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Switzerland working to avoid shortage of military pilots

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 The Swiss Army has lost more than 30 professional military pilots in the past five years.

Fribourg: a square in honour of humanitarian Barbe Schinner

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Fribourg names square in honour of humanitarian Barbe Schinner

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 The city of Fribourg has inaugurated Barbe Schinner Square. In doing so, it is honouring the memory of a woman renowned for her humanitarian commitment and devotion to those wounded in war.

Commission does not want a counter-proposal to the "10 million" initiative

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Commission does not want counter-proposal to sustainability initiative

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 The initiative “No to ten million Switzerland”, also known as the sustainability initiative, should be submitted to the electorate without a counter-proposal, says the responsible committee of the Senate.

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Record number of fatalities on Swiss roads

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 The number of fatalities on Swiss roads has risen by 34% over the past five years, to 250 last year alone.

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Switzerland more exposed to climate change than expected

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 The climate in Switzerland is becoming hotter, drier and more unpredictable. These are the findings of new Swiss climate scenarios. Temperatures in Switzerland could rise even more than predicted.

Eleven dogs die in kennels in the district of Uster ZH

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Eleven dogs die in Zurich kennels

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 Eleven dogs have died in a kennel in the district of Uster in canton Zurich. The cause of death is unclear, but the police suspect poisoning.

Martin Pfister will be at UNIGE to discuss bilateral agreements

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Defence minister to give Geneva lecture on EU bilateral deal

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 Swiss Defence Minister Martin Pfister will give a public lecture at the University of Geneva on Wednesday on the new package of bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the European Union.

Switzerland: a survey shows that access to home ownership is difficult

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Access to Swiss home ownership found to be difficult

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 The majority of the Swiss population live in rented flats, most of which have four to 4.5 rooms and between 71 and 110 m2 of living space, according to a representative Comparis survey.

Diphtheria outbreak at the federal asylum centre in Embrach ZH

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Diphtheria case reported at Swiss asylum centre

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 There has been an outbreak of the infectious disease diphtheria at the federal asylum centre in Embrach, canton Zurich. One person is in hospital.

Swiss senior citizen convicted of drug smuggling in Korea

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Swiss octogenarian convicted of drug smuggling in Korea

This content was published on Nov 3, 2025 The Swiss man was accused of bringing close to three kilogrammes of methamphetamine to Jeju Island, South Korea.

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