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Asylum seekers ‘vacation’ on Swiss mountain

This content was published on May 30, 2016 A group of asylum seekers has been temporarily housed on one of Switzerland’s most iconic mountains, the Rigi.

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This content was published on May 30, 2016

Idomeni – between despair and solidarity

This content was published on May 30, 2016 The vast makeshift Greek refugee camp Idomeni became a stark symbol of the European refugee crisis. But amid the despair, there was also solidarity.

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Minister visits ‘Switzerland of South America’

This content was published on May 28, 2016 The minister had been in South America External linkfor three days to strengthen bilateral relations with ArgentinaExternal link, which he visited first, and Uruguay. He returned to Switzerland on Saturday afternoon. “The aims of the visit could be fulfilled,” the Swiss foreign ministry told swissinfo.ch on Saturday. “The talks with Vice President [Gabriela] Michetti and…

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New details emerge about Kim Jong-un

This content was published on May 28, 2016 Ko Yong-suk, whose sister is Kim’s mother, defected to the United States in 1998. She lives with her husband Ri and her three children in New York and runs a dry cleaner there, the newspaper reported External linkon Friday. Breaking her silence, Ko explained that the couple were so close to North Korea’s ruling family…

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Swiss feel less secure and less optimistic

This content was published on May 27, 2016 “The assessment of the global situation has reached a new low,” said the authors of the survey, carried out jointly by the institute’s Military Academy and the Center for Security Studies. The rate of optimism dropped to 25% – down 20% from last year. Tibor Szvircsev Tresch, the project leader of the survey, said the…

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Swiss president refines key EU deadlines

This content was published on May 26, 2016 “We can’t afford not to play in the Champions League any more and not be fully involved with [the Horizon 2020 research programme],” Schneider-Ammann told the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in an interview, referring to Switzerland’s being shut out of European Union research funding if they don’t ratify Croatian citizens’ access to the free movement of…

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Basic income initiative set for defeat

This content was published on May 25, 2016 The survey, published on Wednesday, found 71% of respondents saying they would reject the initiative, while 26% said they would approve it. The figures are virtually unchanged from a first opinion poll in April commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, swissinfo.ch’s parent company. “Opinions were made up from the beginning. There was hardly any change…

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Swiss aid official upbeat after humanitarian summit

This content was published on May 25, 2016 The two-day World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, which ended on Tuesday, drew the participation of 65 heads of state. However, several participants were disappointed with the attendance. Only German Chancellor Angela Merkel from the G7 group of wealthy nations attended the summit. “The absence of these [G7] leaders from this meeting does not provide an…

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All pupils must shake teachers’ hands in Basel

This content was published on May 25, 2016 The case of two teenage Muslim brothers at a school in Therwil who refused to shake the hand of their teacher before and after class – a common practice in Swiss schools – generated headlines around the world at the beginning of April. The education body said on Wednesday that a legal enquiry had confirmed…

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