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Parliament gives dual national Swiss ministers the thumbs up

This content was published on Dec 11, 2018 Swiss parliament decides that dual nationals should continue to be accepted as government ministers.

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Swiss offer a hand to friendless Brexit Britain

This content was published on Dec 11, 2018 Just when British Prime Minister Theresa May thought things couldn’t get any worse, Britain is being openly mocked by the Swiss.

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The outsized, shifting power of the Swiss Senate

This content was published on Dec 11, 2018 Swiss political scientist Claude Longchamp explains why the Senate will decide the outcome of the 2019 elections.

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‘We recreate borders in people’s minds’

This content was published on Dec 10, 2018 Photographer Alberto Campi takes us on the migrant trail.

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Switzerland gets first female defence minister

This content was published on Dec 10, 2018 Viola Amherd has become Switzerland’s first female defence minister.

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Crime drops under open borders in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 9, 2018 Crime has fallen by more than 20% since the introduction of the Schengen/Dublin agreement in Switzerland ten years ago.

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Women in politics and battling homophobia

This content was published on Dec 8, 2018 Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure.

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Government ‘needs more vision and leadership’ in EU debate

This content was published on Dec 8, 2018 Swiss newspapers are unimpressed by the government's decision to carry out a public consultation before taking a position on the EU.

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Switzerland to vote in favour of global compact on refugees

This content was published on Dec 7, 2018 The refugee compact is based on the New York Declaration adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2016. This eventually led to the development of two global frameworks: the global compact for migration and the global compact on refugees. Switzerland has not yet signed the former after opposition from parliamentarians. On Friday, the government confirmed…

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Brexit: what would Switzerland do?

This content was published on Dec 7, 2018 The Brexit deal appears likely to fail in the British parliament and what happens next is unclear. What would direct democracy veteran Switzerland do?

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