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«Current Concerns», n°8, April 2, 2019

Zurich (Switzerland) | 18 April 2019

Direct democracy is no computer game. Launch of the federal popular initiative
“For a secure and trustworthy democracy (e-voting moratorium)”, by Marianne Wüthrich / On such an important question, the people must have the last word
A conversation with Franz Grüter / Arguments against e-voting (…)

«Current Concerns», n°4, February 21, 2019

The project of a Swiss-EU agreement

Zurich (Switzerland) | 21 February 2019

Institutional framework agreement as an instrument of European state-building. Prominent Swiss figures on the framework agreement, by Marianne Wüthrich / The planned attack on the “Caribbean Basin”, by Thierry Meyssan / War is getting more likely – who will counteract this development?, by Karl (…)

«Current Concerns», n°22, October 9, 2018

Switzerland, a humanitarian spirit

Zurich (Switzerland) | 9 October 2018

“It is possible!”. On the life’s work of Beat Richner, by Erika Vögeli / Pyongyang Joint Declaration / First and foremost the EU benefits corporations – not the citizens. In the field of trade policy, Austria should rejoin EFTA, Interview with Inge Rauscher / Just how mad have German politics (…)

Remarks by Alain Berset to the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly

by Alain Berset

New York (USA) | 25 September 2018

Madam President of the General Assembly, Mr Secretary-General of the United Nations, Heads of State and government, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen
"There are no winners in a zero-sum game"
lt is a great privilege for me to stand before you today in New York. If we are gathered here, it (…)

«Current Concerns», n°10, May 17th, 2018

Which relations between Switzerland and the EU?

Zurich (Switzerland) | 22 May 2018

Straighten up EU-Switzerland relations. “Switzerland does not need a framework agreement with the European Union”; by Felix W. Zulauf / “Federal Council hampers small hydro power plants development”, by Marianne Wüthrich / Swiss agricultural policy – what next? / How Switzerland saved itself. (…)

«Current Concerns», n°27, November 14th, 2017

Inconsistencies in the Swiss Federal Council’s policy

Zurich (Switzerland) | 3 January 2018

Direct democracy is based on honesty, mutual respect and mutual trust. Inconsistencies in the Federal Council’s policy, by Marianne Wüthrich / Opening up of the agricultural market instead of protecting domestic production / Performance and political stability thanks to our federalism, by (…)

Current Concerns, n°10-11, May 25th, 2016

No to the halving of the Swiss Army

Zurich (Switzerland) | 7 June 2016

If I had been supernumerary – I wouldn’t be here today ... No to a barrier-free reproductive medicine, by Sylvia Flückiger / 10 reasons for a No to the Reproductive Medicine Act, RMA / CRISPR Cas 9 – “We are far from understanding the ‘concert of genes’ in the human genome”. A Moratorium to (…)

Current Concerns, n°9, 4 May 2016

The public service in Switzerland

Zurich (Switzerland) | 9 May 2016

Which direction should the public service in Switzerland take? Reflections on the popular initiative “Pro Public Service”, by Marianne Wüthrich / It needs a Hayek of hydropower, by Ernst Pauli / The initiative can be implemented in a way that
meaningful investment will be promoted, Interview (…)

Remarks by Ueli Maurer at the 68th UN General Assembly

by Ueli Maurer

New York (USA) | 25 September 2013

Mr Deputy Secretary-General Mr President, Mr Foreign Minister, Ms Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you here today to this side-event on "Addressing the challenges to enhance the protection of civilians in armed (…)

Will there soon be a referendum on freedom of expression in Switzerland?

by Matthias Erne

Zurich (Switzerland) | 23 May 2013

Zurichois lawyer Matthias Erne responds to the controversy that swirled around the views expressed by a celebrated military journalist, Peter Forster. The latter openly took issue with the Federal Council’s questioning of Swiss neutrality. Can a journalist working for the state express a (…)

Claude Covassi won’t be releasing his investigation on the PJAK and the KLA

13 February 2013

Claude Covassi, founder of Mécanopolis, died at the age of 42.
A Swiss domestic intelligence officer (Service for Analysis and Prevention), he had been tasked to infiltrate the Muslim Brotherhood (Operation Memphis). Thereafter, his superiors reportedly ordered him to organize a bomb attack (…)

Statement by Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf at 67th UN General Assembly

by Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

New York (USA) | 25 September 2012

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, 10 years of Switzerland in the UN
It was exactly ten years ago that Switzerland joined the UN as the one hundred and ninetieth member state. And it was the first (…)

Switzerland ‘disappoints’ US on Iran

10 June 2012

Switzerland’s refusal to yield to pressure from the United States in adopting the US-engineered European Union (EU) sanctions against Iran has “disappointed” Washington, the US envoy to Bern says.
Under the United States’ sway, EU foreign ministers agreed to ban oil imports from Iran on (…)

Statement by Micheline Calmy-Rey at the 66th UN General Assembly

by Micheline Calmy-Rey

New York (USA) | 21 September 2011

Micheline Calmy-Rey ©UN Photo/Marco Castro
Mr. President of the General Assembly, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
What development policies should be shaped so that all can benefit?
The Gross Domestic Product (…)

Europe in no hurry to hunt for Hamas assassins

1 March 2010

A killer — or killers — may be on the loose in Europe after a Hamas leader was slain last month in Dubai.
European nations, however, seem to be in no rush to find him, her or them.
The spotlight is falling on those countries where police say the alleged assassins’ trails begin and end: (…)

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