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Did Berlin attacker slip under Swiss authorities’ radar?

This content was published on Dec 25, 2016 According to the SonntagsZeitung, the Swiss Federal Office of Police, Intelligence Service and Attorney General’s Office are all “unable to confirm” that the 24-year-old Tunisian stayed briefly in Switzerland while searching for work, as his brother and sister told the German-language Swiss newspaper on Sunday. Amri, who allegedly drove a lorry through a Berlin Christmas…

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Swiss boost humanitarian aid to Yemen

This content was published on Dec 23, 2016 The CHF3 million ($2.9 million) financial commitment over the next 12 months is destined for a fund managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). It will be used to pay for emergency water and hygiene projects as well as for food aid, according to foreign ministry statement published on…

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Who funds Swiss mosques?

This content was published on Dec 23, 2016 Swiss mosques and Muslim associations are in the spotlight after concerns over the opacity of their funding and possible foreign influence.

Brussels sees progress in ties with Bern after immigration law

This content was published on Dec 22, 2016 European Union officials expressed relief the Swiss appear to have found a way to limit immigration without violating an accord on free movement.

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Petrobras corruption firms pay CHF200 million penalty

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 Three Brazilian companies must pay over CHF200 million ($194 million) in penalties to Switzerland for their part in the Petrobras scandal.

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Voters given new choices in Swiss immigration saga

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 In the Swiss immigration controls saga, the government has issued two alternatives to a new plan that aims to torpedo the 2014 vote on the issue.

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Government rejects demands to reform central bank

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 The SNB has been no stranger to political criticism in its efforts to keep the franc from appreciating too quickly against other currencies. Its policy of amassing foreign currency reserves and introducing negative interest rates has courted some controversy, not least in parliament. The abandonment of the CHF1.20 peg to the euro in January 2015…

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Swiss pledge funds to help refugees and fight hunger

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 The Global Agricultural Research Partnership, which aims to enable hundreds of millions of people to escape poverty and avoid chronic hunger, will continue to funded by Switzerland with CH50.4 million over the next three years, according to a foreign ministry statement on Wednesday. The research programme conserves the world’s largest collections of cultivated plants in…

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Applying to be Swiss in the Trump era

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 For an American to gain Swiss citizenship doesn't mean abandoning the United States - whatever the political climate.

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Zurich and Basel beef up security following Berlin attack

This content was published on Dec 20, 2016 Switzerland’s president Johann Schneider-Amman has said that he is “deeply affected” by an attack in Berlin.

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