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Pesticide initiatives: a ‘David-versus-Goliath’ campaign

Poster for the anti-pesticide initiative

This content was published on Apr 27, 2021 Organic farmer and Green Party politician Kilian Baumann explains why he is voting in favour of both pesticide initiatives on June 13.

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Main Swiss farmers’ group alarmed by planned pesticide ban

This content was published on Apr 27, 2021 Why the leading farmers organisation warns against two people's initiatives trying to ban the use of pesticides for the Swiss agricultue sector.

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Swiss blame EU for impasse on framework deal

This content was published on Apr 26, 2021 The Swiss government says it will not agree an overarching accord with the European Union if Brussels is not willing to compromise on open issues.

Workers attend a suspected Covid patient in India

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India added to Swiss Covid quarantine list

This content was published on Apr 26, 2021 Switzerland has added India to its list of countries at high risk of Covid-19 in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of the virus.

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Switzerland contributes to global arms trade boom

This content was published on Apr 26, 2021 Swis weapons exports contribute to the global rise in war materiel spending.

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Covid-19: Almost three million Swiss have ‘probably been infected’

This content was published on Apr 25, 2021 Covid news: Almost three million infections, poverty increases the chance of dying from it, and recruitment problems causing vaccine delays.

illegal demonstration in Rapperswil-Jona

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Large unauthorised rally held against Covid restrictions

This content was published on Apr 24, 2021 Some 4,000 people have gathered at an illegal demonstration in Rapperswil-Jona, protesting against Covid-19 restrictions.

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First case of Indian Covid-19 variant detected in Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 24, 2021 The first case of the Indian variant of Covid-19 has been discovered in Switzerland, the Federal Office of Public Health has announced on Twitter.

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Report exposes lack of young Swiss politicians

This content was published on Apr 22, 2021 The global proportion of parliamentarians under the age of 30 has risen by 0.4 percentage points over the past two years to 2.6%.

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Army audit concludes masks were bought at market price

This content was published on Apr 22, 2021 There are “strong indications” that the Swiss army did not overpay for hygiene and respiratory masks last year.

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