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Drastic changes shake Swiss media landscape

Seniors read the newspaper over breakfast

This content was published on Sep 5, 2017 Tamedia, Switzerland’s biggest private media company, says its 14 different newspapers will soon be produced by two editorial offices.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un acknowledges a welcome from military from military officers during a visit

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Swiss aid to North Korea not tied to politics

This content was published on Sep 4, 2017 Why Switzerland is one of the few countries providing aid to North Korea despite Pyongyang's nuclear tests and missile launches.

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Switzerland prepared to mediate in North Korean tensions

This content was published on Sep 4, 2017 Switzerland has joined the international outcry against the latest North Korean nuclear test, and has offered its services as mediator.

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Trump nominates ambassador to Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 4, 2017 Trump announced his intentExternal link to nominate McMullen, along with picks for several other key posts, on Friday. McMullen’s nomination must now be formally submitted for consideration and approval by Senate vote. McMullen, who runs an eponymous advertising and corporate public affairs firmExternal link in South Carolina, helped steer President Trump’s victory in the Republican…

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Pensions 2020 is a reform in name only

This content was published on Sep 4, 2017 The reform of the old-age and disability pension and the professional pension is not the way to secure pensions for the future, says Petra Gössi.

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The ICRC as a Swiss political tool

This content was published on Sep 4, 2017 Neutrality is the Red Cross's watchword. But with a greater push for closer business ties, how will that policy play out?

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Newspapers react to cabinet nominees

This content was published on Sep 3, 2017 The Radical Party’s recommendation of three potential cabinet candidates has yielded approval and predictions in the Swiss media.

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Former finance minister promotes pension reform

This content was published on Sep 3, 2017 Widmer-Schlumpf, now the president of Swiss senior advocacy group Pro SenectuteExternal link, told SonntagsZeitung that there were “no alternatives” to the Swiss government’s proposed “Old Age Security 2020” reform plan. She described the plan as “balanced”, noting that it is a compromise that will provide a financially stable foundation for several years. “CHF70 ($73) more pension…

ICRC member at Sana a airport as medical supplies are unloaded

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ICRC policy, crypto piggies and a rainbow family

This content was published on Sep 3, 2017 Here's a selection of the stories we will be bringing you in the upcoming week.

Isabelle Moret, Ignazio Cassis and Pierre Maudet

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Three-person ticket for cabinet replacement

This content was published on Sep 1, 2017 On Friday the parliamentary group of the centre-right Radical Party failed to single out one of the three politicians who had put their names forward, prolonging media speculation for another three weeks. Cassis, 56, would be the first cabinet minister from Italian-speaking Switzerland this century; the most recent Ticinese to sit in the seven-person federal…

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