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Americans overseas: friends don’t let friends not vote

American citizen in Switzerland shows off socks featuring Donald Trump.

This content was published on May 25, 2018 Americans may be happy getting on with their lives overseas but they have a duty to cast a vote to shape politics back home.

A picture of a Rohingya camp in the rain

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Swiss Solidarity collects over CHF3 million for Rohingya refugees

This content was published on May 24, 2018 The Swiss Solidarity charity is holding a one-day national fundraising campaign on Wednesday to support the 780,000 Rohingya people living in Bangladesh refugee camps.

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Swiss charity wants training geared to young refugees

This content was published on May 23, 2018 Aid agency Caritas Switzerland is urging the government and cantons to invest in better and faster training for young refugees.

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Overseeing the UN’s ‘most complex’ relief operation

This content was published on May 23, 2018 The Swiss humanitarian worker Jakob Kern has been leading the WFP’s Syria action since December 2015.

Swiss and Beninese officials sign agreement in Bern

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Swiss-Beninese deal aims to boost entrepreneurship

This content was published on May 22, 2018 Switzerland and Benin have concluded an agreement to strengthen private businesses and farming in the West African state.

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Palestinian return is a right not a dream

This content was published on May 22, 2018 The Swiss foreign affairs minister cast UN aid work for Palestinian refugees as a stumbling block to Middle East peace. A Palestinian response.

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Swiss campaign to make lifesaving drugs affordable

This content was published on May 22, 2018 Swiss authorities must act to make lifesaving drugs more affordable by introducing compulsory licensing, says NGO Public Eye.

Politicians from eight major countries, including the EU, on stage at the EPFL Lausanne in 2015

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Swiss firms in Iran fear US sanctions

This content was published on May 21, 2018 Several Swiss newspapers on Sunday reported that Swiss firms in Iran have stopped making new business contracts two weeks ago. Sharif Nezam-Mafi, chairman of the Swiss-Iranian chamber of commerceExternal link, is quoted as saying several Swiss firms were about to close their subsidiaries in Iran. He apparently met representatives of major Swiss companies in Tehran…

UNRWA head Pierre Kraehenbuehl, left, and Swiss Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, right

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Swiss president moves to calm Palestinian aid outcry

This content was published on May 18, 2018 Experts have reacted to Swiss foreign affairs minister Ignazio Cassis’ comments that UNRWA's work is a stumbling block to peace in the Middle East.

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12,000 petitioners demand “humane” treatment of Eritreans

This content was published on May 18, 2018 Some 1,500 people have demonstrated in Bern, and handed in a petition calling for a more humane asylum policy for Eritreans.

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