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Ariane Rustichelli: ‘The interests of the Swiss Abroad got more attention before the pandemic’

This content was published on Dec 17, 2024 After ten years at the helm of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad, Ariane Rustichelli is standing down. In an interview, she discusses the changes and challenges ahead.

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This content was published on Dec 16, 2024 Most Swiss are in favour of banning mobile phones in schools. What do you think?

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The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 14, 2024 The main decisions from a busy week in parliament, a big interest rate cut, what the Swiss were googling in 2024 – and more.

Switzerland, the promised land of coats of arms

This content was published on Dec 14, 2024 Most Swiss families have a coat of arms. This may come as a surprise abroad, where heraldry is often the preserve of nobility.

The villain in the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" once resided at the top of the Schilthorn mountain. The Schilthorn cable car travels from the Stechelberg valley to the revolving restaurant Piz Gloria. The cable car trip to the top takes four parts. The first section from Stechelberg directly to the ski resort of Mürren has been rebuilt.

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This content was published on Dec 13, 2024 Switzerland’s new “Capital of Culture”, the debut of the world's steepest cable car, and ibex-hunting foreigners in Valais: this and more in today’s briefing.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

A member of the "Touche pas a mes services publics" referendum committee collects signatures at a press conference on the launch of the referendum against the third corporate tax reform (RIE III) in the canton of Vaud on Thursday 8 October 2015 on the esplanade of the CHUV in Lausanne.

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This content was published on Dec 11, 2024 E-signatures take the next hurdle: Swiss Senate clears the way for digital signature collection.

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On December 4, 1974, Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger (1933-2022) became the first woman to be elected to the Swiss Federal Court.

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Against all odds: Switzerland’s first female federal judge

This content was published on Dec 11, 2024 Fifty years ago, Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger became the first woman to serve as a judge on Switzerland's highest court.

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This content was published on Dec 10, 2024 Switzerland has followed its neighbours and announced the suspension of all procedures for Syrian asylum-seekers.

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