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The man hoping to be the voice of the Swiss abroad

This content was published on Oct 26, 2015 The first Swiss expat to be elected to the Swiss parliament, former ambassador Tim Guldimann, aims to give a voice to the Swiss abroad.

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Swiss support Ethiopia’s role in migration crisis

This content was published on Oct 26, 2015 Sommaruga referred to the east African country as a “key stabiliser in the region” in recognition of the 720,000 refugees it currently hosts, mainly from South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea. Ethiopia is a priority country for Switzerland in terms of its migration policy, which involves assistance on the ground and protecting refugees in their region…

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Parliament, burkas, mediation and real estate

This content was published on Oct 25, 2015 Here are the top stories we're following the week of October 26, 2015.

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The UN turns 70: Is it fit for purpose?

This content was published on Oct 25, 2015 Enumerating the UN’s achievements since it was founded in 1945 is arguably a long, difficult task. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon recently had a go at a shortish list: “Every day the UN makes a positive difference for millions of people: vaccinating children, distributing food aid, sheltering refugees, deploying peacekeepers, protecting the environment, seeking the peaceful…

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Swiss pharmaceuticals made in Russia

This content was published on Oct 23, 2015

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Parliament’s shift to the right, in figures

This content was published on Oct 22, 2015 We compared the positions of politicians elected to the House of Representatives with those from the previous parliament. To do this, we used data from smartvote.ch, a political questionnaire to which 90% of the candidates responded. Based on the responses, parliamentarians were classified according to left vs. right (horizontal) and liberal vs. conservative (vertical). Here’s…

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France pays Switzerland overdue tax bill

This content was published on Oct 22, 2015 The payment was finally settled on Wednesday after Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf reminded her French counterpart Michel Sapin of the unpaid bill at the annual summit of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Lima. Mario Tuor, a spokesman for the State Secretariat for International Matters (SIF), told swissinfo.ch that his department, responsible for…

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Russia protests ‘dangerous’ Swiss aircraft manoeuvre

This content was published on Oct 20, 2015 This Swiss ambassador in Moscow received a complaint from the Russian department of foreign affairs on Tuesday concerning a Swiss F/A-18 military aircraft that flew too close to a plane carrying a Russian parliamentary delegation.

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Shift to the right not as clear-cut as it seems

This content was published on Oct 20, 2015 Right-leaning parties now have 101 seats in the house. This, along with the Senate, forms the Swiss parliament. The largest party in the house remains the conservative right Swiss People’s Party, which gained 11 seats and now has 66, or one-third of the 200 in the chamber. swissinfo.ch: The People’s Party was able to build…

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Could mobile bungalows get around second homes law?

This content was published on Oct 20, 2015

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