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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrives to address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 9, 2017 | World
Switzerland declined on Thursday to block the Turkish foreign minister from speaking in Zurich this weekend after concluding there was no extraordinary threat level that would justify curbs on freedom of speech, the foreign ministry (EDA) said. Turkish Foreign...
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In this May 14, 2016 file picture a huge poster reading “What would you do if your income were taken care of?” is pictured on the Plaine de Plainpalais square in Geneva, Switzerland. AP
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 6, 2016 | Business
Geneva-The Swiss have flatly rejected to provide the entire population with a basic income in a referendum on an initiative to give an unconditional, basic income (UBI) to each Swiss national, along with legal foreign residents. Final results in the referendum showed...