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Air transport agreement enables scheduled flights to Bangladesh
June 4, 2024
Switzerland and Bangladesh have signed a bilateral agreement on scheduled air services.
Formula 1 racing team Sauber does not engage in unauthorized advertising
June 4, 2024
The Sauber Formula 1 racing team is not engaging in unauthorized advertising for online gambling that is not licensed in Switzerland.
In the absurd realm of waving tufts of hair and nibbling rabbits
June 4, 2024
With the special exhibition "Animatter Factory", the Museum Tinguely Basel takes us into the absurd and bizarre art spheres of artist Mika Rottenberg.
Switzerland helps Armenia to cope with floods
June 4, 2024
Heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding in northern Armenia and cost lives. Switzerland therefore sent the seven-strong Swiss Humanitarian Corps engineering team to the region on Monday evening.
Branched drug trade uncovered in Davos
June 4, 2024
A drug trafficking operation involving numerous people has been busted in Davos. The police arrested eleven people.
Basel hospital receives no order for liver transplants
June 4, 2024
The University Hospital Basel is still only allowed to transplant kidneys - it has not received an additional mandate for liver transplants.
Council of States wants to support slaughterhouses in the event of animal diseases
June 4, 2024
If the authorities take measures against animal diseases, the federal government should compensate slaughterhouses, meat processors and hunters for additional costs.
Guarantee fund for the travel industry could help FTI go bankrupt
June 4, 2024
The Swiss travel industry's guarantee fund is not worried that the bankruptcy of Germany's third-largest travel provider FTI will overburden it.
Parliament calls for action plan against racism and anti-Semitism
June 4, 2024
The federal government is to work with the cantons to develop a strategy and an action plan against racism.
Former Geneva state councillor Fischer allegedly misused taxpayers’ money
June 4, 2024
In Geneva, former State Councillor Fabienne Fischer (Greens) used public funds for her 2023 election campaign.
High rents are increasingly forcing the Swiss into urban areas
June 4, 2024
Demand for apartments in Switzerland remains at a high level due to continued strong immigration from the EU.
Council of States extends daycare stimulus program until the end of 2026
June 4, 2024
The impulse program to promote childcare to complement family life is to continue until the end of 2026.
Fewer new car registrations in May than a year ago
June 4, 2024
Fewer new cars were registered on the roads in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein in May than a year ago.
Acquittal for an alleged ATM burglar overturned
June 4, 2024
The appeal proceedings against one of the alleged ATM burglars from Neftenbach ZH and Sevelen SG will be reopened.
Insured persons abroad are included in risk equalization
June 4, 2024
People insured abroad in Switzerland, such as cross-border commuters, will now also be included in the risk equalization between health insurers.
Biel/Bienne Forum for Bilingualism receives the 2024 Promotion Prize
June 4, 2024
The Biel/Bienne Forum for Bilingualism has been awarded this year's prize for promotion.
71-year-old dies in accident with electric wheelchair
June 4, 2024
A 71-year-old man drove his electric wheelchair off the road in Capriasca TI on Monday afternoon and landed on an embankment.
Council of States says yes to new commission for provenance research
June 4, 2024
The Confederation is to create a new "Commission for Historic Cultural Heritage".

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