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Air force may need to train in foreign airspace

This content was published on Oct 13, 2008 At a roundtable meeting with canton officials from Lucerne, Bern, Vaud and Valais – areas with military airstrips – Defence Minister Samuel Schmid discussed ways to allow the air force the 22,000 take-offs and landings it needs to do each year. Residents and local officials near the airfields have long complained about the noise the…

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IMF produces sharp words but vague measures

This content was published on Oct 12, 2008 Swiss Economics Minister Doris Leuthard and head of the Swiss National Bank Jean-Pierre Roth who were in Washington this weekend to attend a meeting of the policy-guiding body of the International Monetary Fund, both came out in favour of the plan. The meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee precedes the annual meeting of…

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New twist in Libyan-Swiss saga

This content was published on Oct 12, 2008 The Libyan authorities have denied reports to this effect which have appeared this week, ambassador Daniel von Muralt told the Swiss news agency. News of the halting of oil supplies came late on Wednesday. The head of the Libyan Tamoil company was quoted in the media as saying that the decision had come from the…

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Libyan airline cuts flights to Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 11, 2008 The Friday and Sunday flights of Afriqiyah Airways between Tripoli and Geneva have been cancelled with immediate effect, leaving only one connection a week, on Tuesdays. However, the spokesman said it was not certain whether Tuesday’s flight would take place either. The French language newspaper Liberté reported on Saturday, quoting a source close to the…

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Minister says Swiss economy needs foreign labour

This content was published on Oct 10, 2008 In an interview with swissinfo, she stresses how important the foreign workforce is and speaks about the government’s asylum policy. Widmer-Schlumpf who is also acting finance minister, delivered Thursday’s opening address to a two-day meeting in Lucerne on the theme of Diversity and Integration. swissinfo: As you mentioned in your speech to the conference in…

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Libya poll

This content was published on Oct 10, 2008

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Swiss vow to fight terror, help disarmament

This content was published on Oct 10, 2008 They said the country would ratify the latest four protocols to battle terrorism on October 15. But Switzerland believes there is an urgent need to draw up an international convention to define the concept clearly in international law. With an international disarmament conference in Oslo two months away, the Swiss also confirmed their intention to…

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Libya increases pressure on Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 10, 2008 According to the Libyan state news agency, Jana, the foreign ministry there said the move was retaliation for “abuse of Libyan diplomats and business people by the Geneva police”. Diplomatic tensions between the two countries started in July following the arrest in Geneva of one of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi’s sons. Media reports quoted Issam…

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Libya takes more action against Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 10, 2008 According to the Libyan state news agency Jana, the sum concerned amounts to around SFr8 billion ($7.1 billion). It is the latest episode in diplomatic tensions between the two countries. The Swiss foreign ministry said on Thursday evening that it had not yet received any official information from Libya on the situation. Media reports quoted…

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Libya to stop oil supplies

This content was published on Oct 10, 2008 Issam Zanati, director of the Libyan Tamoil company, told the French news agency AFP that the decision to halt the oil supplies had come from Libya, not the company. He was unable to give any reason, or to say for how long deliveries would be suspended. Farhat Qadara, head of Libya’s central bank, told The…

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