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Second Swiss humanitarian aid team dispatched to Beirut

This content was published on Aug 8, 2020 The Swiss Humanitarian Aid Corps workers are accompanied by three damage site experts from the armed forces, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. An initial team of ten Swiss experts, comprising of engineers, infrastructure specialists, a security advisor, a logistician, a telecommunications manager and a psychologist, have been in Lebanon since Thursday to evaluate the…

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Rights activist Lanz loses appeal against asylum conviction

This content was published on Aug 7, 2020 Human rights activist Anni Lanz was condemnded for having helped a rejected asylum seeker illegally return to Switzerland from Italy.

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Swiss voters hold the keys to new fighter jet fleet

This content was published on Aug 7, 2020 The Swiss air force’s credit package for the purchase of new fighter jets has been challenged to a referendum by pacifists and left-wing parties.

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Swiss examine fresh allegations against prosecutor Lauber

This content was published on Aug 6, 2020 Complaint alleges ‘unlawful collaboration’ with Bern to boost country’s interests in Uzbekistan.

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Mainland Spain added to Swiss list of coronavirus risk countries

This content was published on Aug 5, 2020 The Swiss health authorities have decided to add mainland Spain and six other nations to its list of coronavirus risk countries.

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Will proposed tax deductions for families with kids benefit mainly the rich?

This content was published on Aug 5, 2020 A fact check of the main objection left-leaning parties have to proposed tax breaks that Swiss voters are to approve in a September referendum.

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Belgium takes cantons Valais and Vaud off its Covid risk list

This content was published on Aug 5, 2020 The Swiss foreign minister says Belgium has pledged to remove two Swiss regions from its list of coronavirus risk countries.

If you’ve been unable to travel to Switzerland recently, what do you miss most?

Travel restrictions introduced during the pandemic have severely limited the number of visitors able to come to Switzerland from abroad.

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Media slam ‘Federal Office of Cock-ups’ for Covid data confusion

This content was published on Aug 4, 2020 Swiss newspapers have not minced their words after the health office got its numbers seriously wrong about the source of coronavirus infections.

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Are ten days of paternity leave too much or not enough?

This content was published on Aug 4, 2020 Why the statutory ten-day paternity leave in Switzerland has been challenged to a nationwide vote.

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