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Brussels sees progress in ties with Bern after immigration law

This content was published on Dec 22, 2016 European Union officials expressed relief the Swiss appear to have found a way to limit immigration without violating an accord on free movement.

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Petrobras corruption firms pay CHF200 million penalty

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 Three Brazilian companies must pay over CHF200 million ($194 million) in penalties to Switzerland for their part in the Petrobras scandal.

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Voters given new choices in Swiss immigration saga

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 In the Swiss immigration controls saga, the government has issued two alternatives to a new plan that aims to torpedo the 2014 vote on the issue.

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Government rejects demands to reform central bank

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 The SNB has been no stranger to political criticism in its efforts to keep the franc from appreciating too quickly against other currencies. Its policy of amassing foreign currency reserves and introducing negative interest rates has courted some controversy, not least in parliament. The abandonment of the CHF1.20 peg to the euro in January 2015…

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Swiss pledge funds to help refugees and fight hunger

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 The Global Agricultural Research Partnership, which aims to enable hundreds of millions of people to escape poverty and avoid chronic hunger, will continue to funded by Switzerland with CH50.4 million over the next three years, according to a foreign ministry statement on Wednesday. The research programme conserves the world’s largest collections of cultivated plants in…

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Applying to be Swiss in the Trump era

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 For an American to gain Swiss citizenship doesn't mean abandoning the United States - whatever the political climate.

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Zurich and Basel beef up security following Berlin attack

This content was published on Dec 20, 2016 Switzerland’s president Johann Schneider-Amman has said that he is “deeply affected” by an attack in Berlin.

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Illustrator brings Indian tribal struggle to life

This content was published on Dec 20, 2016 Can you illustrate a graphic novel without ever having seen your subject material in the flesh?

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Room to improve for integrating migrants

This content was published on Dec 19, 2016 The Federal Migration Commission suggests new ways to help foreigners find rewarding work in Switzerland.

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Switzerland’s first female cabinet minister blows out 80 candles

This content was published on Dec 16, 2016 Elizabeth Kopp, who became Switzerland’s first-ever female cabinet minister in 1984, is celebrating her 80th birthday today.

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