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Border guards unlock a crossing between Switzerland and France Keystone / Martial Trezzini On June 15 Switzerland re-opened its borders with many other European states after improvements t...

An overwhelming majority of the nearly 100 delegates taking part in the session of the Swiss Abroad Council voted in favour of the two r...

Are Swiss-EU relations finally moving into the right lane?(Keystone) On Wednesday, the Swiss govement once again debated the potential institutional framework agreement between Switzerland and the European Union (EU). We look at the background to this controversial issue and its potential consequences for Switzerland.What's it all about?The EU is clear that participating in its single market requires a consistent implementation and interpret...

Playing to a vanished audience: Basel's Valentin Stocker celebrates. (Keystone) As the Swiss national team goes from strength to strength in preparing for the World Cup in Russia, we dig into the numbers toxa0explore the struggles of the domestic league. On the surface, Swiss football is enjoying something of a purple patch. The national side ‘Die Nati’ (unfortunately pronounced ‘Nazi’) has qualified for the fourth World Cup running, and will fly to Russia in summer with what’s widely ackn...

A section of the cathedral's dome showing Gallus taming a wood-bringing bear. (Keystone) After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was plunged into the Dark Ages. It might have fallen further had it not been for the epic efforts of a band of Irish monks. Take a walk through the vast courtyard of St Gallen Abbey. The stone church towers stretch 68 metres into the sky, clichés of clanging bells sound out, a scent of hot waffle drifts from an old cafe. A few bemused Asian tourists stroll aro...

Claude Nobs plays harmonica on stage with Solomon Burke at the 39th Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2005 (Keystone) It is five years ago today that Claude Nobs, founder of Switzerland’s famous Montreux Jazz Festival, died suddenly at age 76.xa0 In this 2013 article, swissinfo.ch reported on his death, his life and the legacy of the man who, in the words of the current Swiss President Alain Berset "helped Switzerland discover jazz". Claude Nobs Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival dies Clau...

Protesters against the overtuing of net neutrality laws carry a sign to the Federal Communications Commission headquarters in Washington, DC earlier this month(Keystone) The decision “creates a world in which ‘you must be at least this tall to play’,” says Brian Trammell of the United States Federal Communications Commission’s vote last week to overtu regulations that kept inteet service providers from charging content providers money f...

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Gun fans check out new weapons at a stand at the 24thxa0Inteational Gun Fair in Lausanne(swissinfo.ch) Christian Richert leans forward on a red counter bedecked with rows of gleaming hand guns. Behind him semi-automatic and antique rifles hang from the walls of his busy stand at 24th Inteational Gun Fairexteal link, recently held at the Beaulieu Conference Centre in Lausanne.xa0xa0“The Swiss are starting to get fed up with all this,” th...

A 1992 demonstration in Schwyz against EEA membership.(Keystone) On December 6, 1992, Swiss citizens rejected by a small majority a plan for their country to become a member of the European Economic Area (EEA), a move which would have granted near-full access to the European single market.The decision echoes the Brexit vote in more than one regard. The campaign was fought with ferocious vigour on both sides, and in the aftermath of the ...

Peter Bodenmann, former president of the Swiss Social Democrat Party.(Thomas Egli/Lunax) No to EEA, 25 years on A quarter-century of Switzerland’s special status in Europe Some 25 years before Britons voted to leave the European Union, Swiss people cast their ballot in a similar vote with far-reaching implications. 2 ...

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(Keystone) Here's a selection of the stories we will be bringing you the week of October 9. (Thomas Ke/swissinfo.ch) MondayEighteen-year-old aspiring actress Runa Wehrli identifies as bisexual and has found acceptance from her family and artistic community. But as she explains as part of ...

The Pension Reform 2020 package wouldxa0align the retirement ages of women and men at 65 yearsxa0by 2021. (william87/123RF) The increase in the retirement age for women from 64 to 65 is one of the most controversial issues in the overhaul of the Swiss old age security system, which is due to be put to a national vote on September 24. Swiss women are among the few in Europe who are entitled colle...

Daily business for many: A Basel tram parked at axa0German border checkpoint (Keystone) Every day, more than 4,000 staff cross from France and Germany to work at Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceuticals company. Its campus in the Swiss city of Basel even has a gate directly on the French border. Across town at rival Roche, a similar number of local employees have a cross-border commute.xa0 Such daily...

Switzerland has imported more cheese than it has exported in some recent months. (Keystone) Stressed are the cheesemakers - Switzerland’s, at least. As the European Central Bank (ECB)xa0lowered interest rates to help the bloc out of its deflationary slump, businesses in neighbouring countries ha...

Barbara is a Swissxa0entrepreneur, mom of twoxa0and completely integrated citizen of Bangalore (Barbara Maim) Many people have already made up their minds about India without setting foot there: it's a rape-prone, dirty, overcrowded desert of malnutrition and poverty. After six years spent growing...

A new museum dedicated to the world of finance, combiningxa0multimedia installations and rare historical exhibits, has opened its doors in Zurich. It's the first of its kind in Switzerland. (SRF, swissinfo.ch) The Swiss Finance Museumexteal linkxa0is located in the new global head office of SIX, which...