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The week in Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 4, 2025 Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

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This content was published on Oct 4, 2025 British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, known for playing Sherlock Holmes, signed autographs for fans on the green carpet at the 21st Zurich Film Festival on Monday. The event continues until Sunday.

Switzerland Today

This content was published on Oct 3, 2025 On Thursday evening Swiss cities saw protests in solidarity with the Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel.

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This content was published on Oct 3, 2025 The Pontifical Swiss Guard has unveiled its new mezza-gala uniform, produced by a Swiss workshop, at the Vatican. On Saturday, the guard will welcome 27 new recruits at a ceremony attended by Karin Keller-Sutter, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year.

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This content was published on Oct 2, 2025 EU relations return to the top of Swiss concerns, while a controversy continues around a historic hotel that some people claim is becoming 'halal'.

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This content was published on Oct 2, 2025 Four months after the landslide that destroyed Blatten, the Keystone-SDA news agency visited the site in the Lötschental valley, in canton Valais. Here is one of their photos.

Organisation of the Swiss Abroad hit by surprise departure

This content was published on Oct 2, 2025 After just nine months in the job Lukas Weber will step down as director of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) at the end of the year.

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Swiss Abroad aim for seats in parliament

This content was published on Oct 2, 2025 What if the Swiss Abroad had their own elected representatives in federal parliament, like in France or Italy? The Organisation of the Swiss Abroad is working on this.

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Switzerland Today

This content was published on Oct 1, 2025 Leadership change at the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad and Swiss parts found in Russian drones.

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This content was published on Oct 1, 2025 Staff from Fribourg’s cantonal hospital and the wider public and parapublic sector protested today against the government’s financial restructuring programme.

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