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There’s still preparation and maintenance work ahead before the Gotthard Pass reopens to road traffic in mid-May.

This content was published on May 1, 2025 There’s still preparation and maintenance work ahead before the Gotthard Pass reopens to road traffic in mid-May.

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This content was published on May 1, 2025 May Day events and demonstrations took place today under the national slogan “Solidarity instead of agitation”.

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Why a redistribution of seats on the Council of the Swiss Abroad is causing a stir

This content was published on May 1, 2025 A redrawing of global constituency boundaries has sparked complaints from some countries which stand to lose a seat.

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This content was published on Apr 30, 2025 “100 days of sound and fury”: the Swiss press takes stock of the first 100 days of US President Donald Trump’s second term.

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This content was published on Apr 30, 2025 Mudslides hit the hamlet of Ackersand in Stalden in canton Valais on Tuesday. The cantonal road between Visp and Stalden was blocked by large quantities of debris. The road finally re-opened in the late afternoon.

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Here in Switzerland, where the economy minister is also a winemaker, the Federal Office for Agriculture says it is “concerned” about the decline in wine consumption. It places the blame with the changing habits of the younger generation.

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This content was published on Apr 29, 2025 Here in Switzerland, where the economics minister is also a winemaker, the Federal Office for Agriculture says it is “concerned” about the decline in wine consumption. It blames the changing habits of the younger generation.

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The faster the Böögg head explodes during the Zurich spring festival of Secheläuten, the hotter the summer will be. Last night the ill-fated cloth puppet burned for 26 minutes and 30 seconds before the bang, thus heralding an average summer. Don't rush to cancel your vacation plans, though. The Böögg, after all, did not study meteorology.

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This content was published on Apr 29, 2025 The faster the Böögg head explodes during the Zurich spring festival of Secheläuten, the hotter the summer will be. Last night the ill-fated cloth puppet burned for 26 minutes and 30 seconds before the bang, thus foretelling of an upcoming an average summer. Don't rush to cancel your vacation plans, though. The Böögg, after all, did not study meteorology.

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Chinese Vice-Foreign Affairs Minister Le Yucheng delivers his speech during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of China by Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (KEYSTONE/Salvatore Di Nolfi)

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This content was published on Apr 28, 2025 An in-depth investigation into the Chinese regime’s targeting of critics abroad, including within the UN, leads today’s news.

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Appenzell Inner Rhodes has made history: Angela Koller (centre, with glasses) on Sunday became the first woman to be elected as the eastern canton’s Landammann (equivalent to mayor) by the local Landesgemeinde - an open-air assembly where citizens vote on cantonal matters with a show of hands.

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This content was published on Apr 28, 2025 Appenzell Inner Rhodes has made history: Angela Koller (centre, with glasses) on Sunday became the first woman to be elected as the eastern canton’s Landammann (equivalent to mayor) by the local Landesgemeinde - an open-air assembly where citizens vote on cantonal matters with a show of hands.

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Zurich fire brigades switch to vegetable oil fuel

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Zurich fire brigades switch to green fuel

This content was published on Apr 28, 2025 Fire brigades in canton Zurich have been testing a new biofuel called HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil).

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