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Pilot error caused Swiss jet to crash in France

An officer walks next to the crash scene with pieces of a wreckage of a Swiss Army F/A-18 jet, in Glamondans, near Besancon,

This content was published on Jun 13, 2017 On October 14, 2015, an F/A-18 jet with one pilot on board was flying in airspace shared by the Swiss and French for training exercises when it crashed in a field near the village of Glamondans, east of the French city of Besançon. The accident occurred late in the morning during a training exercise with…

Ein Mädchen mit weissem Kreuz auf rotem Gesicht

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Swiss federalism changing with the times

This content was published on Jun 12, 2017 The Swiss model of democracy has given way to a more centralised system, researchers argue in a new book.

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‘Switzerland wanted its own atomic bomb’

This content was published on Jun 11, 2017 For four decades, Switzerland planned the construction of its own atomic weapon. Artist Gilles Rotzetter has researched this hidden story.

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How a micro-nation was inspired by Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 11, 2017 The new micro-nation Liberland wants to take political self-determination for citizens even further than the Swiss form of direct democracy.

A Hungarian soldier patrols at the transit zone at Hungary s southern border with Serbia

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Court urges Switzerland to review asylum transfers to Hungary

This content was published on Jun 9, 2017 A Swiss court has urged the government to examine whether refugees should be sent back to Hungary under the European Union’s Dublin accord.

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Swiss aid brings clean water to North Korea

This content was published on Jun 9, 2017 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has been working with North Korea in this respect for more than 20 years. One project involved bringing drinking water to thousands of households, while another promoted sustainable food production and protection against soil erosion on the slopes of hilly farmlands. The Swiss also distribute milk powder through the United Nations…

Britain s Prime Minister Theresa May listens as the declaration at her constituency is made for in the general election

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‘The UK is now ungovernable’

This content was published on Jun 9, 2017 Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to hold an election to strengthen her hand in Brexit talks has been disastrous, Swiss-based observers say.

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Swiss want inclusive membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group

This content was published on Jun 8, 2017 Switzerland will be hosting the 2017 plenary meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers GroupExternal link (NSG) in its capital Bern on June 22-23. Member countries collaborate to prevent the transport of technology that could be used to make nuclear weapons and hence determine what can or cannot be exported. This places non-members like India and Pakistan…

An Amazon bookstore with shelves filled with books and customers

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Switzerland signs up to corporate tax dodging remedy

This content was published on Jun 7, 2017 Huge companies, such as Starbucks, Amazon and Fiat, have been publically taken to task by the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) over the way they distort their tax bills. This is achieved by accountancy tricks that legally ghost profits from where they are earned to low tax jurisdictions. This…

a post office kiosk in a local Volg supermarket

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The Swiss postman may not always ring twice

This content was published on Jun 6, 2017 Swiss Post should act in a socially responsible way when it comes to future closures of post offices, according to public oversight body PostCom.

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