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- Swiss growth could fall below 1 pct in'09-minister
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Swiss economic growth may slow to 1 percent or even lower next year, Economy Minister Doris Leuthard said on Saturday, adding she could not rule out a technical recession of two quarters of economic contraction. On Oct. 2,
- Libya to cut Swiss economic ties
tripoli ? Libya will withdraw $7bn of assets in Swiss banks, cut economic ties with Switzerland and stop supplying it with oil to protest against poor treatment of Libyan diplomats and businessmen, Libyan news agency JANA said. The decision follows a
- Top Swiss parliament leader to visit China
BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Andre Bugnon, president of the National Council of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland will pay a visit to China from Oct.13 to 17, at the invitation of Wu Bangguo, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC)
- Switzerland restore pride with win over Latvia
ST GALLEN, Switzerland, Oct 11 (Reuters) Switzerland bounced back from last month's humiliating defeat by Luxembourg with a 2-1 win over Latvia in World Cup Group Two qualifying today. Ottmar Hitzfeld's team dominated the first half but had to wait
- ?Libya to withdraw Swiss assets?
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- Libeskind's Westside Shoppingcenter opens in Switzerland
The Westside shopping center in Brünnen, a part of the city of Berne (the capital of Switzerland) , opened it's gates this weekend. The project was started 2000, when Daniel Libeskind won an international competition to design the shopping center.
- Libya cuts oil sales to Switzerland
Libya will halt oil deliveries to Switzerland and withdraw its funds from Swiss banks in protest at the detention in Geneva in July of a son of leader Muammar Qaddafi, the official news agency announced. Libya has decided to stop crude oil shipments to
- Seco: Switzerland doesn't need emergency measures-paper
ZURICH, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Switzerland does not currently need to take any emergency measures to deal with the financial crisis, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) Director Jean-Daniel Gerber was quoted as saying. The Seco was following
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Switzerland's independence and neutrality have long been honored by the major European powers and Switzerland was not involved in either of the two World Wars. The political and economic integration of Europe over the past half century, as well as Switzerland's role in many UN and international organizations, may be rendering obsolete the country's concern for neutrality.
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