The Local Switzerland https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Calmy-Rey's retirement gets mixed reaction <p><span><span>Swiss president Micheline Calmy-Rey’s impending retirement has elicited mixed reaction from the Swiss press, with some eulogizing an “edgy leader”, while others branded her a destructive “pain in the neck”.</span></span></p> https://www.thelocal.ch/20110908/1101 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:40:00 +0200 1101 President Calmy-Rey to retire from government <p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Switzerland's President and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey on Wednesday announced that she would not be running for re-election in December.</span></p> https://www.thelocal.ch/20110907/1082 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0200 1082