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‘The most independent festival in the world’

This content was published on Aug 4, 2015 In his 15 years as its president, Marco Solari has left his stamp on the Locarno Film Festival.

Practical lessons for under-aged refugees

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Settling into Switzerland as a teenage refugee

This content was published on Aug 4, 2015 In the last two years, the number of children seeking asylum in Switzerland without their parents has skyrocketed. According to the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) in 2014, 795 unaccompanied minors were admitted. This represents only 3.34% of all asylum seekers but more than double the number of 2013. Most of these young people come…

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Blocher’s daughter goes her own way

This content was published on Aug 2, 2015 Martullo-Blocher, head of the Swiss chemical company Ems-Chemie and a candidate for a seat in the Swiss House of Representatives in the October 2015 elections, gave her first Swiss National Day address on August 1st, in Obersaxen, canton Graubünden. Although Martullo-Blocher took over Ems-Chemie from her father, Christoph Blocher, a former member of the Swiss…

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Politicians’ extra-parliamentary networks unravelled

This content was published on Aug 2, 2015 Lawmakers are not only influenced by party affiliation in their parliamentary activities. They also have roles in institutions and companies.

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The birthplace of Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 1, 2015

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On the road with the youth vote

This content was published on Aug 1, 2015

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Swiss birthplace remains true to its origins

This content was published on Jul 31, 2015

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Swiss cryptography firm helped NSA during Cold War

This content was published on Jul 30, 2015 The documents dating back to the Cold War were declassified in April and show that Crypto Ag helped the Americans and British by sharing information on code-breaking machines it sold to other countries. Swedish engineer Boris Hagelin, the founder of Crypto AG, which relocated to Switzerland from Sweden in 1952, was viewed by the NSA…

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Decoding millennial voters, on two continents

This content was published on Jul 30, 2015 My fellow “millennials” and I are being analysed, targeted and courted for our votes. But what issues will get our generation to the polls?

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Switzerland gets positive trafficking report card

This content was published on Jul 28, 2015 Switzerland has been ranked favourably in the US state department’s annual Trafficking in Persons report, but more could be done to protect victims.

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