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Swiss dual citizens of barred countries may enter US with visa

This content was published on Jan 31, 2017 “Swiss dual citizens who are additionally citizens of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Somalia or Yemen are once again allowed to travel to the United States with immediate effect, provided they have a valid visa in their Swiss passport,” the ministry said in a statementExternal link after talks with US authorities. Such Swiss dual nationals…

Active Austria continues with a black eye

This content was published on Jan 31, 2017 It is not that the people in this central European alpine republic do not care: To the contrary! By the end of January more than half a million peopleExternal link had signed a citizens’ initiativeExternal link to ban any Austrian participation in free trade agreements between Austria and Canada (CETA) and the United States (TTIP). Out…

Citizens demand say on parliament’s immigration move

This content was published on Jan 31, 2017 In a Swiss first, citizens are challenging a parliamentary decision to a nationwide vote although they are not opposed to the law in question.

New Swiss stock index measures ethics

This content was published on Jan 30, 2017 The Ethos Swiss Corporate Governance Index, which appeared on the Swiss stock exchange on Monday, under-weights companies that fall short of Ethos’s good governance practices. This could include firms that combine the roles of chairman and chief executive, hand out excessive bonuses or allow majority owners to sell their stake to the exclusion of other…

Swiss firms assess US travel “chaos”

This content was published on Jan 30, 2017 The US travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim countries at the weekend has been met with widespread incredulity and confusion across the world. Switzerland has condemned the move as “discriminatory”. “Currently there is still total chaos,” Naville told SRF on Monday. “On Saturday, even holders of visas and green cards, those who legally lived…

Boosting the local economy

This content was published on Jan 30, 2017 Complementary currencies are a growing phenomenon in Switzerland, such as the Léman, used around Lake Geneva, and the soon-to-appear Farinet.

Stories making the Swiss Sunday papers

This content was published on Jan 29, 2017 A free trade deal with Britain and plans to reform corporate tax to be voted on February 12 are in the headlines this Sunday.

Swiss flights to US conform to Trump ban

This content was published on Jan 28, 2017 The airline Swiss says it will bar citizens of seven countries from boarding its flights to the United States because of Trump’s executive order.

The Swiss designers who took Paris by storm

This content was published on Jan 28, 2017 Paris was a magnet for a number of Swiss graphic designers and typographers in the 1950s and 1960s. A new exhibition celebrates their work.

Struggling to pay the bills in a wealthy nation

This content was published on Jan 27, 2017 A Swiss social policy expert explains how nearly one-in-eight people living in Switzerland qualify as working poor, or at risk of poverty.

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