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Major alpine road tunnel given green light

This content was published on Feb 28, 2016 Final results show a 57% majority of voters coming out in favour. A broad coalition of environmental groups and mainly leftwing parties challenged a decision by parliament last year for a second 17km tube through the Gotthard in the heart of Switzerland. Transport Minister Doris Leuthard said the broad support by voters from around the…

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‘Road map’ agreed for Iranian Swiss relations

This content was published on Feb 28, 2016 During a two-day visit to Tehran by a high-ranking Swiss delegation, President and Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said both sides agreed a ‘road map’ for further talks on the ratification of a trade accord signed in 2005. Notably the banking sector as well as direct air links between Switzerland and Iran are to benefit from…

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Safety and environment drive road tunnel vote

This content was published on Feb 27, 2016 A broad coalition of environmental groups and mainly leftwing parties is challenging last year’s decision by parliament to build a second 17km tube through the Gotthard massif in the heart of Switzerland. The government says the existing tunnel needs renovation after more than 35 years. A second parallel arm would absorb the more than 17,000…

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Quarter of Raiffeisen branches set to close

This content was published on Feb 26, 2016 This is because more and more customers are doing their banking online, the bank’s new CEO Patrik Gisel said in Zurich on Friday. No job losses were foreseen, a spokesman told the Swiss News Agency, adding that it would be small branches that would be closed and that mergers of local Raiffeisen banks was a…

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The future is democratic

This content was published on Feb 26, 2016 Switzerland is strong and beautiful because it is a democracy. The country is defined by its constructive grassroots “debate culture”.

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Rich foreigners in Zug will not get easier residency access

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 The government of the central Swiss canton wanted to make acquiring a Swiss “C” residence permit easier for wealthy expats from other countries. The German language exemption would have applied to foreigners with a taxable income of at least CHF1 million and CHF20 million in assets. It was targeted specifically at rich expats from outside…

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Illegal medicine imports into Switzerland drop

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 According to statistics released on Thursday by Swissmedic, the Swiss agency for therapeutic products, slightly over half of the medicines confiscated in 2015 were erectile stimulants which contain the same active ingredient as Viagra or Cialis. Other “lifestyle drugs” seized include sleeping tablets and tranquillisers (15%) and slimming pills (13%). Prescription drugs like antibiotics, pain…

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Avalanche detection in the digital age

This content was published on Feb 25, 2016 A pioneering project in Zermatt is using radar to detect the start of an avalanche.

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Federal railways removes ad with swastika symbol

This content was published on Feb 24, 2016 “The poster with the swastika on a red background deeply hurt our customers’ feelings,” the railways said in a statement. The advertisement was made by a group against an initiative to expel foreigners who have committed crimes in Switzerland, up for a nationwide vote next Sunday. It shows the Swiss cross converted into a swastika…

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