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Comments on yesterday's Sunday vote and major job cuts at Lufthansa, parent company of Swiss.

This content was published on Sep 29, 2025 Reactions to yesterday’s vote results and Lufthansa’s plan to cut thousands of jobs, with SWISS likely affected.

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This content was published on Sep 29, 2025 Over the weekend, St Gallen action artists Frank and Patrik Riklin transformed Basel’s Barfüsserplatz into a giant quilt under the motto Bignick.

Swiss Abroad clearly supported e-ID

This content was published on Sep 29, 2025 The Swiss Abroad were considerably more in favour of an electronic ID than voters in Switzerland. More surprisingly, they also overwhelmingly approved the end of rental tax.

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Switzerland Today – vote edition

This content was published on Sep 28, 2025 Swiss vote: e-ID approved, rental tax scrapped and Zurich bans leaf blowers.

The face scan is a prerequisite for e-ID.

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Five lessons from Swiss voters’ acceptance of e-ID

This content was published on Sep 28, 2025 The narrow yes to electronic ID provides insights for the future. An analysis.

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September 28, 2025 vote: the result from across Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 28, 2025 The Swiss have voted: use our interactive map to explore the detailed results of Sunday’s ballots on environmental responsibility.

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The week in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 27, 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 Sep 27, 2025 Swiss parliamentarian Christoph Riner rests his leg after a knee operation, during the autumn session of parliament on Tuesday. (Keystone/Alessandro della Valle)

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This content was published on Sep 26, 2025 From Washington’s new 100% pharma tariffs to the end of parliament’s autumn session, tensions with France and pollution in Lake Geneva: this in today’s briefing.

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This content was published on Sep 26, 2025 The interest rate is not the only one hitting rock bottom. At the press conference confirming the key rate at 0%, Swiss National Bank vice-chair Martin Schlegel (pictured in the centre) dropped his papers on the floor.

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