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Calmy-Rey calls on Swiss abroad to vote
Geneva :: Switzerland | about 5 hours ago
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August 1 – Calmy-Rey said it was no exaggeration to say the country had largely achieved the dream of a life of freedom, peace and justice. "But rights and values are not guaranteed for eternity. The 'spirit of the Rütli' must be defended and developed,"...
Tags: Micheline Calmy-Rey, Switzerland, Rütli, Swiss, past masters, canton Uri, rütli meadow, foreign minister, Geneva, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, Uri, University of Geneva, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Rￃﾼtli
Woods Pulled From Advertisements
Tag Heuer,Swiss Watchmaker is pulling placards of Woods from all Australian jewelry stores. Tag Heuer's general manager,said Woods' endorsement deal with the company is still intact. Woods endorses the company's "Link" watch and helped design the "Professional...
Tags: Tiger Woods, pulled, advertisements, Swiss, watchmaker, Australian, jewelry, intact, endorses, stores, Gatorade, drink, commercial, Watch, TAG Heuer, Nike, Inc.
Europe defies its Enlightenment values
Geneva :: Switzerland | about 13 hours ago
Credibility With almost 58 percent of Swiss voters recently delivering an electoral surprise by casting ballots in a referendum that banned construction of minarets in their country, it remains to be seen whether the result of that decision will be good for Switzerland,...
Tags: Europe, Switzerland, Muslim, individuals rights, Swiss, Geneva
Switzerland urged to annul minaret vote
Geneva :: Switzerland | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Envoys from the 56-nation member states made the demand to the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Dante Martinelli, the domestic ATS news agency said, quoting Pakistani ambassador Zamir Akram. "There is a danger that this will lead to similar...
Tags: Switzerland, Swiss, Geneva
Today's news rooted in records from recent past
Bern :: Switzerland | 1 day ago
Credibility The latest volume in a series of foreign policy files from the time has been published, and the contents should be of interest to a wider public, argue the editors. "The topics of the early 1960s are issues that still make today's headlines," says Hans-Ulrich...
Tags: Hans-Ulrich Jost, Switzerland, Swiss, diplomatic documents, Bern, Swissinfo, Western Europe, Central Europe
Christoph Meili returns – as hero or villain?
Zurich :: Switzerland | 1 day ago
Credibility Meili has returned home from voluntary "exile" in the United States, saying he felt let down by the US. The incident with the shredder happened in early 1997 at the height of investigations into Switzerland's behaviour during the Second World War and...
Tags: Christoph Meili Meili, US Meili, Mr Meili, Swiss, Switzerland, jewish organisation, world war, Martin Furrer, newspaper reader, Nazi, Zurich, Security guards, Banking in Switzerland, Christoph Meili, Privacy, UBS AG, Basler Zeitung, Meili
Saif to act if evidence concealed
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 1 day ago
Credibility Former Senator Saifur Rehman has vowed that if the government authorities failed in producing whole evidence or deliberately withheld the proof about the corruptions of Asif Ali Zardari and his accomplices in the court, he would provide all the relevant...
Tags: Saifur Rehman, Swiss, Pakistan, Islamabad, Zardari family, Banking in Switzerland, Sindhi people, Pakistan Peoples Party, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politicians, Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto family, Law Crime
Rightwing plans "violate human rights"
Bern :: Switzerland | 1 day ago
Credibility Opponents have already begun to fight the proposed measures, even though the government has not yet said when the two initiatives will be put to nationwide votes. The cabinet has said it supports neither initiative, arguing that if accepted by the electorate,...
Tags: Amnesty Switzerland, The Swiss People's Party, Daniel Bolomey, Islamophobia, Marc Spescha, Hans-Ulrich Jost Basic, told swissinfo, Switzerland, Bern, Swiss People's Party, Elections, Swissinfo, Freedom of religion, Direct democracy, Minaret, Religion Belief, Swiss
President sees expatriates as "ambassadors"
Heide :: Germany | 1 day ago
Credibility Addressing the contingent of about 670,000 expatriates for Switzerland's National Day on August 1, Couchepin said they brought know-how and knowledge to their new home countries. "Switzerland needs friends to make its presence felt around the world and...
Tags: Pascal Couchepin, European Union, Switzerland, Germany, Heide, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swissinfo, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Swiss, Rￃﾼtli, Members of the Swiss Federal Council
Experts say integrate don't expel offenders
Locarno :: Switzerland | 1 day ago
Credibility But experts question whether this "kneejerk" reaction, which has growing political support in Switzerland, can really prevent crime. Instead they call for better integration of young foreigners and their parents, especially in urban areas. A survey published...
Tags: Swiss People's Party, Switzerland, young criminals, foreigners criminals, Allan Guggenbühl, Locarno, young foreigners, Allen Guggenbühl Mirror, Swiss nationality law, Swissinfo, Social Issues, Law Crime, Swiss
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