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Exploit potential of migrants, says Sommaruga

This content was published on Jan 26, 2015 At the 2nd conference of the Tripartite Agglomeration Conference (TAC) on integration through work, Simonetta Sommaruga called for better use of the migrant population already established in Switzerland, as a part of a strategy to increase the domestic workforce. “The integration of migrants is not for charitable purposes. The measures have been put in place…

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‘More Muslims should denounce fundamentalism’

This content was published on Jan 26, 2015 Recently elected ‘Swiss of the year’ by the readers of the Sunday newspaper SonntagsZeitung for his “fight for the cohabitation” of communities, Memeti advocates a liberal Islam that adopts western values without concession. “I’m afraid that the climate of suspicion and fear will again become more generalised in the times to come,” says Memeti, who…

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Perfume-maker for Geneva patients

This content was published on Jan 26, 2015

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Austria cashes in on strong Swiss franc

This content was published on Jan 25, 2015 The number of European customers in Swiss alpine resorts has continued to decline in recent years, because it is more expensive to ski here than in neighbouring France, Germany and Austria. But when the Swiss National Bank abandoned its currency cap with the euro on January 15, this made the value of the franc rise…

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Churchill’s victorious visit to Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 24, 2015 Exactly 50 years after the death of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, swissinfo.ch looks back at some extraordinary photos of his visit to Switzerland in 1946, during which he gave a historic speech calling for a “United States of Europe”.

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A vision of love

This content was published on Jan 24, 2015

Hollande urges world to unite against terror

This content was published on Jan 23, 2015 Two weeks after the attack on Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, French President François Hollande used his address at the World Economic Forum to call on countries and corporations to work together in the fight against terrorism.

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The business of art, a Davos talking point

This content was published on Jan 23, 2015 “There have been enormous changes in the ecology of the art world in the last 20 years,” announced Peter AspdenExternal link, the Financial Times’ arts writer, at a debate hosted Thursday by the British newspaper and bank Julius Baer. “There was very little sense of glamour, popularity or money when I discovered the art world…

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Cancellations hit tourist industry following rise of Swiss franc

This content was published on Jan 23, 2015 Tourism bosses have warned that the Swiss tourism industry is facing a “serious” situation, already feeling the effects of Swiss National Bank’s decision to scrap a minimum exchange rate with the euro.

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Controversial centre for difficult asylum-seekers

This content was published on Jan 23, 2015

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