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Former Federal Councillor Metzler celebrates her 60th birthday next week
May 18, 2024
Former CVP Federal Councillor Ruth Metzler celebrates her 60th birthday next Thursday.
30 percent of commercials for climate-damaging products
May 18, 2024
Almost one in three German commercials on television and YouTube advertise climate-damaging products.
Long waiting times again in front of the Gotthard road tunnel
May 18, 2024
The journey south also required patience early on Saturday. Shortly before 5.30 a.
Vienna Festival opening: Revolutionary exercise in front of City Hall
May 18, 2024
Swiss artistic director Milo Rau wanted to break with tradition at the opening of his first edition of the festival on Vienna's Rathausplatz.
Another increase in traffic jams on the Gotthard late Friday evening
May 17, 2024
The traffic jam in front of the Gotthard north portal increased again late on Friday evening.
Sepp Blatter would regret Fifa’s departure from Zurich
May 17, 2024
According to former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, the amendment to the statutes of the world football association Fifa should be taken seriously.
Advertisements after university occupations in Freiburg and Zurich
May 17, 2024
ETH Zurich and the University of Fribourg have filed charges of trespassing following the pro-Palestinian occupations of the institutions' premises in recent days.
Violent criminals should be expelled from the country more consistently
May 17, 2024
In the opinion of the responsible National Council committee, foreign violent criminals are not expelled from the country consistently enough.
Driver dies after collision with minibus in the canton of Vaud
May 17, 2024
A 24-year-old driver was killed in a traffic accident in the Vaud municipality of St-Barthélemy on Friday.
Health insurance ombudsman’s office records more cases
May 17, 2024
The health insurance ombudsman's office recorded a significant increase in inquiries from insured persons in Switzerland last year.
National Council committee wants more money for education than the Federal Council
May 17, 2024
The responsible National Council committee wants to thwart the Federal Council's cost-cutting plans for education.
Squatters leave the University of Freiburg
May 17, 2024
The activists who occupied the entrance hall of the University of Pérolles in Fribourg this week left on Friday.
Putin wants a buffer zone near Kharkiv and criticizes Kiev’s peace summit
May 17, 2024
According to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, Russia does not want to occupy the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, which has been under fire for weeks, and allegedly only wants to set up a buffer zone there.
Police control access to the University of Zurich
May 17, 2024
The University of Zurich will not tolerate any more occupations: Following calls for new actions in connection with the war in the Middle East, the police have been controlling access to the university building since midday on Friday.
Fondation Beyeler presents a constantly changing exhibition
May 17, 2024
Thirty artists are part of an experimental exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen BS.
Mainly outsiders reported at the ETH demo
May 17, 2024
28 people were reported to the police after a pro-Palestinian demonstration at ETH Zurich on Tuesday a week ago - 23 of them were outsiders.
Putin criticizes peace summit in Switzerland
May 17, 2024
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has criticized the Ukraine peace summit planned in Switzerland as a means of putting pressure on Russia.
Stadler delivers 18 rescue multiple units to ÖBB
May 17, 2024
Stadler has received another order from Austria. The train manufacturer from eastern Switzerland is supplying 18 new fire-fighting and rescue multiple units to ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, as announced on Friday.

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