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The 39% tariff on Swiss exports to the US is not set in stone. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has given Switzerland some hope.
A spark of hope for Swiss descendants without a Swiss passport
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Descendants of Swiss emigrants who have lost their Swiss passport are fighting a desperate battle to reclaim their citizenship. Now they are pinning their hopes on a little-known law.
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Nine student astronauts spent two weeks (from July 21 to August 6) in isolation in the underground tunnels of the Gotthard, where the lunar habitat was simulated.
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“In times of international instability, cinema can offer a vision, defend values and open dialogue,” said Swiss Culture Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider in Locarno on Wednesday evening, where she was kicking off the 78th Locarno Film Festival.
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The Swiss flag is one of only two national flags in the world that are square. Why does it have this unique shape and where does it come from?
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Between US tariffs and atomic bomb commemorations, there’s at least one light topic in the Swiss news on Wednesday – the return of the moped.
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A copy of Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture The Thinker is submerged in plastic in front of the UN in Geneva: this ephemeral work by Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong, entitled The Thinker’s Burden, was designed specifically to coincide with current negotiations towards an international treaty on plastics.
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The Swiss president and economics minister are travelling to the US in an attempt to budge the US tariff of 39% downwards before August 7.
