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Syrian refugees: calling Switzerland home

This content was published on Sep 29, 2015 More than 100 refugees from Syria have started new lives in Switzerland as part of a UN programme to resettle vulnerable Syrians fleeing conflict in their homeland.

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Sommaruga calls for joint action on migrants at UN

This content was published on Sep 29, 2015 “We can only face the important flow of migrants jointly,” she said. “If each of us only looks after its own interests, we all lose out in the end: The migrants lose out and the solidarity between states falls by the wayside.” Pointing to the significant Syrian refugee burden shouldered by neigbouring countries like Turkey,…

The Swiss ambassador to Havana Emil Stadelhofer with the Cuban leader Fidel Castro

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The Swiss who helped to prevent World War III

This content was published on Sep 28, 2015 From 1961, the Swiss Embassy in Havana represented the interests of the US in Cuba, while the Swiss Embassy in Washington did the same for Cuban interests in the US from 1991. The Swiss ambassador to Havana, Emil Stadelhofer, played a role in everything from the Cuban missile crisis, a conflict that nearly started World…

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FIFA investigation, illegal Viagra and unusual refugee centres

This content was published on Sep 27, 2015 Here are the top stories we're following the week of September 28, 2015.

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Reliable Swiss help the mountain folk of Pamir

This content was published on Sep 25, 2015 This dynamic former Soviet state in central Asia has a rich history. In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the state became independent and civil war broke out at around the same time. This lasted for seven years and claimed more than 60,000 lives. The Swiss began working there in 1993, at first…

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Signatures against the high-price island

This content was published on Sep 25, 2015

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‘A liveable present for an intelligent future’

This content was published on Sep 25, 2015 Join architect Mario Botta, immunologist Antonio Lanzavecchia and other experts to discuss how to find innovative solutions to today’s big problems.

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Plan to register old guns rejected

This content was published on Sep 24, 2015 On Thursday, the Senate followed the House of Representatives in refusing a government proposal to introduce mandatory gun registration for all firearms, including those acquired before December 2008. At the moment, only guns acquired after 2008 have to be included in cantonal registries. There are an estimated two million firearms in circulation in Switzerland, of…

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Think tank cautions against high hopes for Agenda 2030

This content was published on Sep 24, 2015 Alliance Sud, a Swiss think tank of six leading development organisations and charities, welcomes the United Nations Agenda 2030 as a compromise of sorts. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)External link are expected to be approved by world leaders in New York later this week. “It is a document riddled with contradictions,” says Eva Schmassmann, the…

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NGO says governments must be held accountable

This content was published on Sep 24, 2015 “We would have wished for some stronger language in anchoring human and social rights aspects,” says Iain Levine, Deputy Chief Executive for Program at HRW. “Whatever the strengths and weaknesses of the goals as now defined, the critical challenge is going to be in the implementation, the monitoring and the mechanisms that hold governments accountable,…

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