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High Swiss turnout for Turkish voters

This content was published on Apr 10, 2017 As of Sunday evening, some 54,400 of the 95,263 Turks in Switzerland who are registered to vote back home had done so, according to the electoral commission in Ankara on Monday. The ballot boxes in embassies and consulates in Zurich, Bern and Geneva closed on Sunday a week before those in Turkey. In neighbouring Austria…

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Top cop: ‘Compared with abroad, Switzerland’s a paradise’

This content was published on Apr 10, 2017 Facing record numbers of cases of money-laundering and cybercrime, not to mention threats from jihadists, Fedpol has its hands full.

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‘Swiss ignorance about Roma speaks for itself’

This content was published on Apr 8, 2017 The Roma community has lived in Switzerland for centuries, often in hiding for fear of losing jobs or homes.

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Swiss warn against military escalation in Syria

This content was published on Apr 7, 2017 Switzerland has urged the international community to tackle the escalating Syrian crisis through diplomatic means rather than military confrontation.

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Geneva UN staff up in arms over pay cut

This content was published on Apr 6, 2017 Around 1,000 UN staff gathered at the UN Palais des Nations complex External linkon Thursday to express their anger at plans to lower UN Geneva–level salaries by reducing a so-called ‘”post adjustment index” for professional staff working in the city, one of the most expensive in the world. The top-up salary measure takes into account…

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Swiss-EU negotiations back on track

This content was published on Apr 6, 2017 “Technical discussions have resumed in all areas,” said Leuthard at a joint press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. “All that was blocked can be negotiated from now onwards,” said Juncker. In an interview with Swiss papers Tribune de Genève, 24 Heures and Corriere del Ticino, the Swiss president said that Switzerland was not a country…

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The challenges of branding a Swiss city

This content was published on Apr 5, 2017 Is Geneva best known as a hub for international organisations and peace talks, or the role it plays in corruption and tax scandals?

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‘Referendums can liquidate democracy’

This content was published on Apr 4, 2017 The bad boy of the European Leftist movement thinks Turkey’s April 16 referendum could spell the end of democracy as we know it.

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Property owned abroad: what Swiss taxpayers need to know

This content was published on Apr 3, 2017 The automatic exchange of financial information between Swiss and foreign authorities is worrying many people in Switzerland who own property abroad.

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When Swiss neutrality hurt the Indian freedom struggle

This content was published on Apr 2, 2017 Switzerland was a safe haven for revolutionaries, anarchists and foreign agents until they were seen as a threat to Swiss neutrality.

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