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India-Pakistan conflict taints Swiss honorary doctorate ceremony

This content was published on Nov 15, 2017 In his acceptance speechExternal link at the private institution on Tuesday, he first referred to positive relations Pakistan has with China and Russia. India, however, was criticised for contributing to regional tensions. “This positivity is counterbalanced by India’s policy to pressurise Pakistan by sponsoring terrorism and separatism inside Pakistan by unprovoked firing on the Line…

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Rules to be set for Swiss online identification system

This content was published on Nov 15, 2017 The digital IDs will be issued by certified private providers in close cooperation with the justice ministry and the finance ministry. The proposals foresee a user-friendly, secure and efficient system, which is free of charge for individuals, according to Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga. “The government sets clear rules to make the digital identification verifiable and…

Ein Junge steht auf einem Balkon und schaut auf eine grosse Baustelle hinunter.

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What it’s like to be a poor child in wealthy Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 15, 2017 Living in Switzerland has its price. More than 300,000 children in the country are confronted with this every day. Niels is one of them.

A Nouvo video about Female circumcision in Switzerland.

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How Switzerland is affected by female circumcision

This content was published on Nov 14, 2017 What is female circumcision and how much of a problem is it in Switzerland?

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Support falls for Swiss-EU bilateral path

This content was published on Nov 13, 2017 Survey results have shown that the so-called ‘bilateral approach’ guiding Swiss relations with the EU has lost some support among citizens.

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The difficulty of putting forward fresh ideas

This content was published on Nov 13, 2017 Four days of debate, passion, commitment and policy – but what impact does the Swiss Youth Parliament have on their elder counterparts?

A cover image for a Nouvi video about young people getting to debate in the Swiss Parliament.

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Teenagers taking a seat in Swiss parliament

This content was published on Nov 13, 2017 How young people can learn about and impact Swiss politics

Rescuers deliver life vest to African migrants at sea off the coast of Libya

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Swiss-led meeting calls for better protection of refugees

This content was published on Nov 13, 2017 European and African states as well as the EU and the UN have agreed to improve the protection of migrants, notably the situation in Libyan detention.

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ICRC hopes for consensus, resettlement deal at migration conference

This content was published on Nov 12, 2017 Peter Maurer told the SonntagsBlick newspaper that he finds it a shame that the world’s interior ministers are “still mostly focused on controlling migration” instead of on improving the humanitarian situation in countries like Libya, where many migrants gather in dangerous circumstances before attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. “We are especially interested…

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Swiss arms surrender events yield thousands of weapons

This content was published on Nov 12, 2017 In all, people in the Swiss cantons of Solothurn, Thurgau and Zurich surrendered hundreds of firearms – most of which were old rifles – and thousands of rounds of ammunition in addition to 40 knives, daggers and bayonets, two flare pistols and a training grenade. Police also collected 500 grammes of explosives, 200 detonators, and…

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