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Older Swiss reject raising the retirement age

This content was published on Oct 7, 2019 Work longer? No thanks! Swiss aged 50-70 reject any form of increase in the age of retirement, especially women and French-speakers.

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‘Switzerland is not a country of big ideas’

This content was published on Oct 6, 2019 Why election campaigns in Switzerland are comparatively dull and what it has to do with direct democracy.

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Swiss Post sells off French bus unit at heart of subsidy scandal

This content was published on Oct 2, 2019 CarPostal France was sold on Tuesday for an undisclosed sum to Keolis group. As a result Swiss Post recorded a loss of CHF19 million and a negative exchange rate impact of CHF14 million, reports Swiss public television RTSExternal link. In June, the French bus subsidiary was forced to settle an unfair competition case for €6.2…

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Four indicted in federal IT corruption case

This content was published on Oct 1, 2019 Among the four are three entrepreneurs as well as a former SECOExternal link employee in charge of procurement, announced the attorney general’s office in a statementExternal link on Tuesday. Specifically, they have been charged with bribery (active and passive) in relation to awarding several hundred SECO IT contracts worth a total of CHF99 million ($98.9…

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Three-quarters of Swiss back new organ donation system

This content was published on Sep 30, 2019 Three out of four Swiss (76%) are in favour of a new organ donation system that would move from explicit to presumed consent.

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Record number of political hopefuls to try their luck

This content was published on Sep 30, 2019 A record number of candidates will run for election to the Swiss parliament on October 20 next, including more young people and more women.

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US apps send thousands of private photos to Swiss police

This content was published on Sep 29, 2019 Harmless vacation photo or criminal content? Swiss federal police need to make this decision thousands of times per year.

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Guinea pigs, sausages and collapsible dinosaurs

This content was published on Sep 28, 2019 Here we bring you a round-up of some of the most interesting statistics to appear in the past week’s stories.

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Government sticks to plans to open electricity market

This content was published on Sep 27, 2019 The Swiss government says it is keeping to its plans to completely liberalise the domestic electricity market, despite criticism.

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Climate protestors take to the streets of Lausanne again

This content was published on Sep 27, 2019 Thousands of people marched through Lausanne on Friday demanding urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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