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Watchdog warns against curbing access to public data

Data protection commissioner Adrian Lobsiger followed by a TV camera

This content was published on Jun 26, 2017 The data protection watchdog has criticised plans by the government to limit public access to official documents.

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No present danger seen from lake munitions dumps

This content was published on Jun 26, 2017 The ministry’s latest environmental impact survey drew the same conclusions as predecessors in 2008 and 2012 – namely that the munitions were not leaking and the water contained toxins of such minute levels that the water is safe to drink. In 2012, it concluded that it is better to leave the munitions where they are…

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Politician targets old age pensioners abroad

This content was published on Jun 23, 2017 A proposal by the head of a major centre-right party to cut old age pensions for beneficiaries living outside Switzerland has caused a public uproar.

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Farmers reject political pesticides crackdown

This content was published on Jun 21, 2017 Tests of the nation’s water supplies have found that a fifth of samples contained dangerous levels of pesticides. Farmers use more than 2,000 tons of pesticides annually, and the chemicals wind up in streams, lakes and groundwater that serves as the main source of drinking water in Switzerland. The revelation has spurred the launch of…

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Companies ‘making progress’ on ethical standards

This content was published on Jun 21, 2017 Approving an interim report on the implementation of a four-year responsibility programme launched in 2015, the government on Wednesday confirmed the four strategic priorities, according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). The cabinet recommends continuing to raise awareness, notably among small and medium-sized Swiss companies, encouraging transparency in social responsibility activities, helping to…

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The ‘slightly different’ Alpine festival

This content was published on Jun 20, 2017 Aymann, a Syrian refugee, deftly flips his opponent into the sawdust. Urged on by the audience, he tries to turn him over. Both begin to laugh.

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The many faces of democracy

This content was published on Jun 19, 2017 Sunday, in Moutier, citizens decided to join the canton of Jura. Meet some of the voters on this historic day.

Britain is the ‘laughing stock of Europe’

This content was published on Jun 19, 2017 “What on earth has happened to Britain?” asks the astonished writer of a scathing Swiss newspaper editorial.

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An Internet quarter-hour?

This content was published on Jun 19, 2017 Philippe Rebord told Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger for a story published on Monday that giving new recruits a quarter-hour each day for Internet surfing might help ease their transition – and have them sleeping better at night. He argues that the army must always adapt to the society it mirrors – and, what’s more, officers in…

Swiss town of Moutier votes to change cantons

This content was published on Jun 18, 2017 An historic vote puts an end to one of the oldest political conflicts in Switzerland.

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