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This content was published on Mar 10, 2025 The United States has put Switzerland on a list of countries with unfair trading practices.

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This content was published on Mar 10, 2025 The Basel carnival kicked off on Monday with the Morgenstreich parade at 4am. The streets and squares were transformed into a sea of lanterns, accompanied by fifes and drums.

Switzerland Today

This content was published on Mar 10, 2025 The United States has put Switzerland on a list of countries with unfair trading practices.

Swiss defence spending ‘a joke’, say German politicians

This content was published on Mar 9, 2025 Leading German politicians are putting pressure on Switzerland to further increase defence spending, according to media reports.

Artist/Film maker Andrew Norman Wilson with a pig in front of a house.

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The American who quit art to discover the odd side of Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 9, 2025 Andrew Norman Wilson talks about his shift from art to filmmaking and his enchantment with Swiss oddities.

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The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 8, 2025 Welcome to some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 8, 2025 Welcome to some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

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This content was published on Mar 8, 2025 Ueli Schmezer and Fabienne Stämpfli, the newest members of the House of Representatives, take the oath of office in Bern on Tuesday. Schmezer has been a musician, journalist and television presenter. Here he is in 1983, with a Swiss-German version of The Message, a rap classic by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

Gentian, the ‘yellow fairy’ of the Swiss Jura

This content was published on Mar 8, 2025 A Jura treasure, gentian is a versatile plant that can heal, intoxicate and even polish.

Around 400 women from all over Switzerland are meeting at the federal parliament in Bern today on the eve of International Women's Rights Day. They will be discussing this year's theme, "Women and Security". The meeting was organised by Maja Riniker, president of the House of Representatives and member of the Radical-Liberal Party, seen giving a speech in the picture of the day above.

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This content was published on Mar 7, 2025 Around 400 women from all over Switzerland are meeting at the federal parliament in Bern today on the eve of International Women's Rights Day. They will be discussing this year's theme, "Women and Security".

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