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Aid officials urge tougher stance to end targeting of hospitals

This content was published on Aug 21, 2017 Deliberate attacks on health facilities, aid workers and patients in war zones must be condemned more strongly, warn humanitarian officials.

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Nicolas Szita, England

This content was published on Aug 20, 2017 London-based Nicolas Szita thinks Swiss living abroad should be more bold regarding certain issues.

Franz Boos, US

This content was published on Aug 20, 2017 Besides e-voting and pension reform, Swiss expatriate Franz Boos is concerned about banking services.

Vote topics, witches and the Unspunnen Festival

This content was published on Aug 20, 2017 Here's a selection of the stories we will be bringing you in the upcoming week.

Volunteers search for bodies from heavy flooding and mudslides just outside of Sierra Leone s capital Freetown

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Switzerland to send CHF400,000 in aid to Sierra Leone

This content was published on Aug 18, 2017 The Swiss foreign ministry has announced the provision of CHF400,000 in relief funds to Sierra Leone, which has been hit by major flooding and landslides.

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Swiss companies pull out of Venezuela

This content was published on Aug 18, 2017 Swiss firms are cutting hundreds of jobs in long-established branch offices in crisis-hit Venezuela.

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Cabinet breaks silence on ‘Swiss spy’ arrested in Germany

This content was published on Aug 18, 2017 The 54-year-old suspect, a Swiss private investigator and former Zurich police officer known as Daniel M., was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany on April 8. He was believed to have been instructed by the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) to spy on tax inspectors in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, who were attempting to identify tax…

Drawn figures standing in front of the Centre for Democracy Aarau.

Swiss Politics

When you cast your vote far from home

This content was published on Aug 18, 2017 Why do the Swiss abroad vote differently from the Swiss at home? An expert takes a closer look at the political profile of the Swiss diaspora.

campaigners handing in signatures challenging pension reform

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Pension reform vote looks set for close result

This content was published on Aug 18, 2017 Supporters of both ideas are 11% and 12% ahead respectively in a survey commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation – swissinfo.ch’s parent company – and published on Friday. “The result on September 24 could be close and the debates promise to be heated,” says Lukas Golder of the leading GfS Bern research and polling institute,…

E-Voting-Karte des Kantons Genf (Demo-Version)

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E-voting pilot project seen as a big success

This content was published on Aug 17, 2017 For the first time ever, Swiss expatriates could cast their votes online in the elections for their assembly, the Swiss Abroad Council.

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