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Majority of pension funds run into the red

This content was published on Apr 6, 2009 Close to 57 per cent of funds were unable to meet their obligations at the end of March, authorities said. Of those, two-thirds were capitalised between 90 and 100 per cent. The rest were capitalised below 90 per cent. Some 43 per cent of a total of 1,900 funds nationwide were in sound financial shape.…

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Cantons to adopt common education rules

This content was published on Apr 6, 2009 The HarmoS agreement can become law across the ten cantons after receiving backing from canton Ticino, said Gabriele Gendotti, vice-president of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Directors of Education. It follows a failed referendum attempt there by the youth chapter of the rightwing Swiss People’s Party. Gendotti said on Monday that he believed those cantons…

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Unlocking the potential of the world’s poor

This content was published on Apr 6, 2009 Opprecht is founder and president of a Bern-based non-profit foundation, Business Professional Network (BPN), which is trying to help such enterprises forge a better future by trying to reduce poverty. Founded in the late 1998, BPN started its mission in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan. It has since grown to include projects in the…

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Major transport accord signed for Lake Geneva

This content was published on Apr 6, 2009 They hope the financing of work on a high-speed rail link between Lausanne and Geneva – worth SFr300 million ($263 million) – will speed up efforts to unclog the region’s saturated rail and motorway network. Experts say the move is highly symbolic. The Lake Geneva region is undergoing an unprecedented business boom. Over the past…

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Swiss condemn North Korean rocket launch

This content was published on Apr 5, 2009 Such a move violated United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718, which prohibits North Korea from conducting ballistic missile-related activities of any kind, it said in a statement on Sunday. The government called on “all parties to refrain from any action that could aggravate the situation” and for “dialogue and moderation to be given priority”. North…

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“Europe is no longer centre of US attention”

This content was published on Apr 5, 2009 Alfred Defago, whose latest book “The United States, Barack Obama and the American Dream” is set to be published in German in May, also explains Switzerland’s role in the new world order. In the collection of essays, Defago, professor of international relations at the University of Wisconsin, explains the opportunities for Obama as well as…

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Swiss stay on sidelines as Nato hits 60

This content was published on Apr 4, 2009 Full membership is not on the cards because of the country’s neutrality, Victor Mauer tells swissinfo, but Switzerland can still play a role within Nato’s Partnership for Peace programme. Leaders of the organisation’s 28 member states were meeting in Strasbourg, France, on Friday and Saturday to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the treaty…

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New minister gives mixed review to army reform

This content was published on Apr 3, 2009 Maurer said the leadership structure had to be scaled down, and new checks and balances introduced to achieve a more efficient and cheaper army. He added that he felt well accepted by his colleagues in the seven-member cabinet where he would continue to represent the interests of his rightwing Swiss People’s Party. Maurer said differences…

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Switzerland dealt poor cards at G20 summit

This content was published on Apr 3, 2009 Commentaries in Friday’s papers devoted as much space to dissecting the promises made by government leaders at the summit in London, as they did to attacks on so-called tax havens like Switzerland. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) was the most negative regarding the promises made in the final communiqué. It said there were few “confidence-building”…

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Files emerge in nuclear spy case

This content was published on Apr 2, 2009 The justice ministry said it was notified that copies of shredded documents still existed at the Federal Prosecutor’s Office. The documents relate to Swiss engineers suspected of involvement in a trafficking ring operated by Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan’s nuclear programme. The Swiss authorities are awaiting recommendations by the International Atomic Energy Agency…

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