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Tracing roots back to a Swiss witch trial

Four children sitting on their grandmother's lap.

Tammy Mackenzie travelled from Canada to Glarus to trace her grandmother’s roots, recognising scenes from old photos and even meeting relatives who helped her understand how the village still shapes her values.

By Céline Stegmüller
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Dear Swiss Abroad, Human beings have set off for the moon for the first time in over 50 years, on a mission that also contains a little bit of Switzerland. Fun fact: the part of the Swiss population that remembers the last lunar expedition in 1972 well outnumbers the part of the population that never had to use a paper telephone directory. I wish you a pleasant Easter season and, of course, good reading!

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Switzerland Today

This content was published on For the first time in Switzerland, people aged over 65 outnumber those under 20.

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Celebrating those who voted 'No'.

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Italian voters spurn judiciary reform in referendum

This content was published on In a recent referendum, Italian voters turned down a government-backed proposal to reform the judiciary. A legal scholar and two political scientists discuss the implications.

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