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Only cabinet ministers get single rooms

This content was published on May 4, 2017 Switzerland has an amazingly extensive underworld. If it were all laid end to end, it would form a tunnel 3,780 kilometres long.

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The cabinet bunker

This content was published on May 4, 2017 The cabinet’s “top secret” and bomb-proof bunker in Amsteg in canton Uri was built during the Second World War in case the Nazis came.

Switzerland extends ex-Gambian minister’s detention

This content was published on May 4, 2017 The Swiss authorities have extended the detention of former Gambian interior minister Ousman Sonko by another three months.

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The French border villages that are bastions of National Front support

This content was published on May 3, 2017 Why are a number of French villages bordering Switzerland proud supporters of France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the presidential election?

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Refugees get a taste of Swiss university life

This content was published on May 3, 2017 Swiss universities have found ways for refugees to attend on a trial basis, but earning a diploma may remain out of reach for many.

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Switzerland sees influx of Guinean asylum seekers

This content was published on May 2, 2017 A total of 339 Guineans filed official requests for asylum in Switzerland between January and March 2017, a 280% increase on the same period last year. Neighbouring Germany recorded 1,275 Guinean asylum seekers, an even bigger rise of 600% for the first quarter of 2017 compared with 2016. During the same period, 1,100 people from…

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Swiss agent suspected of exposing German tax sleuths

This content was published on May 1, 2017 Valentin Landmann, the suspect’s lawyer, told Swiss public radio, SRF, on Monday that his client is a security consultant working primarily in the financial sector – also for Swiss institutions. However, he did not confirm that the 54-year-old man had a mandate from the Swiss intelligence service as alleged by the German justice authorities. The…

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Do you live in a democracy?

This content was published on May 1, 2017 If you live in a democracy, there are certain things you might expect – to be able to vote, to be able to protest if you want to. What else?

Swiss arrested in Germany over spying

This content was published on Apr 28, 2017 A 54-year-old Swiss man was arrested on Friday in Frankfurt, Germany on suspicion of spying.

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Diplomatic representation

This content was published on Apr 28, 2017 Switzerland maintains diplomatic relations with almost every country and serves as a protecting power for several others.

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