Swiss Identity

Women now make up majority of Swiss abroad community

This content was published on Apr 5, 2018 The 751,800 Swiss citizens who live outside Switzerland are spread over almost 200 countries.

Culture

‘You’re Swiss? Stockholm is so beautiful…’

This content was published on Apr 5, 2018 A botched flag-flying attempt this week raised confusion between Switzerland and Sweden. We asked readers why the two are often mistaken.

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Demographics

When your birthdate lands you in trouble

This content was published on Apr 5, 2018 Jmiaa Quadrelli-El Mrahi has a peculiar birthday: 00.00.1968, according to her Swiss identity card.

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History

Should journalists be more critical of research involving animals?

This content was published on Apr 5, 2018 An anti-animal testing advocate and a science journalist address the Swiss media’s role in the debate over research involving animals.

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I want to be free to live my life

This content was published on Apr 5, 2018 "True Talk" puts people in front of the camera who are fighting prejudice or discrimination.

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Education

Europe’s unis meet to discuss challenges, the future

This content was published on Apr 5, 2018 Around 400 top European university officials are gathering in Zurich for a major conference. Hot topics: European research collaboration and funding.

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Switzerland could send back 3,200 rejected Eritrean asylum seekers

This content was published on Apr 4, 2018 In August 2017, the Federal Administrative Court ruled that Eritrean nationals who had performed their compulsory military service in their country should not expect to be re-conscripted into the army or face criminal punishment when they return home. The court therefore considered that a return to Eritrea “cannot generally be considered as unenforceable”. Because the…

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Switzerland’s most infamous bank robber to be released from prison

This content was published on Apr 4, 2018 Almost 19 years after his last arrest, a Zurich cantonal court has accepted Portmann’s application for parole. His latest “job” was a bank robbery in Horn in canton Thurgau with two accomplices, after escaping from a prison in canton Graubünden. He was handed a nine-year prison sentence for this heist. The 59-year-old has not served…

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Your questions about the cost of living in Switzerland – answered!

This content was published on Apr 4, 2018 We recently sat down with Stefan Meierhans, Switzerland’s official price watchdog, and asked him questions on your behalf. Here’s what he said.

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Divorced dads stuck in financier role

This content was published on Apr 3, 2018 A Swiss men’s lobby is complaining that in legal cases, many judges stick too eagerly to the traditional family model.

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