Update 11:50 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The maximum number of days an unemployed person can receive state help could be reduced from 400 to 260 days for under-55s, while childless under-25s might see their entitlement reduced to 130 days of benefits, and job-seekers under 30 would be obliged to accept jobs for which they may [...]
Free trade agreement with Colombia under pressure
May 25, 2009 by
Geneva, Switzerland (Le Temps, Fre) -Switzerland’s lower house of parliament, the National Council, is debating the free trade agreement with Colombia today 25 May. The government has signed it but needs to ratify the treaty. Citing “serious and systematic” human rights violations in Colombia, 33 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), led by Alliance Sud , the Berne [...]
