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Kim Jong-un’s Swiss childhood home identified

This content was published on Jun 29, 2016 “They never greeted or looked at anyone,” Victor Schmid, who lived across the street at the time, told swissinfo.ch. Schmid is a communications consultant in Bern who also advised former Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti. He says the house in question is located at Kirchstrasse 10 in the Bern suburb of Liebefeld, near where the…

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Migrant costs lead to CHF600 million budget deficit

This content was published on Jun 29, 2016 Switzerland received around 40,000 asylum applications in 2015, which is expected to rise to around 45,000 in 2016, according to a cabinet statement released on Wednesday. The last time there was such a spike in applications was during the Kosovo conflict in 1998-1999. The government estimates that the projected CHF900 million difference between spending on…

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A US divided into ‘us’ and ‘them’

This content was published on Jun 29, 2016 Living abroad and travelling extensively has given me the opportunity to meet and experience many different cultures and people. It has made me hyper-aware that the world is smaller than we think, and the people living in it are not all as bad as they are being portrayed by a certain Presidential candidate. The United…

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Government announces new human rights institution

This content was published on Jun 29, 2016 To do so, the new institution will work at supporting public authorities, businesses and civic organisations to promote human rights and foster contacts among them. The concept is based on an idea put forward by the cabinet in 2009 stating that more services were needed in the area of human rights. At that time, a…

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How an American idea influenced Swiss morality

This content was published on Jun 29, 2016 The Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation, formerly Moral Rearmament, is celebrating its 70th anniversary.

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A force for mediation

This content was published on Jun 29, 2016 Since setting up shop in Caux, above Lake Geneva, in 1946, the Moral Rearmament movement has been working to rebuild Europe by bringing together old enemies and organising international conferences. It intensified its fight against communism from 1953 onwards, launching a global campaign, and inviting leaders from former colonised countries to Caux. Cornelio Sommaruga took over as head…

Switzerland backs India for nuclear exporting club

This content was published on Jun 28, 2016 “Switzerland supports India’s candidature [to the NSG] and engages constructively in order to find a consensus solution for the remaining open questions,” Pierre-Alain Eltschinger, spokesperson for the Federal Depart of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) told swissinfo.ch. The “open questions” relate to the problem of allowing countries that have not signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation TreatyExternal link (NPT)…

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How it feels to come out as transgender

This content was published on Jun 28, 2016

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Swiss-EU meeting put on ice after Brexit vote

This content was published on Jun 27, 2016 An official meeting between Jacques de Watteville, Switzerland’s main negotiator with the EU, and the European Parliament was cancelled on Monday as a result of the British referendum vote. De Wattewille nonetheless met informally with his EU counterpart, Christian Leffler, in Brussels. “I’m happy that discussions are continuing,” de Watteville said. “Switzerland remains on the…

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A scientific journey and three tales of tolerance

This content was published on Jun 26, 2016 Here are the stories we’re following the week of June 27.

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