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US-Swiss ties: business as usual post Obama?

This content was published on Jul 18, 2016 Bilateral relations between the two countries have been dominated by trade issues and long-running banking and tax disputes.

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Why is the world in turmoil, foreign minister?

This content was published on Jul 17, 2016 “We’re living in a time of uncertainty and fear,” Burkhalter said in an interview with SonntagsBlickExternal link. “There are too many people in the world who have the impression that they don’t have a future and not enough rights. A future must be constructed with people, with populations, and not with populism.” His comments come…

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More Swiss-EU talks agreed to implement immigration caps

This content was published on Jul 16, 2016 Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year, told the Swiss News Agency that intense talks at a technical level were needed over the next few weeks to find a solution acceptable to both sides. He was speaking after a meeting with the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on…

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Nine-ton tank-stopping Toblerones

This content was published on Jul 16, 2016 Switzerland built the barriers in the 1930s as a defence against the threat from Nazi Germany. They were also built during the Cold War due to the fear of a Soviet invasion. The blocks – each weighing nine tons – were supposed to prevent tanks and motorised military vehicles from passing through the area. These barriers exist outside of…

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Como reports more migrants turned away by Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 15, 2016 In the past few weeks, the lakeside town full of celebrity villas inhabited by the likes of George Clooney has also seen hundreds of migrants converging at the train station, some having been sent away from Switzerland and others on their way north. Police report having seen some individuals in the train tunnel linking Como…

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Switzerland is fourth largest UN supplier

This content was published on Jul 14, 2016 That’s according to a UN reportExternal link released on Wednesday showing the Alpine nation supplied $743.27 million (CHF729.9 million) of the $17.6 billion in UN procurement last year. The Swiss share represents a 20% increase from a year earlier – adding up to the highest growth rate among all countries over the past decade (158%). “International…

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Agriculture

This content was published on Jul 14, 2016 Meadows and pasture make up three-quarters of Swiss farmland, with cereals and vegetables being confined to the lowlands. About one third of farms are involved in crop production. For more on Swiss agriculture see the Federal Agriculture OfficeExternal link website. Traditional way of life In the Alps there is a traditional way of life based on the keeping of…

‘Antisocial’ tax policies blamed for growing wage gap

This content was published on Jul 13, 2016 In its latest report on wealth distributionExternal link, published on Wednesday, the federation highlighted a growing income gap. “The hope that, following the financial crisis, the wage excesses of top earners would be corrected has been shattered,” said the federation’s economist Daniel Lampart. “Although low and medium wages have increased, higher taxes have almost completely…

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Theresa May: as seen by Swiss papers

This content was published on Jul 13, 2016 Ahead of Wednesday’s formal taking office as British government leader, May is compared with one of her predecessors, Margaret Thatcher (famously known as the Iron Lady), as well as with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel. The tabloid Blick says May “is more Merkel than Maggie”, while the title of the syndicated report by Tages-Anzeiger and Der…

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Sixty migrants found on train in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 12, 2016 The individuals, most of them men from Eritrea, were then transported by rail police and border guards to the asylum seeker reception centre in Chiasso, canton Ticino, where their personal data could be checked and they could apply for asylum. The train had left Milan early on Tuesday, according to border guard spokesman Mirco Ricci.…

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