Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Swiss government wants to ban swastika in crackdown on extremist symbols

Federal Council wants to ban Nazi symbols in public

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.

Women demonstrate with banners in front of the Federal Supreme Court before the opening of a hearing on the appeals against the vote to raise the retirement age for women on Thursday 12 December 2024 in Lausanne. The Federal Supreme Court will today hold a public hearing on the appeals against the popular vote of 25 September 2022 on the AVS 21 project.

Swiss Abroad

Switzerland Today

This content was published on Dec 12, 2024 The Swiss Federal Court rejects pensions appeal and the vote on women's retirement age will not be repeated: this in today’s briefing.

Parliament stalemate on abolishing Swiss homeowner tax

This content was published on Dec 12, 2024 A proposal to abolish imputed rental tax on owned properties has reached stalemate in parliament.

After a recent sighting in the village of Seltisberg, Basel, game warden Thomas Schöpfer launched a search using a thermal imaging camera.

Swiss Abroad

Cute but invasive: raccoons spotted in northwestern Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 12, 2024 While they may look adorable, these animals pose a serious threat to native species and public health.

Baume-Schneider flirts with inheritance tax in favor of AHV

Swiss Politics

Swiss minister flirts with inheritance tax idea

This content was published on Dec 12, 2024 Swiss minister open to federal inheritance tax and and raising the retirement age to fund higher pension payments.