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Memorial marks 50th anniversary of Switzerland’s worst terror attack

This content was published on Feb 21, 2020 The participants, including Ruedi Berlinger, co-organiser of the memorial event and son of the flight captain killed in the crash, laid wreaths and burned 47 candles. On February 21, 1970, Switzerland was shaken when Swissair 330 bound for Tel Aviv crashed shortly after take-off from Zurich, killing everyone on board: 38 passengers and nine crew.…

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Consumer watchdog urges government to cap mobile roaming charges

This content was published on Feb 21, 2020 “Put simply, roaming tariffs in Switzerland are exorbitantly expensive. They are cash cows for telecom providers,” Sara Stalder, head of the Swiss Consumer Protection FoundationExternal link, told Swiss public television SRFExternal link on Friday. The foundation said that Swiss consumers had to pay up to 975 times the standard fee for internet surfing abroad on…

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No new government unit to monitor state firms after PostBus scandal

This content was published on Feb 21, 2020 The government has rejected demands from a parliamentary commission to change the way it monitors state-owned companies.

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Switzerland ‘more interested in tobacco firms than citizen health’

This content was published on Feb 21, 2020 “Switzerland seems to be more interested in the well-being of the tobacco companies than in the health of its citizens,” noted the authors of the annual surveyExternal link, the European Network for Smoking Prevention.External link In 2013, Switzerland occupied 13th spot in the annual survey, according to the Working Group for Tobacco Prevention SwitzerlandExternal link.…

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‘Goodbye everybody’: the Swissair 330 disaster

This content was published on Feb 21, 2020 On February 21, 1970, Swissair 330 bound for Tel Aviv crashed shortly after take-off from Zurich, killing all 47 people on board.

A woman wears a protective face mask near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France, 15 February 2020.

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More Swiss leave Wuhan

This content was published on Feb 21, 2020 A further five Swiss citizens and two of their Chinese relatives have been flown out of the Wuhan region, the hub of the coronavirus, SRF says.

New Swiss aid budget proposes more funds but for fewer countries

This content was published on Feb 20, 2020 The Swiss government wants to set aside CHF11.25 billion ($11.43 billion) in development aid for the 2021-2024 period.

Swiss Politics

Bribery charges brought against ex-FIFA official and PSG president

This content was published on Feb 20, 2020 Three people have been charged, including ex-FIFA secretary-general Jérôme Valcke and Paris Saint-Germain boss Nasser Al-Khelaifi.

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‘You can’t say we progress quickly, but we progress well’

This content was published on Feb 20, 2020 Johanna Gapany caused an upset to become Switzerland’s youngest senator in 2019. How does the 31-year-old plan to change politics?

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Government boasts (another) surplus year

This content was published on Feb 19, 2020 The government announced on Wednesday that it will end the year with a budget surplus more than double of what was forecasted.

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