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Switzerland to post three new overseas defence attachés

This content was published on Jan 31, 2018 According to the government announcement on Wednesday, the Kiev post will be created this year, that in Singapore in 2019, and Sub-Saharan African country in 2020. The posts will be funded by a reallocation of existing budgets with no additional costs to the Swiss taxpayer. “The creation of the new posts is in line with…

A street sweeper brush moves over a beer can on a Zurich street

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Swiss cities: How clean is clean enough?

This content was published on Jan 31, 2018 If you think Swiss streets are clean, meet the digital system that could make them even cleaner by counting and categorising different types of trash.

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Switzerland ‘extremely worried’ by US aid cuts to Palestinians

This content was published on Jan 30, 2018 The Swiss foreign ministry says it is preoccupied by the US aid cut to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

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Thousands in Zurich march to support Kurds

This content was published on Jan 28, 2018 Several thousand people marched in Zurich on Saturday to call attention to the situation of Kurds in Syria and Turkey.

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Are Swiss-funded Christian NGOs unwelcome in India?

This content was published on Jan 28, 2018 Christian charities allege selective implementation of regulations and blame this on the rise of Hindu fundamentalism.

U.S. President Donald Trump alights from Air Force One at Zurich International Airport for the Davos World Economic Forum

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By the numbers: WEF weathers the storm

This content was published on Jan 27, 2018 Notable statistics appearing in the past week’s stories on swissinfo.ch.

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Swiss leader asks peers to be quiet on EU matters

This content was published on Jan 27, 2018 President Alain Berset says he wishes government ministers would be less vocal regarding Switzerland’s framework agreement with the European Union.

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Coming to terms with a tarnished Swiss wartime record

This content was published on Jan 27, 2018 To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, swissinfo.ch looks back at Switzerland’s questionable wartime policies towards Jews fleeing Nazi persecution.

Trump tried to reassure the WEF audience that his protectionist vision does not mean America alone

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America is ‘open for business’, Trump tells WEF

This content was published on Jan 26, 2018 Donald Trump was the first sitting US president to address the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos for 18 years.

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From Trump to Trudeau: a who’s who at Davos 2018

This content was published on Jan 26, 2018 There were more A-listers than usual at the World Economic Forum this year, with one attendee in particular grabbing the headlines. A look, in photos.

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