sep 1, 2009 Media reports say that Libya is now demanding that 500,000 Libyan dinars (SFr423,000) be paid by each man before they are allowed to return to Switzerland. It is not clear whether the money is supposed to be a fine or bail. The businessmen were detained in July 2008 in the aftermath of the arrest of…

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