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The week in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 16, 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 Aug 16, 2025 Participants of the Basel Rhine Swim float down the river on Tuesday. Many people swim in the Rhine all summer, but once a year the official Basel Rhine Swim of the Swiss Life Saving Association (Basel section) takes place.

Switzerland Today

This content was published on Aug 15, 2025 In today’s briefing: e-voting is expanding slowly, but existing services are not used very much. The failure of the plastic pollution treaty in Geneva and the F-35 fiasco.

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This content was published on Aug 15, 2025 Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter demonstrates her love of animals at the opening of the Barryland theme park in Martigny, canton Valais.

Swiss voters to decide – again – on introducing electronic ID

This content was published on Aug 15, 2025 A key step towards a digital society or a threat to data protection? On September 28, the Swiss will vote again on a new e-ID scheme.

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Switzerland Today

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 In Basel, e-voting is to be expanded after positive trials with the Swiss Abroad; in Bern, the mood is gloomier amid disputes with the US about F-35 fighter jets.

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This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 A common sight at the top of the Gotthard these days: a herd of motorhomes and campers after having spent the night camping at the top of the pass.

Switzerland Today

This content was published on Aug 13, 2025 Reconstruction is being planned in Blatten, while the SNB unveils the potential designs for new Swiss banknotes.

Switzerland in pictures

This content was published on Aug 13, 2025 Lausanne pays tribute to Philippe Becquelin, aka Mix & Remix, one of the most famous cartoonists in French-speaking Switzerland, who died in 2016 at the age of 58. The restyling of the Bessières metro station in the photo is just one of the many initiatives planned.

Part-time Swiss Abroad: raising children between countries

This content was published on Aug 13, 2025 Kids and school schedules can make the juggling act of an international life even more complicated.

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