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No vaccine, no problem: Switzerland re-opens to all visitors

Swiss living expenses surge, recreational cannabis trials begin and more in our roundup of Swiss news from April 29 - May 3.

Why Swiss banks can’t find billions in Russian money

Swiss dignitaries visit Ukraine, how the Swiss military could be modernized and more in our roundup of Swiss news from April 25-29.

Why Switzerland refuses to send ammo to Ukraine

Protests over migration policies, votes on alcohol sales and more in our roundup of Swiss news from April 22 – 25.

The Swiss software circumventing Russian censors

Swiss wine consumption is up, railway adventures and more in our roundup of Swiss news from April 18 – 22.

Is Switzerland treating Ukrainian refugees fairly?

Swiss President Cassis meets Japanese Prime Minister, Swiss banks criticized and more in our roundup of Swiss news from April 12 – 19.

Switzerland will not cap the number of Ukrainian refugees

Climate protestors disrupt Switzerland's morning commute, country sanctions Russia further and more in our roundup of Swiss news from April 8 – 12.

Steel trade screeches to a halt in Switzerland

Red Cross struggles with war propaganda, scientists gone rogue, and more in our roundup of Swiss news from April 5 – 8.

Switzerland freezes Russian oligarchs’ assets

New cycling laws, Swiss life expectancies and more in our roundup of Swiss news from April 1 - 5.

Hackers target Swiss medical center

UN releases World Happiness Report, Swiss cheese consumption and more in our roundup of Swiss news from March 28-April 1.

A return to normal? Switzerland lifts all Covid restrictions

Switzerland is lifting the last of its Covid-19 restrictions this week, meaning that life in the Alpine nation will appear as it did before the coronavirus pandemic arrived more than two years ago.

News roundup: This week in Switzerland

A roundup of news in Switzerland from March 22-28. Switzerland opens doors to Ukrainian refugees A spokesman for Swiss refugee aid announced over the weekend that at least 1,300 Ukrainians are currently staying with 537 host families in Switzerland and that another 30,000 families have registered their willingness to help.

This week in Switzerland

A roundup of news in Switzerland from March 18-22. Will Putin’s mistress be booted from Switzerland? More than 60,000 have signed a Change.

Swiss News: The week in review

A weekly roundup of news in Switzerland for the week of March 12-18. The Sahara Desert in Switzerland Swiss residents awoke Tuesday morning to hazy, orange skies and orange-speckled snow – a sign that a sandstorm from north Africa had dispersed desert sand over the continent of Europe.

How Switzerland has responded to the crisis in Ukraine

Tens of thousands of Swiss residents gathered in the streets of Zurich, Lausanne, Bern, and Geneva this week, draped in Ukrainian flags, and holding signs reading “Stop Putin” and “No War.

The national alpine wrestling festival ends, how a Swiss village became overrun with tourists and more in our roundup of Swiss news from August 26 - 31.

Yesterday, in a voter referendum recognized as the most important one of the current legislature, the Swiss voted to reform their pension system, and rejected bills aimed at strengthening the Swiss debt capital market by cutting withholding tax, as well as a citizen initiative to ban factory farming.

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