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Switzerland Today

This content was published on Dec 17, 2024 Hezbollah ban, higher health insurance deductibles and a stalking law: today’s briefing covers the key parliamentary decisions.

Ariane Rustichelli: ‘The interests of the Swiss Abroad got more attention before the pandemic’

This content was published on Dec 17, 2024 After ten years at the helm of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad, Ariane Rustichelli is standing down. In an interview, she discusses the changes and challenges ahead.

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Switzerland Today

This content was published on Dec 16, 2024 Most Swiss are in favour of banning mobile phones in schools. What do you think?

Swiss Federal Railways’ new timetable passes ‘commuter test’

This content was published on Dec 16, 2024 The changeover to a new Federal Railways timetable went smoothly for Swiss commuters on Monday morning. Trains were punctual and no overcrowding was observed, say officials.

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The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 14, 2024 The main decisions from a busy week in parliament, a big interest rate cut, what the Swiss were googling in 2024 – and more.

Switzerland, the promised land of coats of arms

This content was published on Dec 14, 2024 Most Swiss families have a coat of arms. This may come as a surprise abroad, where heraldry is often the preserve of nobility.

The villain in the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" once resided at the top of the Schilthorn mountain. The Schilthorn cable car travels from the Stechelberg valley to the revolving restaurant Piz Gloria. The cable car trip to the top takes four parts. The first section from Stechelberg directly to the ski resort of Mürren has been rebuilt.

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Switzerland Today

This content was published on Dec 13, 2024 Switzerland’s new “Capital of Culture”, the debut of the world's steepest cable car, and ibex-hunting foreigners in Valais: this and more in today’s briefing.

Swiss government rejects proposed super-rich inheritance tax

This content was published on Dec 13, 2024 Switzerland’s government rejected a proposal to jack up inheritance taxes on the super rich, diminishing the chances of the plan passing in a national vote.

Federal Council wants to ban Nazi symbols in public

Swiss Politics

Swiss government wants to ban swastika in crackdown on extremist symbols

This content was published on Dec 13, 2024 The Federal Council wants to ban the Nazis’ swastika emblem in public as well as other symbols associated with the Third Reich. Anyone who flouted the law would be fined CHF200 in future.

Parts of 'The Liberator', which claimed to be the world's first 3-D printable handgun, 2013

Swiss Politics

Federal Court clears Swiss journalist in 3D-printed gun case

This content was published on Dec 13, 2024 The Federal Court has acquitted a journalist from Swiss public television, RTS, who had been fined over a TV investigation into the dangers of 3D-printed weapons.

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