Новости за 13.07.2018

Emergency hospital admissions of young people for psychiatric problems are on the increase in Switzerland, according to a report by national broadcaster SRF.  Problems include anxiety disorders, eating disorders, depression and suicidal thoughts, but especially attempted suicides.  Figures from the University Psychiatric Hospital in Zurich, for example, show the number of emergency cases involving children and adolescents rising steadily from 46 in 2007 to nearly 650 in 2017.  The hospital’s chief... Читать дальше...

This year’s Montreux Jazz festival was a big success, says festival director Mathieu Jaton, as the two-week event draws to an end.  “The weather was wonderful, and the House of Jazz – the novelty of 2018 – was a success, with some memorable concerts,” he said in an interview on Friday with the Swiss news agency.  Among the outstanding performances, he cited especially Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, saying that concert on Thursday was among his “Montreux top 10”.  The number of visitors to this 52nd edition was 240,000... Читать дальше...

The seven Swiss-Turkish dual nationals currently being held in Turkey will be freed on July 18, Turkish ambassador to Switzerland Ilhan Saygili announced on Friday.  This comes as a state of emergency imposed after an attempted coup two years ago is due to be lifted. The coup attempt on the night of July 15-16, 2016 has been attributed to Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish preacher now living in the United States.  +Read more about the detained dual nationals  Ambassador Saygili told a press conference... Читать дальше...

Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has criticised European plans for migrant processing centres in North Africa. Attending a meeting of European Union interior ministers in Austria on Thursday, Sommaruga said there were “more questions than answers”. According to senior EU officials, no single country in North Africa is willing set up so called ‘disembarkation platforms’ to stop illegal immigrants, she said. “Even if it were to happen one day it’s clear to everybody that this won’t solve the problems,” she told reporters. Читать дальше...

Communications Minister Doris Leuthard has been invited to join the new United Nations High-Level Panel on digital cooperation issues. Its job is to draw up proposals for improving global governance of digitalisation. UN Secretary-General António Guterres decided to appoint an independent panel on digital co-operation, made up of 22 international leaders from government, the private sector, academic and civil society, Leuthard’s ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “Through the participation... Читать дальше...

Senior justice ministry officials from Switzerland and Angola have discussed closer cooperation in a major international case of suspected corruption. The Swiss authorities have blocked around $150 million (CHF150 million) in assets held by the Angolan National Bank and the Angolan sovereign wealth fund amid ongoing criminal proceedings involving an Angolan-Swiss businessman, Jean-Claude Bastos. In talks with Angola’s attorney-general, Hélder Fernando Pitta Groz on Thursday, Swiss counterpart Michael... Читать дальше...

The number of drones seen by pilots or air traffic control in airspace rose sharply last year, officials say. The news comes shortly after a near miss between a drone and plane over Bern. There were 85 reports of drones high in the skies in 2017, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) said. That’s almost double the number for 2016 (48). Concerns have been raised over drones in airspace after a private drone and a business jet bound for Turkey came dangerously close to each other over the Swiss capital in late June. Читать дальше...

Christoph Blocher’s hilltop home above Lake Zurich is the best known private residence in Switzerland. The modern, cream-coloured mansion, with manicured lawns and a glimmering 21-metre outdoor pool, features in campaign videos for his ultra-conservative Swiss People’s Party (SVP), the most popular political movement in the country. Blocher is shown cutting the grass with scissors and belly-flopping into the pool. The comic clips, viewed more than 1m times on YouTube, attempt to soften the image... Читать дальше...

A Somali woman from canton Neuchâtel has been sentenced to eight months’ prison over the genital mutilation of her two daughters, in the first Swiss case of its kind after a law change. The girls were six and a half and seven when the procedure was carried out between 2013-2015 in Somalia and Ethiopia. The mother, who now lives in Neuchâtel in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, did not deny the charges. She was reported to the authorities by her estranged husband, who is also from Somalia. Читать дальше...