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How Swiss direct democracy marked 2017

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This content was published on Dec 31, 2017 Health matters were top of the list of citizens' concerns in Switzerland over the past year as a brief look at recent people's initiatives shows.

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Does limiting urban sprawl mean bad architecture?

This content was published on Dec 30, 2017 Building new structures in historic town centres can often change the local character.

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Valais wants better protection for flightless mountain birds

This content was published on Dec 29, 2017

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Swiss foreign minister deletes 90% of his tweets

This content was published on Dec 29, 2017 Ignazio Cassis, Switzerland’s newly elected foreign minister, has removed over 90% of his Twitter posts. He’ll polish his Facebook profile next.

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What’s being done to bring down high drug costs?

This content was published on Dec 28, 2017 We unravel part of the tangled web of players and factors that influence prices of drugs in the US and Switzerland.

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The village teacher with the foreign name

This content was published on Dec 28, 2017 Driton Idrizi tells Tama what it's like being a teacher with a migrant background. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

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Switzerland tightens sanctions against North Korea

This content was published on Dec 28, 2017 Bern has imposed tougher sanctions on North Korea, bringing itself in line with the United Nations Security Council.

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Qualified refugees find new paths to jobs

This content was published on Dec 27, 2017 The job prospects for qualified refugees in Switzerland are poor. Many are on welfare, even after living in the country for years.

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Unravelling the mysteries behind the Gurlitt art collection

This content was published on Dec 26, 2017 A collection left to the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern by the son of a Nazi art collector is now on show in the Swiss capital.

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‘Slave labour’ children to get early Swiss payout

This content was published on Dec 22, 2017 The so-called “slave labour” policy of forcibly relocating children from families deemed no longer fit to look after them took place from the 1940s until 1981. In extreme cases, the removal of children was based on the fact that their parents were unmarried. The violation of the rights of tens of thousands of children left…

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