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The special session runs through tomorrow. The House of Representatives is using the additional three days to manage its growing workload.

This content was published on May 6, 2025 The special session runs through tomorrow. The House of Representatives is using the additional three days to manage its growing workload.

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This content was published on May 6, 2025 UBS cleans up a legacy issue. Meanwhile, the Swiss government is preparing for further cyberattacks on major events.

Historic Swiss maternity hospital in France under threat

This content was published on May 6, 2025 Swiss teacher Elisabeth Eidenbenz saved hundreds of women and children from certain death thanks to her maternity clinic. It is now threatened with closure.

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This content was published on May 5, 2025 Should politicians be expected to be consistent between their public claims and their private actions?

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This content was published on May 5, 2025 Voting at the Landsgemeinde on Sunday in Glarus. This open-air assembly, which takes place every year on the first Sunday in May, is the canton’s supreme legislative body and now exists only in cantons Glarus and Appenzell Inner Rhodes.

Swiss court bans animal names for vegan meat substitutes

This content was published on May 5, 2025 Plant-based meat alternatives must no longer use names directly referencing animals, such as 'vegan chicken' or 'vegan pork'.

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The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on May 3, 2025 Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

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This content was published on May 3, 2025 Tomatoes lie in front of a UBS building in Basel during May Day demonstrations on Thursday.

Why the Swiss still like to have cash in hand

This content was published on May 3, 2025 Cash is losing out to plastic or digital cash in Switzerland, but it’s unlikely that coins and notes will become obsolete.

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This content was published on May 2, 2025 More and more Swiss retirees are opting for a lump-sum payout instead of a pension. And in Glarus, voters will decide whether Swiss Abroad should be granted the right to vote for the Senate.

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