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Ceremony held for Burkina Faso terror victims

This content was published on Jan 29, 2016 The former director of Switzerland’s Post Office, Jean-Noël Rey, and a well-known Social Democratic politician also from the canton of Valais, Georgie Lamon, were killed by gunmen who opened fire on a hotel and café popular with westerners in the Burkina FasoExternal link capital, Ouagadougou, on January 15. In all, 29 people died. Leading the…

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Swiss citizens live in all corners of the world

This content was published on Jan 29, 2016 One in ten Swiss lives abroad. More than half of them live in Europe, with France, Germany and Italy the most popular countries. Elsewhere, the United States is the top destination.

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Cabinet aims for prosperity, security and cohesion

This content was published on Jan 27, 2016 Presenting a list of the 60 measures for the cabinet to envisage, Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said he wanted to help ensure that joblessness does not rise beyond current levels in Switzerland by the end of 2019. The official unemployment rate was 3.7% last month. Schneider-Ammann, who holds the rotating post of Swiss president this…

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Swiss-born but threatened with deportation

This content was published on Jan 26, 2016 People who were born in Switzerland but who do not have Swiss citizenship are concerned.

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Ministers discuss border controls in light of new refugee routes

This content was published on Jan 25, 2016 “Switzerland generally regards this proposal in a positive light,” said Mario Gattiker, Director of the State Secretariat for Migration. Gattiker attended the meeting in place of Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga, who was ill. Among other things, the proposal includes a crisis mechanism by which border guards could be raised from the EU member states and…

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Swiss community abroad continues to grow

This content was published on Jan 25, 2016 The number of Swiss citizens living abroad has continued to increase, rising 2% in 2015 to nearly 10% of the Swiss population.

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Secret service information led to pass withdrawal

This content was published on Jan 24, 2016 In an interview with French-language newspaper Le Temps, Maudet said the measure was justified and based on the suspicion that some of the employees, who were baggage handlers, had become radicalised. The withdrawal of the badges was based on the evaluation of information given to the Geneva authorities by the French intelligence service after the…

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Over the Gotthard and expelling law-breaking foreigners

This content was published on Jan 24, 2016 Here are the stories we’re following the week of January 25.

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Swiss have to wait over EU deal

This content was published on Jan 22, 2016 In February 2014, Swiss voters narrowly approved a rightwing proposal to curb EU member immigration into Switzerland, a move which may signal an end to the country’s free movement accord with Brussels. On Friday evening Swiss President Johann Schneider-AmmannExternal link confirmed speculation over the timetable for a possible deal with the EU. His comments, made on…

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Swiss-born but threatened with deportation

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Ministers discuss border controls in light of new refugee routes

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Swiss community abroad continues to grow

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Secret service information led to pass withdrawal

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Over the Gotthard and expelling law-breaking foreigners

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Swiss have to wait over EU deal

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