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Sovereign Money initiative in a nutshell

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This content was published on Apr 23, 2018 The initiative which aims at a sweeping reform of the Swiss monetary system is challenging not only for banks, politicians and average citizens.

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Diplomats owe millions in unpaid Swiss traffic fines

This content was published on Apr 22, 2018 Foreign diplomats residing in Bern and Geneva owe millions of Swiss francs in parking and other traffic-related fines.

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Ex-foreign minister differed from government on ‘fundamentals’

This content was published on Apr 20, 2018 Ex-foreign minister Didier Burkhalter felt he differed from cabinet colleagues on “fundamental values”, including arms exports and equal pay.

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Zurich sees spike in naturalisation requests

This content was published on Apr 20, 2018 The city of Zurich says it has seen a much higher demand for Swiss citizenship requests.

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Young Swiss care less and less about politics

This content was published on Apr 19, 2018 Is it a lost cause or is there a way to get younger people involved in politics?

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Swiss steel company reduces ties to Vekselberg

This content was published on Apr 16, 2018 Chairman Edwin Eichler will stand for re-election at next week’s annual general meeting, but no longer as a representative of Renova, the Swiss firm announced on Monday. Vladimir Polienko will stand down, leaving Marco Musetti as the only Renova-appointed representative on the board if elected. The move to reduce the Schmolz + Bickenbach board from…

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When Zurich’s New Left rode the pop culture revolution

This content was published on Apr 16, 2018 As part of our series on 1968, we look at how the New Left in Switzerland tried to harness the youth fervour of the time.

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Government urged to halt trade talks with Turkey

This content was published on Apr 16, 2018 Fifteen Swiss organisations have called on the Federal Council to suspend negotiations on expanding its free trade agreements with Turkey.

Chart showing the share of seats for the political parties in the Geneva cantonal parliament

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Geneva’s populist and rightwing groups routed in elections

This content was published on Apr 16, 2018 The Geneva Citizens' Movement and the Swiss People's Party suffered a significant defeat in Sunday’s elections to the Geneva cantonal parliament.

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Facebook reluctant to release data to Swiss authorities

This content was published on Apr 15, 2018 Over the past half-decade, Swiss authorities have sent 361 data requests to Facebook. One-third of them were granted.

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