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Brazil, through the lens of Claudia Andujar

This content was published on Feb 6, 2016 Claudia Andujar was born in Neuchâtel. Since 1955 the 84-year-old photographer has lived in São Paulo, Brazil, where her career began.

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Syrians in Switzerland on the ‘Geneva 3’ talks

This content was published on Feb 3, 2016 How do Syrians living in Switzerland view the peace talks taking place on their doorstep? swissinfo.ch asked five people.

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British deal has Swiss cautiously optimistic about EU ties

This content was published on Feb 3, 2016 “It is partly good news, because it shows that the EU is ready to seek pragmatic solutions for the issue of the free movement of people and for an emergency brake [on immigration],” he told Swiss public radio SRF. The deal between Britain and the EU presented on Tuesday includes a proposed clause that limits…

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Viewpoint: Paola Oggiano of Italy

This content was published on Feb 1, 2016 A native of Sardinia, she has lived in Switzerland for five years, and works for an Italian trade union “in the department that protects Italian migrant workers in Switzerland”. “In the beginning actually I would have liked much more to work with young people than old people,” she says. “And then I found myself in…

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Informing foreigners, celebrating the arts and nature

This content was published on Jan 31, 2016 Here are the stories we’re following the week of February 1.

The Serbian-Orthodox community celebrates a service in the Catholic parish of Perlen in Canton Lucerne

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Controversy over a church changing hands

This content was published on Jan 31, 2016

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Ceremony held for Burkina Faso terror victims

This content was published on Jan 29, 2016 The former director of Switzerland’s Post Office, Jean-Noël Rey, and a well-known Social Democratic politician also from the canton of Valais, Georgie Lamon, were killed by gunmen who opened fire on a hotel and café popular with westerners in the Burkina FasoExternal link capital, Ouagadougou, on January 15. In all, 29 people died. Leading the…

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Swiss citizens live in all corners of the world

This content was published on Jan 29, 2016 One in ten Swiss lives abroad. More than half of them live in Europe, with France, Germany and Italy the most popular countries. Elsewhere, the United States is the top destination.

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Cabinet aims for prosperity, security and cohesion

This content was published on Jan 27, 2016 Presenting a list of the 60 measures for the cabinet to envisage, Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said he wanted to help ensure that joblessness does not rise beyond current levels in Switzerland by the end of 2019. The official unemployment rate was 3.7% last month. Schneider-Ammann, who holds the rotating post of Swiss president this…

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Swiss-born but threatened with deportation

This content was published on Jan 26, 2016 People who were born in Switzerland but who do not have Swiss citizenship are concerned.

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