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Swiss parliamentarians back expansion of nitrochemical capacity to boost defence

National Council wants to enable nitrochemical capacity expansion

This content was published on Mar 19, 2025 The Swiss House of Representatives has backed a motion to expand the armaments company Nitrochemie in order to increase defence capabilities.

National Council does not want to link Ukraine aid to economic performance

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Swiss parliamentarians reject proposals to tie Ukraine aid to Swiss GDP

This content was published on Mar 19, 2025 The Swiss House of Representatives has pushed back on proposals to increase federal aid to Ukraine.

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Swiss workers reflect on how Covid-19 spurred job pivots

This content was published on Mar 19, 2025 A train driver, a café owner and a potter look back at their successful decisions to start new careers in the middle of the coronavirus crisis.

After the Council of States, the National Council also adopts all bank PUK proposals

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Swiss parliament backs proposals for more oversight over big banks

This content was published on Mar 19, 2025 The Swiss House of Representatives has adopted all motions put forward by the parliamentary inquiry into the Credit Suisse-UBS emergency merger.

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Should foreign nationals with Swiss roots be allowed to work in Switzerland?

This content was published on Mar 19, 2025 A motion is calling for a special immigration quota for the descendants of Swiss emigrants without citizenship so that they can find work in Switzerland more easily.

A Palestinian refugee carries a sack with flour at the United Nation food distribution center in al Shateaa refugee camp in the northern Gaza city, 15 January 2018 (issued 17 January 2018). Media report that the US President Donald J. Trump had vowed to freeze about 125 million US dollar of aid for the United Nation Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian Refugees. The US ambassador to the United Nation (UN) Nikki Haley was quoted as saying that Trump did not want to add or stop funding until the Palestinians agree to return to the negotiation table. Following the 1948 Arab-Israel conflict, UNRWA was established by the United Nation General Assembly Resoluation 302 (IV) in 1949 to carry out direct relief and works programs for Palestinian refugees from May 1950 on. until today, some five million Palestinian refugees are eligible for their services, UNRWA says on their website. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

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This content was published on Mar 18, 2025 The decision not to immediately suspend funding to UNRWA is one of the highlights of today's news.

Swiss Emmental ‘show dairy’ to end cheese production

This content was published on Mar 18, 2025 The Emmentaler Schaukäserei AG, which showcases the production of the famous Emmentaler AOP Swiss cheese with holes, is due to close the cheese-making facility at its site near Bern.

Civilian protection personnel to be mobilised

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Switzerland acts to plug gaps in civilian protection service

This content was published on Mar 17, 2025 Switzerland beefs up civil protection service with laws that could draft in civil servants to fill long-standing gaps in personnel.

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Switzerland Today

This content was published on Mar 17, 2025 Five years after lockdown in Switzerland, the potential impact of bilateral agreements on the Swiss diaspora in the EU and the lonely lives of Swiss pensioners abroad.

Not enough Swiss volunteer for civilian protection work

This content was published on Mar 17, 2025 A pilot project has found that not enough people are volunteering for civilian protection work in Switzerland. The authorities say legal changes are therefore needed.

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