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Unfit for work
Even minor depression affects everyday life
Minor depression, which is widespread in Switzerland, should not be underestimated: those affected are often unfit for work, less productive and suffer from physical complaints, which affect their everyday lives says a report issued on Monday. [...]
Good fortunes
Swiss amass wealth through savings, inheritance
Post-leak fallout
Swiss president calls for foreign spy inquiries
Espionage affair
Government condemns alleged US snooping
The Swiss government has described the systematic internet monitoring allegedly practised by the US intelligence service, NSA, as an “excessive infringement of the private sphere”, whose protection is guaranteed by the federal constitution. [...]
Banking secrecy
EU plays tough ahead of tax talks with Swiss
Financial market strategy
Swiss leaders call for data exchange standards
The government says it wants to take an active role in developing global standards for the automatic exchange of banking information to avoid clashes with other countries over tax issues. [...]
Commodities controversy
NGOs slam Glencore Xstrata over mining project
Banking secrecy
Swiss take first step to end US tax spat
Poet
'I never imagined writing would pay the bills'
At the age of 12, Angelia Maria Schwaller from the sleepy village of Überstorf in canton Fribourg discovered the internet. She sought out likeminded people on forums to learn from and exchange ideas with. Her passion – poetry. [...]
Please don’t touch
Police crash illegal Art Basel party
Turning to dust
The creeping disease that threatens populations
For the past 20 years, more and more countries have been affected by desertification – and not just because of climate change. Experts say that some agricultural practices have also had disastrous effects. [...]
Pre-implantation diagnosis
Genetic embryo testing gets cabinet approval
Volcano watch
Scanning the skies for airborne trouble
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In depth
Inciting violence
Is the internet to blame for growing extremism?
2 commentsThe internet is seen as a vital rallying point for international terrorist groups. Incitement to violence and propaganda materials are regularly put online from Switzerland, and the government has established an expert group to monitor jihadism on the Web.
Does the Web represent a potential danger for disaffected youth? And more generally, to what extent should we fear Islamist terrorism over the actions of political extremists from all walks of life?
Against the flow
Mosque struggles to shrug off extremist label
Accused of preaching a fundamentalist line of Islam, the Errhamen Mosque of Biel is once again in the firing line for having welcomed amongst its worshippers young men who have travelled abroad to fight jihad. [...]
Growing threat
Tracking jihadists in Switzerland
Swiss intelligence services have observed an increase in the number of trips made out of Europe for jihadist purposes, with the internet playing a central role in radicalising young people confused by Western society. [...]
Not welcome
No entry for student suspected of jihadist ties
The Swiss authorities are refusing to let back into Switzerland a Jordanian refugee who had been given asylum following his indictment by a Kenyan court for alleged links to Islamist rebels in Somalia, officials announced on Saturday. [...]
Swiss to face pressure over terrorist networks
The head of the intelligence service says Switzerland is likely to face increasing pressure to prove it is weeding out terrorist networks. [...]
Crime fighters
Jihadist websites and traffickers on police radar
The Federal Police Office (fedpol) says it has stepped up efforts to monitor radical Islamic websites and boosted international cooperation to fight the Italian mafia and crack down on human trafficking. [...]
