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Swiss Abroad ‘can be proud of the support they give their country’

This content was published on Apr 27, 2025 Marianne Jenni became the director of the Swiss foreign ministry’s consular division in January. After 100 days in office, she takes stock of the challenges.

Zurich Zoo presented its newborn elephant calf Zali on Wednesday. The 19-year-old elephant mother Farha gave birth to the "little calf" at 2.22 am on Easter Saturday. Baby elephants usually weigh between 100 and 150 kilograms at birth. The name Zali was inspired by a Hindu name and means "immediate appearance", zoo director Severin Dressen told the media on Wednesday.

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This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 Zurich Zoo presented its newborn elephant calf Zali on Wednesday, April 7. The 19-year-old elephant mother Farha gave birth on Easter Saturday.

Pope was a person full of respect: Swiss president

This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 Swiss president Karin Keller-Sutter, who is attending the funeral of Pope Francis, says the pontiff was always full of respect.

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The Böögg, Switzerland’s exploding psychic snowman

This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 The Böögg is an exploding snowman with a famed ability to predict the weather. But how accurate is he?

Welcome to our selection of the most important - and most interesting - stories from Switzerland over the last seven days.

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The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 Welcome to our selection of the most important – and most interesting – stories from Switzerland from last week.

Switzerland Today

This content was published on Apr 25, 2025 A large part of the Swiss government is on a mission abroad to try to avert the risks posed by US trade policy.

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This content was published on Apr 25, 2025 The first Alpine passes have begun to reopen. The Oberalp (between cantons Graubünden and Uri) opened for business at 9am this morning.

What are your experiences with housing shortages and rising property prices?

Switzerland is steering towards a housing crisis. Are there solutions?

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NGOs operating abroad receive a good 10 per cent less federal funding

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Swiss NGOs abroad to receive 10% less federal funding

This content was published on Apr 25, 2025 In 2025 and 2026, Swiss NGOs will have 10% less federal funding available for international cooperation than in the previous two-year period.

Less than a million disbursed for the vote on 9 February

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Swiss parties spent less than CHF1 million on February green vote

This content was published on Apr 25, 2025 Swiss political parties spent CHF 700,000 ($840,000) on campaigns in the run-up to the overwhelmingly defeated vote on February 9, according to the Swiss Federal Audit Office.

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