Swiss reputation for tolerance under threat
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Switzerland's reputation as a haven of tolerance for immigrants has been undermined in recent weeks by calls for a ban on new minarets, a mysterious synagogue blaze and neo-Nazi threats to disrupt national day celebrations.
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Switzerland's biggest political party has come under fire for racist and xenophobic campaigning after its posters featured black sheep and its proposals to deport immigrants were likened by anti-racism campaigners to Nazi practices.
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ATHENS, Greece -- If international gymnastics is a brick house, the mortar holding it together is a conglomerate of finger-pointing, dubious judging, scandal, complaining and bald-faced weeping.
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Switzerland on Wednesday followed Italy and Germany in raising the threat of criminal prosecution of CIA operatives involved in anti-terrorism operations in Europe.
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Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss theologian of Egyptian descent, has been chased by allegations that his public face of moderation conceals an extremist core.
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While Muslims see a Â£20m building for Cologne as test of a nation's tolerance, critics fear the rise of a parallel, repressive society.
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The state wants to make becoming Swiss easier but not everyone agrees, says the BBC's Imogen Foulkes.
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Concern that religious tensions along the lines of those sparked in the Netherlands by the brutal killing of Islam-critical filmmaker Theo van Gogh could spill over into Germany has triggered a fresh debate ...
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Italy's reputation for religious tolerance was in the balance last week after a ban on women wearing burqas instigated in a tiny Alpine village began spreading across the country.
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Switzerland&#39;s main right-wing party is shaking up the country&#39;s traditionally placid electoral scene with a febrile campaign denouncing alleged conspiracies, while some opponents have branded its tactics Fascist.
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Big gains on the right and left in Swiss elections point to some of the bizarre contradictions in this Alpine nation that takes pride in being a cradle of humanitarian work, yet whose famed neutrality is often a mask for stubborn insularity.
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A xenophobic appeal to a white 'flock' is doing wonders for a right-wing Swiss party's election campaign
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In the wake of the SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale scandal, Franceâs business aristocracy finds itself in a place it never wants to be: the spotlight.
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"I'm worried about the growing attacks that France is deploying against its European allies, against the Germans, the Luxembourgers, against all of the European countries."  France faces thinly concealed and growing frustration from Paris' European partners, irked at President Nicolas Sarkozy's strident position towards EU spending limits and attacks on the ECB. via Raw Story
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Newspapers examine attitudes towards Muslims in Europe, Anglo-French rivalries and a key Czech anniversary.
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After weathering days of criticism from Germany over a spectacular tax evasion case, Liechtenstein is digging in to defend its lucrative tradition of banking secrecy.
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The government has approved measures to compensate Swiss exporters who get their fingers burned abroad.