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Can – and should – immigrants participate in Swiss politics?

This content was published on Jun 4, 2015 Standing at the podium in Bern’s town hall, the seat of the local parliament, Cristina Anliker-Mansour looks small. Her voice is quiet. But the woman who moved to the Swiss capital from Peru at the age of 21 has a big goal: allowing non-Swiss a say in the government of the city of Bern. “They…

‘Major irregularities’ found in 36 wine producers

This content was published on Jun 4, 2015 “In particular the companies committing major errors blended wines illegally,” said Philippe Hunziker, head of the Swiss Wine Trade Inspection on Thursday. Improper labelling was also noted in the report of the wine inspectors and cantonal chemists. “All the irregularities were the result of human error or administrative negligence,” said Patrick Edder, a chemist in…

Geneva prosecutor drops HSBC probe

This content was published on Jun 4, 2015 The bank said in a statement on Thursday that the payment was compensation to local authorities for past organisational failings and that no criminal charges would be filed. On February 17, Geneva’s public prosecutor carried out a dramatic raid of HSBC’s lakeside Swiss office and initiated proceedings for suspected money laundering. This followed numerous investigations…

New Gotthard tunnel garners worldwide admiration

This content was published on Jun 2, 2015 Due to open in a year, the Gotthard base tunnel – the world’s longest – has captured the world’s imagination.

Solar Impulse to wait out bad weather in Japan

This content was published on Jun 1, 2015 A cold front has forced the Solar Impulse 2 plane to cool its wings in Japan before heading for Hawaii.

Calls to curb use of people’s initiatives intensify

This content was published on May 31, 2015 Should it be harder to launch initiatives given the problems encountered in recent years with proposals accepted by the people but run contrary to international laws signed by Switzerland? Even if so, building a political majority ready to sacrifice part of the people’s sovereignty would appear to be nigh on impossible. At present, some 15…

Swiss feel safe in their homeland

This content was published on May 29, 2015 Nine out of ten Swiss say they feel safe and almost 80% are positive about the future – despite some concerns about how the world political situation will develop, a report has found.

Swiss recession risk “increases”

This content was published on May 29, 2015 Switzerland could slide into recession this year unless the franc-euro exchange rate improves, an economist fears.

Burkard family lodges appeal against Sika AGM vote

This content was published on May 29, 2015 Sika's controlling shareholder family takes its own company to court for restricting its vote during the AGM.

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Matching Minds, Global Opportunities

This content was published on May 29, 2015 The Arab world’s first democracy has made a historic step forward, after the Tunis Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy, writes Bruno Kaufmann, editor-in-chief at people2power.info.

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