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Geneva parliament votes to ban cigarette sales to minors

This content was published on Jan 17, 2020 Geneva has joined most other Swiss cantons in banning the sale of cigarettes to minors and plans a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes to young people.

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Swiss air force jets operational for WEF meeting

This content was published on Jan 16, 2020 An inspection of F/A-18 fighter jets has been completed and the air force is ready to defend Swiss air space during next week's WEF meeting.

Group of people with red booklet in front of parliament building

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Voters to have final say on digital ID

This content was published on Jan 16, 2020 Campaigners have handed in the necessary signatures to challenge a decision for the creation of a digital identity of internet users in Switzerland.

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On impeachment, US senators are bound by oath to ‘do impartial justice’

This content was published on Jan 16, 2020 Senators hearing US President Trump’s impeachment trial should be guided by impartiality, not opinion polls, argues a Swiss-based lawyer.

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‘No to an initiative that is dictatorial, costly and not focused on real needs’

This content was published on Jan 16, 2020 The initiative on more social housing is not in keeping with real economic or environmental needs, says Fabio Regazzi.

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‘Yes to an initiative promoting moderately-priced housing’

This content was published on Jan 16, 2020 The free market in Switzerland has built housing units that remain empty because they are too expensive, says Marina Carobbio Guscetti.

Swiss Red Cross volunteers check and sort the content of gifted packages

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Swiss give ‘second Christmas’ to those in need

This content was published on Jan 16, 2020 The Swiss public this year donated 61,170 unwanted or surplus presents for the “2 x Christmas” campaign.

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Swiss army lost more than 100 firearms in 2019

This content was published on Jan 14, 2020 A total 102 Swiss army firearms went AWOL last year. Among them were 81 assault rifles. The other missing weapons were pistols.

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Climate activists behind Credit Suisse tennis stunt acquitted

This content was published on Jan 13, 2020 A district court in Lausanne acquitted the activists, many of them students, on Monday. They were on trial after refusing to pay a fine of CHF21,600 ($22,254) for trespassing. Video footage from 2018 shows students dressed in tennis whites playing matches inside Credit Suisse branches. They wanted Swiss tennis star Roger Federer to drop his sponsorship deal with the bank because…

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Man fined CHF1,100 for calling Zurich policeman an ‘arsehole’

This content was published on Jan 10, 2020 A 64-year-old man who lost his temper at a police station and told a cantonal policeman he was an arsehole has been ordered to pay CHF1,100 ($1,130).

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