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Deportations stopped to worst-hit Ebola lands

This content was published on Nov 7, 2014 Switzerland is no longer sending back rejected asylum seekers to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia – the West African countries worst affected by Ebola, the justice ministry has said.

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Returning Swiss find re-integrating an uphill battle

This content was published on Nov 7, 2014 People returning to Switzerland after years spent abroad are often blindsided by how difficult the transition can be.

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Personalised Organ Donation Directives

This content was published on Nov 7, 2014 (by David Shaw, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel)

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Alpine voters ‘hurting’ under ballot box results

This content was published on Nov 7, 2014 The initiative to end a preferential tax regime for wealthy foreigners goes to the vote at the end of November. Supporters say a preferential fiscal treatment is unjust. Opponents, like the government and the business community, say a vote to abolish lump sum taxes would harm the economy. Alpine communities were already hard hit by…

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Swissmedic approves trial of Ebola vaccine

This content was published on Nov 6, 2014 Geneva University Hospital (HUG) received approval from Swissmedic on Thursday to begin trials of a new type of Ebola vaccine received in October from the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory. The trials will commence on November 10. After approval from the ethics committees of the Canton of Geneva and the World Health Organisation (WHO), HUG was…

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Why the ‘overforeignisation’ debate continues

This content was published on Nov 6, 2014 The Swiss fear of overforeignisation – having too many foreigners – was at its peak in the 1960s and 1970s. But, as historian Damir Skenderovic says, two anti-immigration nationwide votes in February and November this year show that the issue has never really gone away.

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I like Switzerland – but does it like me?

This content was published on Nov 6, 2014 Archive footage shows how opinion was divided about "overforeignisation" in 1970.

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Ecopop campaign takes to the streets

This content was published on Nov 6, 2014 Even though a first opinion poll shows a large majority against the Ecopop initiative, there are fears the idea has more support than people are willing to admit openly. It’s a warm Saturday afternoon, the public square in the capital Bern is slowly filling with people for the anti-Ecopop demonstration organised by trade unions and…

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Rooting out corruption in the forests of Borneo

This content was published on Nov 5, 2014 Corruption is the driving force behind the destruction of the Malaysian rainforests and the displacement of indigenous people, says a new book.

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Yodelling, design and carnival: heritage candidates?

This content was published on Nov 5, 2014 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) manages a list of World Heritage Sites of special cultural or physical significance to humanity. The Jungfrau-Aletsch region in the Alps, Bern’s old town and the convent of St Gallen are among the 11 Swiss sites previously accorded conventional World Heritage status. Since 2003 UNESCO has…

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