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As refugees flood into Europe, Switzerland cuts development aid

This content was published on Feb 12, 2016 Switzerland is cutting international development spending, sparking protest from the political left and humanitarian organisations. While Europe is in the throes of a migration crisis, the effectiveness of aid is up for debate.

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Swiss discuss humanitarian issues with Assad regime

This content was published on Feb 9, 2016 “We’re the only ones,” Rossier told Swiss public radio, SRF, on Tuesday. He added that Switzerland’s involvement was “greatly appreciated by the other parties”. Rossier explained that before each of the diplomatic meetings, the Swiss would sit down with the large international aid organisations and make “a sort of shopping list”. He said the Syrian…

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The initiative forbids marriage for everyone

This content was published on Feb 8, 2016 I plan to vote “no” on February 28 on the initiative “For marriage and family – against the marriage penalty”. This is not because I endorse the unequal treatment of married couples compared to others. It’s because the initiative may appear quite respectable but like the Trojan horse it hides a less respectable goal: the…

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Naturalisations increase in 2015 after long decline

This content was published on Feb 7, 2016 According to data from the Federal Statistics Office, published by the SonntagsBlick newspaper, naturalisation of foreigners has declined by 38% since 2006. However, this only applies to those who apply through the conventional route and does not include facilitated naturalisation (for spouses of Swiss nationals) and adoption of children. The year 2015 saw a reversal…

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Swiss soldiers ‘misplaced’ 82 guns in one year

This content was published on Feb 6, 2016 Only five of the 82 unaccounted for weapons have been recovered so far, according to an army spokesperson who confirmed the figures first published on Saturday in the newspaper Blick. Between 2009 and 2015, 505 weapons disappeared, of which 381 were stolen. The rest were either sold illegally, misplaced or destroyed in a fire. A…

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Brazil, through the lens of Claudia Andujar

This content was published on Feb 6, 2016 Claudia Andujar was born in Neuchâtel. Since 1955 the 84-year-old photographer has lived in São Paulo, Brazil, where her career began.

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Syrians in Switzerland on the ‘Geneva 3’ talks

This content was published on Feb 3, 2016 How do Syrians living in Switzerland view the peace talks taking place on their doorstep? swissinfo.ch asked five people.

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British deal has Swiss cautiously optimistic about EU ties

This content was published on Feb 3, 2016 “It is partly good news, because it shows that the EU is ready to seek pragmatic solutions for the issue of the free movement of people and for an emergency brake [on immigration],” he told Swiss public radio SRF. The deal between Britain and the EU presented on Tuesday includes a proposed clause that limits…

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Viewpoint: Paola Oggiano of Italy

This content was published on Feb 1, 2016 A native of Sardinia, she has lived in Switzerland for five years, and works for an Italian trade union “in the department that protects Italian migrant workers in Switzerland”. “In the beginning actually I would have liked much more to work with young people than old people,” she says. “And then I found myself in…

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Informing foreigners, celebrating the arts and nature

This content was published on Jan 31, 2016 Here are the stories we’re following the week of February 1.

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