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Truth or tale?
“Is it true that…?” We receive many questions from you every day: on social mediaExternal link, via email, or in our debates. So we decided to launch a video series: “Truth or tale? Your questions and claims about Switzerland answered”.
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Truth or tale: Would inheritance taxes trigger a mass exodus of millionaires from Switzerland?
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Is offering a Rolex to a foreign official considered bribery under Swiss law?
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Truth or tale: Could conscription solve military personnel shortages?
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Truth or tale: Have foreign leaders hidden money in Swiss banks?
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Truth or tale: Are US patients subsidising healthcare in Switzerland?
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Truth or tale: is Switzerland injecting harmful chemicals into the sky?
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Truth or tale: is Swiss chocolate tainted by child labour?
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Truth or tale: does Switzerland send its unusable old cars to Africa?
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Truth or tale: Would inheritance taxes trigger a mass exodus of millionaires from Switzerland?
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Is it true that taxing inheritances in Switzerland would make the super-rich leave?
Is offering a Rolex to a foreign official considered bribery under Swiss law?
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Swissinfo examines whether the Swiss Criminal Code would apply to Swiss company executives who brought a pair of valuable gifts on a recent visit to the White House.
Truth or tale: Have foreign leaders hidden money in Swiss banks?
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The trail of “dirty money” in the possession of corrupt public officials has long led to Switzerland’s financial centre. It’s one that Bern has tried to clean up.
Truth or tale: is Swiss chocolate tainted by child labour?
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A reader asked if it was true that children are involved in cocoa production for the Swiss chocolate industry. Swissinfo tried to get to the bottom of this complex issue.
Truth or tale: does Switzerland send its unusable old cars to Africa?
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A reader asked if it was true that Switzerland sends large waste items, such as unusable old cars, to countries in Africa. We went in search of an answer.
Is it true that everyone in Switzerland is rich? Or that Swiss people are generally unfriendly? Locals, tourists, immigrants and casual observers alike are all entitled to their perspectives, and some assumptions about the Swiss – that they’re not allowed flush the toilet after 10pm or keep just one guinea pig, for example – are good for a chuckle (although just one of these is actually true).
We looked at some of these assumptions:
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Demographics
Debunked: What we thought was true about Switzerland
Tell friends you’re visiting Switzerland and inevitably, some reactions will be full of clichés.
True, misleading, false, or unproven? We verify factual statements public figures and others make about Switzerland, and come to a conclusion about their accuracy.
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Fact checks by SWI swissinfo.ch: How we work
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Learn more about how swissinfo.ch journalists choose statements, produce fact checks, give a verdict and correct errors.
Below you can find our fact checks. Is there a claim about Switzerland you are unsure about? Let us know via the feedback form at the top of the page or write us an email at english@swissinfo.ch.
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Debate
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Have you heard something about Swiss diplomacy that you’d like us to fact check?
Not all information circulating about Switzerland’s foreign relations is accurate or well understood. Tell us what you’d like us to fact check or clarify.
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Russian authorities and official media claim that Swiss sanctions on Russia and Russian assets violate Switzerland’s neutrality. SWI swissinfo.ch fact checks these claims.
Fact check: will the Swiss be jailed for heating their homes above 19°C?
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A rumour is circulating abroad that people in Switzerland will be fined – and even jailed – if they set their thermostat above 19°C.
Fact check: Lonely guinea pigs and other quirky Swiss rumours
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Is that really true? We asked you whether you’d heard anything about Switzerland that sounded suspicious and that you wanted us to check out.
Here you can find our articles written in response to reader inquiries about geopolitics, Swiss diplomacy, neutrality, foreign affairs, or pharma, health and agribusiness. If you have any questions, get in touch via the input form at the top of the page and we might follow up with a video or article.
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Your questions answered: Are there alternatives to antibiotics?
How do we make sure that our articles and videos are correct? How do we track down and vet sources? What does the JTI certificate mean? You sent us questions about our work and we answered them in our “how we work” video series.
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How we work: artificial intelligence
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In this short video, editor-in-chief Mark Livingston answers your questions on how we use artificial intelligence (AI) at SWI swissinfo.ch.
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Are comments on SWI swissinfo.ch censored? How do we moderate your contributions? In this video we make our moderation transparent.
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How do we ensure that our content is correct? Is there censorship at SWI swissinfo.ch? Editor-in-chief Mark Livingston answers your questions.
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How are topics selected at SWI swissinfo.ch? And what are these “beats”? Our Editor-in-Chief Mark Livingston answers your questions.
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In this video, Veronica DeVore, our head of audience, explains our debates and why we chose this format to interact with you.
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You, our readers, asked us questions about how we work. In this video, Veronica DeVore explains what the “JTI certificate” stands for.
