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Macron promotes Europe in Lausanne and defends Middle East position
November 16, 2023
On the second day of his state visit to Switzerland, French President Emmanuel Macron visited Lausanne and Geneva together with President Alain Berset.
Head of Palestinian relief organization deplores deliberate obstructions
November 16, 2023
The humanitarian activities of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip are being deliberately obstructed, according to its head.
Prosecutor demands 14.5 years in prison for the main defendant
November 16, 2023
Eight people have had to answer to the Lucerne Criminal Court for a fatal altercation in Geuensee LU in 2021.
France upgrades Alsatian with regional language office
November 16, 2023
Alsatian, the dialect spoken in the French regions of Alsace and Moselle on the German border, is to be upgraded.
Another Swiss dual national leaves Gaza Strip
November 16, 2023
Another Swiss dual national was able to leave the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning.
Hope for Hamas hostages? Biden slightly optimistic
November 16, 2023
40 days after the Hamas terror attack on Israel, negotiations over the hostages taken to the Gaza Strip are raising some hope.
Winner of the Grand Prix Literature Anna Felder dies
November 16, 2023
The author Anna Felder was one of the most thoughtful and highly decorated voices in Swiss literature.
Ticks are also active in winter, according to new study
November 16, 2023
Ticks are also active in winter. This has been confirmed by studies carried out by researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (Germany), as detailed in a press release issued on Thursday.
SBB has to postpone the start of construction of the new industrial plant in Ticino
November 16, 2023
The Federal Office of Transport has given the green light for the plans for the new industrial plant in Arbedo-Castione TI.
Signa’s portfolio value shrinks from 3 to 2.1 billion euros
November 16, 2023
At the real estate and retail company Signa, owned by Tyrolean René Benko, it is not only the important portfolio real estate division, Signa Prime, that is deeply in the red.
KOF expects solid winter tourism
November 16, 2023
Swiss tourism can look forward to solid winter business. According to a forecast by the ETH economic research institute KOF, the number of overnight stays in the 2023/24 winter season will increase by 1.
Credit Suisse business accounts for a small share of turnover at SIX
November 16, 2023
The takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS will not tear a large hole in the coffers of the stock exchange operator SIX.
Macron defends Europe and his position on the Middle East
November 16, 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron and Swiss President Alain Berset met with students from the University of Lausanne and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne on Thursday morning.
Switzerland supports the establishment of a special tribunal
November 16, 2023
Switzerland is committed to the establishment of a special tribunal against the crime of aggression against Ukraine.
More foreigners and Palestinians with second passports leave Gaza
November 16, 2023
The departures of foreigners and Palestinians with a second passport from the Gaza Strip are continuing.
Siemens Switzerland maintains fiscal year sales at previous year’s level
November 16, 2023
The Siemens companies in Switzerland maintained sales in the 2022/23 fiscal year, which ended in September, compared to the same period in the previous year.
Occupation of a shopping center is not coercion
November 16, 2023
Seven climate activists are not convicted of coercion by the Federal Court. In 2019, they had protested against the bargain day "Black Friday" and blocked the entrance hall of a shopping center in the city of Fribourg.
Confederation and cantons to help adoptees find their roots
November 16, 2023
Adoptees should be supported in their search for their roots. This is the recommendation of a working group in collaboration with the Federal Office of Justice.

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