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Rail travel to ski resorts becomes easier with Sunday’s timetable change
The new SBB 2024 timetable comes into force on Sunday. It provides for better connections to tourist destinations such as Valais and Graubünden.
Questions and answers on the EU agreement on artificial intelligence
For some, artificial intelligence is the promise of the future, for others it is a major threat.
NATO admiral: Neutrality needs the international order
According to the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Swiss neutrality is dependent on the international security order.
EU states fail to reach agreement on social security dossier
The Spanish EU Council Presidency wants to finalize the dossier on social security coordination by the end of the year.
Signa subsidiary holds out the prospect of further insolvency filings
Further insolvencies are on the horizon for Austrian investor René Benko's ailing real estate and retail group Signa.
Thousands of liters of heating oil pollute Freiburg’s rivers
Around 2000 to 3000 liters of heating oil polluted the Biberen Canal, the Grand Canal and the Broye Canal between Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Murten on Friday afternoon.
Warning strike at Deutsche Bahn ends on Friday evening
The strike at Deutsche Bahn ended on Friday evening. Traffic started up again after 10.
Swiss Crispr and Vertex receive approval for the USA
The Nasdaq-listed biotech company Crispr Therapeutics, based in Zug, has achieved a success: The Swiss company and its partner Vertex Pharmaceuticals have received approval for the gene therapy Casgevy from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Hunting of wolves in Graubünden halted due to complaint
The canton of Graubünden has stopped hunting wolves. The reason for this was an appeal to the Federal Administrative Court, the cantonal office wrote on its website on Friday evening.
Organizations call for review of moratorium on foreign adoptions
Following the publication of the study on irregularities in international adoptions, various organizations have called on the federal government to consider a moratorium on international adoptions.
The calm before the storm? Party conference gives SPD leaders a vote of confidence
It is the invisible elephant in the room: while the budget crisis has been dominating the headlines in political Berlin for weeks, the delegates of the German chancellor's party, the SPD, kept a conspicuously low profile at the party conference on Friday.
Hardly any food and water left: Humanitarian situation in Gaza increasingly precarious
Due to the massive ground offensive by the Israeli armed forces in the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian situation of the Palestinian civilian population is becoming increasingly dramatic.
Criminals drug homosexuals and rob them
The cantonal police forces of Bern and Vaud warned on Friday of a new scam by criminals using homosexuals as victims.
Swiss flies to Beirut again
The airline Swiss will be offering flights to Beirut again from December 16. Flights to Tel Aviv remain suspended.
Federal Council plans to simplify tax deductions for professional expenses
Tax deductions for employees' professional expenses such as travel to work, work clothes and meals away from home are to be simplified.
Federal Council wants better employment rights for people with disabilities
In future, employers will have to offer accessible online services and allow employees with disabilities more flexible working hours.
Klingbeil and Esken remain SPD dual leadership in Germany
Lars Klingbeil and Saskia Esken remain the dual leadership of the German chancellor's party, the SPD.
There should no longer be lifelong pensions for widows and widowers
There will no longer be lifelong pensions for widows and widowers. The Federal Council has submitted amendments to the law for consultation that will treat all surviving parents equally.

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