Swiss are extradited after failed purchase of explosives
The police arrested the men in Stuttgart in June.
no. /(dpa) Two men from Switzerland, who allegedly wanted to illegally buy explosives in Germany, are now to be extradited to their homeland. This was announced by the public prosecutor’s office in Stuttgart, the State Criminal Police Office in Baden-Württemberg and the Swiss federal prosecutor’s office on Thursday. The Swiss authorities have applied for the extradition of the duo. It had been approved by the German side.
The Baden-Württemberg investigators arrested the men, who were 24 and 26 years old in June. Since then they have been in custody. The previous evidence suggested that the men wanted to use the explosives “presumably in a planned crime in a major Swiss city,” the State Criminal Police Office said at the time. A political background can probably be ruled out. A spokesman for the State Criminal Police Office did not want to give any further details when asked on Thursday.
German investigators arrested the two men on June 20 when they wanted to buy explosives in Stuttgart. According to the investigating authorities, there was a suspicion that the two wanted to carry out an attack. The suspects were brought before the magistrate on June 21, according to the current statement.
Read more about the arrest in June here.
Federal President Cassis traveled to Kyiv
Federal President Ignazio Cassis.
cog. Federal President Ignazio Cassis traveled to Kyiv. Cassis announced this on Thursday morning on his Twitter channel. Cassis traveled to Kyiv by train and was received there by Ukrainian representatives.
There is currently no more detailed information about the trip. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) has not yet commented on the visit.
Originally, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier wanted to travel to Ukraine on Thursday. However, the visit was canceled at short notice. For security reasons, as reported by the dpa news agency.
Back in the #Ukraineone year after my last visit ?? The goal: to give me a picture of the war situation, humanitarian situation & preparatory work for the #Reconstruction make of the country. pic.twitter.com/xOCdTzMoMJ
— Ignazio Cassis (@ignaziocassis) October 20, 2022
SVP National Councilor Thomas Aeschi is not running for the Federal Council
Zug National Councilor Thomas Aeschi does not want to inherit Ueli Maurer.
ran. According to several media reports, SVP National Councilor Thomas Aeschi does not want to succeed Federal Councilor Ueli Maurer. Accordingly, he would like to continue to assume his responsibility as SVP parliamentary group leader, he likes this work. Seven years ago he was in the Federal Council race to succeed Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. Ultimately, however, this was done by Guy Parmelin. Aeschi has been a member of the National Council since 2011 and parliamentary group president since 2017.
Zug Security Director Beat Villiger is resigning for health reasons
Zug government councilor Beat Villiger after his re-election in October 2018 in Zug.
ran. The Zug government councilor Beat Villiger has submitted his resignation with immediate effect. Due to his current health situation, he will not be able to resume his work in the remaining legislature by the end of 2022, the government council wrote in a communiqué. The step was taken on medical advice.
Villiger has been on hiatus since early September. The government council regrets the resignation, it said in the media release. Deputy Stephan Schleiss will take over the official business by the end of the year. Then he hands over the security management to the newly elected government councilor Laura Dittli.
Beat Villiger is 65 years old. He took up his post as governor in 2007. Since then he has headed the security department. He would not have stood for the 2023 legislature.
Former National Councilor Thomas Ammann died
Thomas Ammann in November 2015 in Bern.
art. Former St. Gallen National Councilor Thomas Ammann died on October 16th. Ammann sat from 2015 to 2019 for the CVP in the large chamber, from 2000 to 2016 he was a member of the St. Gallen cantonal council. Ammann lost his seat in the National Council in 2019 because of the list strategy of the St. Gallen CVP, although he achieved the second highest number of votes in his party. Until recently he was, among other things, co-president of the Transfair staff association and president of the postal agency association. In 2016 he was diagnosed with a colon tumor. He succumbed to the disease on Sunday, his family said. Thomas Ammann was 58 years old.