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Green parties record membership increase

This content was published on Feb 5, 2020 The two main winners of Switzerland’s parliamentary elections have recorded a marked increase in the number of registered members.

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Refugee Council head criticises ‘hasty’ Swiss asylum procedures

This content was published on Feb 4, 2020 The new system of accelerated asylum processing is leading to a focus on speed and a decline in quality, a refugee rights group has warned.

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Signing of Switzerland-Turkey trade deal put on pause

This content was published on Feb 2, 2020 The Swiss government has delayed fully signing off on an expanded free-trade deal with Turkey, partly due to human rights concerns, the NZZ am Sonntag reports.

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With political instinct and a conservative agenda

This content was published on Feb 1, 2020 Martina Bircher, a controversial local politician, has pledged to make her voice heard in the Swiss parliament.

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Did you ever go on holiday to the Swiss Abroad Home?

This content was published on Jan 31, 2020 Between 1956 and 1979 a holiday camp was run in northern Switzerland for the Swiss Abroad. Did you ever spend a holiday in Dürrenäsch?

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Switzerland hopes to repatriate citizens from China at the weekend

This content was published on Jan 31, 2020 France has offered to fly the ten people to Marseilles where they will be quarantined for 14 days when they arrive. Officials said that all Swiss citizens in China are healthy and reiterated that there are no cases of Coronavirus in Switzerland so far. The Swiss foreign ministry said there are more than 4,000 Swiss…

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Asylum seeker requests in Switzerland hit 12-year low

This content was published on Jan 31, 2020 Most asylum seekers (2,899) came from Eritrea, with Afghanistan (1,397), Turkey (1,287) and Syria (1,100) also featuring prominently among applicants. In March of last year, Switzerland introduced new laws dealing with asylum seekers, speeding up the majority of requests from 400 days to 140 days. Most of the simpler asylum cases are now dealt with…

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Brexit year could be key for Bern-Brussels relations

This content was published on Jan 31, 2020 Switzerland has long resisted joining the European Union, preferring bilateral agreements. What does the future hold?

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Feds still collecting illegal data

This content was published on Jan 30, 2020 Switzerland’s Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) continues to collect more information than the law allows.

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