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Making Swiss trains handicapped accessible proves a challenge

This content was published on May 17, 2017 The Swiss public transport network has to become more accessible for people with disabilities, but modernisation is taking longer than expected.

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Doubts raised about alleged Swiss spy suspect

This content was published on May 17, 2017 A watchdog rejected allegations that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) was involved in spying activities of the suspect for the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) or that it failed to black out passages in prosecution files, giving away his identity. In a statement on Wednesday, the OAG watchdog urged other supervisory bodies to cooperate.…

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Bosnian Muslims wish to strengthen European ties

This content was published on May 16, 2017 A new joint declaration affirms Bosnian Muslims' support for democracy and equality, and condemns religiously motivated terrorism.

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Detention of Afghan family judged illegal

This content was published on May 16, 2017 A family of Afghan asylum seekers, placed in detention by Swiss authorities before deportation to Norway, were held illegally, it was decided today.

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New mosque spotlights Swiss fracture lines

This content was published on May 16, 2017 A new prototype for mosques in Switzerland has arisen in a place that was ground zero in a bruising fight over the construction of minarets.

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Political lobbying on the rise in Switzerland

This content was published on May 15, 2017 Links between parliamentarians in Bern and lobby groups have grown by 20% between 2007 and 2015, according to a new study.

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Pierre-Yves Donzé: from a ‘cosmopolitan nation’ to Japan

This content was published on May 15, 2017 Pierre-Yves Donzé comes from La Chaux-de-Fonds and became a professor of economic history in Osaka. His specialty: the watch industry.

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Swiss-German ‘spy’ drama raises hackles – and questions

This content was published on May 14, 2017 His arrest at the end of April prompted a diplomatic spat between the two countries, a deluge of condemnation from the German side and red faces in Switzerland. A Swiss parliamentary commission is investigating the affair – and the media has also been trying hard to put together the scraps of evidence that have so…

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Swiss president attends ‘Silk Road’ summit

This content was published on May 14, 2017 Swiss president Doris Leuthard represented her country at the first international forum for a billion-dollar Chinese trade initiative.

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Lifting the curtain on the Swiss intelligence service

This content was published on May 12, 2017 The Swiss spy scandal has shone a spotlight on the Intelligence Service. We reveal what it gets up to – and who watches the watchers.

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