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Isabella Kocum in the new Framing Studio at the National Gallery in London.

This content was published on Jun 22, 2025 Isabella Kocum works in London as a gilder at the National Gallery and is an artist in her own right. But originally she had other plans.

One of the two red buttons used to shut down Mühleberg nuclear power plant.

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This content was published on Jun 21, 2025 One of the two red buttons used to shut down Mühleberg nuclear power plant, near Bern.

The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 21, 2025 Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

Velcro: how space race helped Swiss invention catch on

This content was published on Jun 21, 2025 Swiss engineer George de Mestral patented Velcro in the 1950s. But it had to overcome initial scepticism.

Property in Switzerland is expensive - and the debt burden is also high.

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Mortgages in Switzerland: how the system works

This content was published on Jun 21, 2025 Home loans are cheap in Switzerland. There are good sides and bad sides to this. Here is what you need to know about mortgages in Switzerland.

The Grenadiers du Bon Dieu from the village of Wiler march in parade during the Corpus Christi festival on Thursday, June 19, 2025, near the huge landslide that last month devastated the Valais village of Blatten.

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This content was published on Jun 20, 2025 The Grenadiers du Bon Dieu from the village of Wiler march in parade during the Corpus Christi festival on Thursday, June 19, 2025, near the huge landslide that last month devastated the Valais village of Blatten.

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This content was published on Jun 20, 2025 Falling birth rates, rising political tensions and US visa woes for Swiss students.

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This content was published on Jun 19, 2025 Criticism over deportation detention, the e-ID referendum campaign kicks off and a new ranking shows where to find Switzerland’s priciest cars.

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This content was published on Jun 19, 2025 Restoration work at the Chapelle du Scapulaire in Le Landeron has uncovered remarkably well-preserved decorative artwork dating back to 1683.

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This content was published on Jun 18, 2025 The conflict between Israel and Iran revives the question of evacuating Swiss nationals from abroad.

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