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This content was published on May 22, 2025 Seals explore their new home at Dählhölzli Zoo in the Swiss capital, Bern. The 20-year-old facility was renovated last year, and the seals have returned after 13 months in exile in Sweden.

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This content was published on May 21, 2025 Digital identity and taxation of secondary residences are the topics of the upcoming federal vote.

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This content was published on May 21, 2025 The village of Blatten in Valais has been evacuated over the past few days due to the landslide that continues to move above it on the Birch Glacier. It is not only humans who have to get out of the danger zone.

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Vera Weber: A life between animal welfare and hotel glamour

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Vera Weber: hotelier by day, activist by conviction

This content was published on May 21, 2025 The daughter of renowned environmentalists Franz and Judith Weber now heads an influential foundation – and runs a historic hotel.

The point where the rockslide at Petit Nesthorn, above the village of Blatten, collapsed. After several major rockfalls on Monday, the village of Blatten is still on borrowed time due to the risk of collapse of part of the Petit Nesthorn. Around a third of the expected five million cubic metres of rock have fallen.

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This content was published on May 20, 2025 The village of Blatten remains under threat after Monday’s major rockfall, and Swiss air traffic controller Skyguide is also under pressure.

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This content was published on May 20, 2025 The "White Tower" was inaugurated on Tuesday in the village of Mulegns, canton Graubünden. The 23-metre-high structure was 3D-printed.

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A citizen on polling duty directs the voters at the polling station

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Almost half of Swiss citizens are open to holding political office

This content was published on May 20, 2025 Would you consider holding political office? Nearly half of Swiss citizens would, according to a study by the University of Basel.

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This content was published on May 19, 2025 A landslide threatens a village in Valais. Plus, how healthy is the Swiss population? And who won the Eurovision Song Contest?

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This content was published on May 19, 2025 Around 700 people in traditional costumes dance to Swiss folk music during the second Central Switzerland Traditional Costume Festival 2025 on Saturday, near Amsteg in canton Uri. (Keystone/Urs Flüeler).

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A passenger train en route between Basel and Zurich in Gipf-Oberfrick, Switzerland, photographed on June 23, 2017. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally)

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Swiss railways test low-growing plant mix to replace herbicides

This content was published on May 19, 2025 To reduce herbicide used along railway tracks, the Swiss Federal Railways commissioned low-growing plant mixtures. After five years of trials, the method is now considered viable.

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