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Everything you need to know to organize your move abroad

This content was published on Apr 28, 2025 Organize your move abroad: everything you need to know in 90 seconds.

Zurich fire brigades switch to vegetable oil fuel

Swiss Abroad

Zurich fire brigades switch to green fuel

This content was published on Apr 28, 2025 Fire brigades in canton Zurich have been testing a new biofuel called HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil).

Innerrhoden Landsgemeinde elects first woman Landammann

Swiss Politics

Swiss canton elects first woman council chief

This content was published on Apr 27, 2025 The Swiss canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes has for the first time elected a woman as head of the local government.

Swiss Abroad

Swiss Abroad ‘can be proud of the support they give their country’

This content was published on Apr 27, 2025 Marianne Jenni became the director of the Swiss foreign ministry’s consular division in January. After 100 days in office, she takes stock of the challenges.

Zurich Zoo presented its newborn elephant calf Zali on Wednesday. The 19-year-old elephant mother Farha gave birth to the "little calf" at 2.22 am on Easter Saturday. Baby elephants usually weigh between 100 and 150 kilograms at birth. The name Zali was inspired by a Hindu name and means "immediate appearance", zoo director Severin Dressen told the media on Wednesday.

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Picture of the week

This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 Zurich Zoo presented its newborn elephant calf Zali on Wednesday, April 7. The 19-year-old elephant mother Farha gave birth on Easter Saturday.

Pope was a person full of respect: Swiss president

This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 Swiss president Karin Keller-Sutter, who is attending the funeral of Pope Francis, says the pontiff was always full of respect.

Swiss oddities

The Böögg, Switzerland’s exploding psychic snowman

This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 The Böögg is an exploding snowman with a famed ability to predict the weather. But how accurate is he?

Welcome to our selection of the most important - and most interesting - stories from Switzerland over the last seven days.

Swiss Abroad

The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 Welcome to our selection of the most important – and most interesting – stories from Switzerland from last week.

Switzerland Today

This content was published on Apr 25, 2025 A large part of the Swiss government is on a mission abroad to try to avert the risks posed by US trade policy.

Picture of the day

This content was published on Apr 25, 2025 The first Alpine passes have begun to reopen. The Oberalp (between cantons Graubünden and Uri) opened for business at 9am this morning.

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