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US backs Sofias energy switch
Sofia :: Bulgaria | 1 day ago
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The United States encouraged Bulgaria�s new government yesterday to press ahead with a review of major Russian-backed energy projects agreed by the previous Socialist-led cabinet. The center-right cabinet, which won July elections, has been examining...
Tags: Bulgaria, South Stream, Sofia, Russian, European Union, Central Europe, Gazprom, Energy in Bulgaria, Energy in Romania, Nabucco pipeline, Energy in Russia, Eni
Switzerland halves non-EU work permits (AFP)
Geneva :: Switzerland | 1 day ago
Credibility Switzerland announced Friday it would halve from next year its quotas of permits for workers from outside Europe, with unemployment and immigration at high levels. The Swiss government also announced a drop in immigration from EU countries and so held...
Tags: Switzerland, European Union, Geneva, Work permit, Immigration, Unemployment, Central Europe, Doris Leuthard, Labor
The minaret ban hits the Swiss headlines
Lausanne :: Switzerland | 3 days ago
Credibility In Switzerland, there seems to be a general concern in the media that the vote (57.5 per cent in favour of the ban) could lead to reprisals from Muslims. The Fribourg newspaper La Liberté says Switzerland might have to pay for a "democratic luxury". "At...
Tags: Switzerland, Swiss Christian, Muslims, Lausanne, Neue Zￃﾼrcher Zeitung, Freedom of religion, Zￃﾼrich, Central Europe, Blick, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Minaret, Religion Belief
"Unsustainable" cities need radical rethink
Singapore :: Singapore | 3 days ago
Credibility Singapore in an effort to produce a template for the modern sustainable city. Gerhard Schmitt. "Cities provide living space for more than half of the world's population, and this rate is set to rise. They produce half of the economic output but also half...
Tags: ETHZ, Gerhard Schmitt, city laboratory, Singapore, future city, Zurich, Environment, Urban planning, Central Europe, Green building, Sustainable city, Switzerland, Sustainability, City
E-voting makes slow but sure progress
Geneva :: Switzerland | 3 days ago
Credibility Ever since canton Basel City decided to opt for online voting, momentum has been growing to enable the Swiss abroad to have their say electronically. Sixteen cantons want to make e-voting possible, but the path to implementation is complex and time-consuming...
Tags: Basel City, Genevan, Hans-Urs Wili, Zurich, Switzerland, Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Canton of Neuchￃﾢtel, Canton of Bern, Western Europe, Voting in Switzerland, Electronic voting, Central Europe
The minaret initiative is "a proxy war"
Zurich :: Switzerland | 3 days ago
Credibility The government strongly opposes the initiative, and has launched its own campaign against it. The proposal, backed by the rightwing Swiss People's Party, is also opposed by all the other main parties. Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf tells swissinfo.ch...
Tags: minaret ban, Switzerland, justice minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, Zurich, Religion Belief, Politics, Minaret, Swiss People's Party, Islamic architecture, Arabic architecture, Mosque, Swissinfo, Freedom of religion, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Members of the Swiss Federal Council, Referendum, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Ulrich Schlￃﾼer, Minaret controversy in Switzerland, Elections, Initiative, Geert Wilders, SRG SSR, Party for Freedom, Republican People's Party, Human rights, Islamophobia, Central Europe, Freedom of expression, Direct democracy
Recruitment policies come under spotlight
Geneva :: Switzerland | 3 days ago
Credibility peter , United States Switzlerland is a victim of its own success. With labor and tax laws that are far better for innovation and job creation than most in the EU, it is logical that the best and brightest are attracted to CH.
Tags: Switzerland, Geneva, Foreign worker, Unemployment, Central Europe, Labor economics, Labor, Human migration, Swiss
Switzerland: Hatred beneath the harmony
Zurich :: Switzerland | 6 days ago
Credibility They have grown rich through trade and banking the world's money. They give shelter to wealthy migrants seeking to escape taxes at home. Their country even houses the offices of many international organisations, including large parts of the UN. But yesterday...
Tags: minaret, minarets, europe, Switzerland, Zurich, Politics, Swiss People's Party, Religion Belief, Mark Steyn, Personae non gratae, Islam in the Netherlands, Danish People's Party, Geert Wilders, Western Europe, Social Issues, Mosque, Jyllands-Posten, Criticism of Islam, Islam in Europe, Party for Freedom, Swiss, Islam in Switzerland, Central Europe, Freedom of expression, Tariq Ramadan, Minaret controversy in Switzerland
RI-Switzerland to form joint economic commission
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 10 days ago
Credibility Indonesia and Switzerland are to establish a joint commission to enhance their bilateral relations in the economic and trade sectors, an official said. "The joint commission will be a forum for regular consultations between the two sides in order to support...
Tags: Indonesian, joint commission, Switzerland, Swiss Foreign Ministry, Indonesia, Jakarta, Western Europe, Central Europe, Moldova￢ﾀﾓSwitzerland relations
"Unsustainable" cities need radical rethink
Singapore :: Singapore | 13 days ago
Credibility Singapore in an effort to produce a template for the modern sustainable city. Gerhard Schmitt. "Cities provide living space for more than half of the world's population, and this rate is set to rise. They produce half of the economic output but also half...
Tags: Gerhard Schmitt, Singapore, ETHZ, Zurich, Urban planning, Sustainable city, City, Pollution, Urban studies and planning, Central Europe, Switzerland, Environment
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