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Frank-Walter Steinmeier German president on state visit to Switzerland

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been received with military honours at the start of a two-day state visit to Switzerland.

Behind the scenes at CERN Meet the engineers who make machines for understanding the universe

By Bill Harby in Geneva

Without engineers like Marta Bajko, CERN physicists wouldn’t be able to test their theories about what happened nanoseconds after the Big Bang.

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• Arabic (ar) تعَرَّف على المهندسين الذين يَصنعون آلات تُعينُنا على فهم الكون
• German (de) Die Ingenieurin, die am CERN den Höllenmagnet baut
• Spanish (es) Encuentro con una jefa de ingenieros del CERN
• French (fr) A la rencontre des roadies du CERN
• Italian (it) Un'ingegnera che costruisce macchine per capire l'universo
• Japanese (ja) 宇宙の謎に挑む装置を支える技術者ってどんな人？
• Portuguese (pt) Conheça os engenheiros que constroem as máquinas para entender o universo
• Russian (ru) За кулисами CERN, или От кого на самом деле тут все зависит?
• Chinese (zh) 他们是解密宇宙的人

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For sarin gas? Swiss authorities allowed isopropanol exports to Syria

Switzerland authorised the export to Syria of the chemical isopropanol in 2014, which can be used to make sarin gas, RTS, reports. 

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• Arabic (ar)  شركة سويسرية صدرت مادة كيمائية مستخدمة في صناعة غاز السارين
• Japanese (ja) スイス当局、１４年にサリン原料の対シリア輸出を容認

Seoul food South Korea marks Kim Jong-un’s time in Switzerland with rösti dish

The Swiss fried potato dish rösti will be on the dinner menu at an inter-Korea which will be attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

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• Japanese (ja) 韓国政府、スイスの国民食「レシュティ」で金正恩氏をもてなし

the big rebuild Renovations set to transform International Geneva

By Simon Bradley

A dozen major renovation and new building projects are underway for Geneva-based international organisations.

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• Arabic (ar) عمليات تحديث تهدف إلى تغيير وجه جنيف الدولية

Rana Plaza 5th anniversary Swiss firms pressured to sign Bangladesh safety accord

By Susan Misicka

Five years after the Rana Plaza disaster, 145 international brands have signed an accord to improve factory safety. Only one is Swiss. 

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• Arabic (ar) الضّغط على الشّركات السّويسريّة من أجل توقيع معاهدة بنغلادش للسّلامة
• German (de) Rana Plaza: Druck auf Schweizer Textilfirmen
• French (fr) Drame du Rana Plaza: les firmes suisses sous pression
• Italian (it) Dramma del Rana Plaza: ditte svizzere sotto pressione
• Chinese (zh) 瑞士公司为孟加拉纺织工人做了什么？

International Geneva Geneva to host new sustainable finance network

The United Nations Environment Programme is establishing the secretariat of its new network of Financial Centres for Sustainability in Geneva.

Shares, aluminium and steel Swiss minister laments ‘discriminatory’ stock exchange access to EU

The European Union’s move last year to grant Swiss stock exchanges only limited access to the 28-nation bloc is ‘discriminatory’, Swiss Economics ...

share buy-back Sulzer shows how to avoid Russian sanctions

By Ralph Atkins & Henry Foy, Financial Times

When the US announced tough new sanctions against Russia this month, Swiss industrial group Sulzer acted quickly to avert disaster.

Vote June 10, 2018 Sovereign money: the answer to financial crises?

By Armando Mombelli

A controversial proposal for a sweeping reform of Switzerland's monetary system will be put to a nationwide vote on June 10.

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• Arabic (ar) "العملة الحقيقية": هل هي العلاج الجيّد لمُواجهة الأزمات المالية؟
• German (de) Vollgeld als umstrittenes Heilmittel gegen Finanzkrisen
• French (fr) Monnaie pleine: le bon remède contre les crises financières?
• Italian (it) Moneta intera: il rimedio giusto contro le crisi finanziarie?
• Russian (ru) Перейдет ли Швейцария на «живые деньги»?

Vote June 10, 2018 Sovereign Money initiative in a nutshell

By Renat Kuenzi

The initiative which aims at a sweeping reform of the Swiss monetary system is challenging not only for banks, politicians and average citizens.

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• German (de) Vollgeld – kurz erklärt
• Italian (it) Moneta intera in poche parole
• Portuguese (pt) A iniciativa Moeda Soberana em poucas palavras

Staying mobile If you don’t book online, you’ll get left behind

To help the elderly use their online services, the Swiss Federal Railways has teamed up with a charity to offer training courses.

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• Spanish (es) Al abordaje del tren de la modernidad
• Chinese (zh) 如果不会在线订票，就要落后于时代

Fine mess Diplomats owe millions in unpaid Swiss traffic fines

Foreign diplomats residing in Bern and Geneva owe millions of Swiss francs in parking and other traffic-related fines.

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• Arabic (ar) دبلوماسيون أجانب مدينون بملايين الفرنكات بسبب مخالفات مرورية
• Spanish (es) Diplomáticos adeudan millones en multas
• Japanese (ja) 駐スイス外交官に科された反則金、数億円が未払い
• Portuguese (pt) Diplomatas devem milhões em multas na Suíça
• Russian (ru) Дипломаты в Швейцарии нарушают ПДД и не платят штрафы
• Chinese (zh) 驻瑞外交官违章不缴款，罚金欠账已逾百万瑞郎

Week Ahead Hard cash, gambling and welfare fraud

These are some of the stories we’re following in the week of April 23. 

Week in numbers Drab summer, hot jazz, weak franc

Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure.

Washington meetings Swiss finance minister sees ‘clearly improved’ ties with US

Relations between Switzerland and the United States have improved under Donald Trump, says Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer.

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Serious accidents Campaign aims to boost public transport safety further

2017 saw 167 serious accidents on public transport in Switzerland, the second lowest figure in 11 years, but authorities want to bring it down ...

Ancient mariners Rhine river sailors meet again

A group of sailors get together again, 50 years after they started their apprenticeships in Basel. Can they still sling their hooks?

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• Arabic (ar) بحارة نهر الراين يلتقون بعد مرور خمسة عقود

Ongoing saga ‘New buyer found’ for ailing Monetas blockchain firm

By Matthew Allen

Troubled Swiss blockchain payments firm Monetas has found a new mystery buyer to pull it out of the mire, swissinfo.ch has learned. The company ...

Study findings Swiss remain rail champions of Europe

Switzerland’s rail system remains the best in Europe, according to the 2017 European Railway Performance Index.

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• Arabic (ar) سويسرا بلد رائد في مجال خدمات السكك الحديدية

Unhappy campers? Swiss campsites are the most expensive in Europe

Switzerland is the dearest country in Europe for camping, according to a study by the German automobile club ADAC. 

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