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Everything that's set to change after the 2019 Swiss election
FOR MEMBERS

Everything that's set to change after the 2019 Swiss election

From marriage equality to new charges on airline tickets, the historic 2019 Swiss election looks likely to bring about a raft of significant changes.

Will the surge of the Greens actually have an impact on Swiss politics?
FOR MEMBERS

Will the surge of the Greens actually have an impact on Swiss politics?

Swiss vote in possible 'green wave' election

Swiss vote in possible 'green wave' election

EXPLAINED: Why the Swiss might have the best form of governance

EXPLAINED: Why the Swiss might have the best form of governance

From climate to health insurance: Why foreigners in Switzerland should care about the federal elections
FOR MEMBERS

From climate to health insurance: Why foreigners in Switzerland should care about the federal elections

FOR MEMBERS

Why the Swiss voting system means tens of thousands of votes could be wasted

Have your say: Is it time all foreigners in Switzerland had the right to vote?

Petrol, flight prices set to increase under Swiss environmental proposal

Swiss MPs vote for eco-friendly flight tax

Singing climate activists disrupt Swiss parliament

MPs call on Switzerland to accept asylum seekers rescued in Med

FOR MEMBERS

New right-wing immigration proposal 'would lead to Swiss Brexit'

Swiss 'glacier initiative' collects 120,000 signatures

Fathers in Switzerland to get two weeks paid paternity leave

Swiss politicians earn millions a year from finance sector roles

Elections 2019: A snapshot of Switzerland’s major political parties

FOR MEMBERS

Neighbouring regions back Switzerland in row with EU over draft bilateral deal

FOR MEMBERS

Crucial draft deal with EU will fail: Swiss finance minster

Why the small Swiss town of Moutier is making headlines (again)

Switzerland wants 'total travel ban' for failed asylum seekers

Explained: Why Switzerland’s cantons are so powerful

Inside Swiss politics: Why everyone is talking about this 'worm poster'

Confirmed: Swiss companies can still hire Brits after no-deal Brexit

Revealed: The true size of Switzerland's gender pay gap

Swiss senate green-lights quotas for women at top levels of business

IN PICTURES: Women in Switzerland rise up in demand for equal pay

Impatient EU pressures Switzerland to back bilateral deal by June 18th

EXPLAINED: Why Switzerland WON'T be signing draft deal with EU

From Greens to populists: How the Swiss election is shaping up

New platform gives foreigners in Switzerland 'chance to vote'

Swiss women to strike for equal pay in historic protest

Just one in five Swiss back crucial deal on relations with EU

Opinion: Why the US should follow Switzerland's lead on environmental policy

Swiss voters back controversial overhaul of corporate taxes

What you need to know about Switzerland’s crucial gun control referendum

Swiss president on Trump: 'You could get along with him'

FOR MEMBERS

Why Switzerland's gun referendum threatens its membership of Schengen

Swiss government unveils new measures favouring Switzerland-based workers

FOR MEMBERS

The key numbers that tell the story of guns in Switzerland

Snow joke: anger over Swiss MP’s 'anti-tourist' comments

Swiss support for tougher gun laws on the rise: poll

Brexit: What Brits in Switzerland make of the rights agreement with the UK

Swiss support for gun ownership faces crucial test

Most Swiss back draft deal on future relations with EU

How luxury watchmakers are gearing up for Brexit

Swiss MPs backtrack on plans to hike out-of-pocket health care costs

FOR MEMBERS

Parliament wants to scrap work permit quotas for non-EU graduates of Swiss unis

Concern as Swiss parliament backs plan to deport terrorists

Burqa ban counter-proposal: Swiss government wants tougher rules on face coverings

Climate strike: thousands take to streets in Switzerland

'Time to think about the 5 million in limbo': UK parliament votes to delay Brexit

Geneva: Muslim councillor 'forced to sit out council meeting because of headscarf'

Brexit vote: 'It's now time to take the rights of Britons off the negotiating table'

Just 1,000 third-generation foreigners apply for Swiss passport under easier citizenship rules

Switzerland wants to strip ISIS fighter of passport

No-deal Brexit: Which EU member state is being the most generous to Britons?

Switzerland moves to make people pay greater share of health costs

Thousands of Swiss could get 'cannabis licence'

Swiss government snubs move to scrap 'blasphemy' law

The Swiss army's growing problem with civilian service

'Yellow vest' protesters stage peaceful demo in Geneva

Here’s what Switzerland’s new 'Air Force One' looks like

No-deal Brexit: Country by country guide to how the rights of Britons will be affected

Here's why the huge Swiss budget surplus is causing headaches

Switzerland to set quotas for Brits in event of no-deal Brexit

Switzerland and UK complete post-Brexit trade deal

Urban sprawl vote: Swiss reject plan to freeze construction zones

Geneva votes to ban religious symbols on public employees

Switzerland seizes cars owned by E. Guinea president's multi-millionaire son

Swiss government to reward hackers who can breach its electronic vote system

Infantino sole candidate for FIFA presidency in June vote

Swiss ski chief Kasper: Olympics are 'easier in dictatorships'

Support for Switzerland’s urban sprawl initiative falling

Switzerland one of world’s least corrupt countries despite recent scandals

Explained: the referendum that aims to save the Swiss countryside

Davos 2019: What you need to know about 'the world's most exclusive business bash'

Switzerland ramps up preparations for no-deal Brexit

Scandal-hit Geneva politician Maudet wins backing of local party membership

Brits in EU demand to be spared from Brexit 'train crash' after May's deal rejected

Davos approves anti-Trump protest during WEF meeting

New official Swiss Federal Council photo released

2018

Switzerland and UK forge post-Brexit citizens' rights agreement

'Switzerland is playing a very dangerous game on EU deal': Foreign minister

Donald Trump to attend 2019 WEF meeting in Davos

EU hands Switzerland six months to agree to new deal on bilateral relations

Lost in translation: Swiss minister under fire for lack of English

FOR MEMBERS

What you need to know about the new draft Swiss–EU deal

Swiss official suspended over alleged hate speech on Facebook

Switzerland gets first-ever female defence minister

RECAP: Brits in Europe vent anger after May postpones Brexit vote

UK can cancel Brexit before March 29th without EU’s consent, ECJ rules

Switzerland delays decision on EU ties with public consultation

Glance around Switzerland: anti-refugee comments, fake meat, sports deaths and major SBB repairs

Swiss face deadline on EU ties

Federal council elections mark historic day for women in Swiss politics

Here's what's at stake in the Swiss Federal Council elections

Initiative to ban English at University of Zurich launched

Swiss federal council elections: a who's who of the candidates

Press round-up: 'Swiss law first' result a 'slap in the face' for SVP

Cow horn initiative rejected by Swiss voters

Swiss voters hand overwhelming defeat to 'Swiss law first' initiative

Switzerland votes on whether to save cows' horns

Glance around Switzerland: Jewish attacks, Swiss wine drinkers, viral railway video & child abuse

Swiss backtrack on support for UN migration pact

Why the Swiss are having a referendum about cow horns this weekend

Switzerland votes: key facts about the social detective referendum

Glance around Switzerland: 'Swiss Brexit' back on, people too 'stupid' for bins, spider art stolen and SBB double deckers

Voters set to shun 'Swiss law first' initiative: poll

Heli taxis and huge alcohol bills: Swiss army top brass under fire over expenses

Glance around Switzerland: Fake marriages, E-bike dangers, rabbit killers and Suter censored

Switzerland aims to make discrimination against LGBTI people a crime

Geneva: police raid council offices in 'bling expenses' scandal

How a small Swiss town just saw its very own 'Brexit vote' declared invalid

Swiss backtrack on selling weapons to conflict states

Weapons exports: Switzerland may back down on relaxation of rules

What you need to know about the 'Swiss law first' referendum

Inside politics: self-determination vote 'a Trojan horse attack on democracy'

Why are strikes so rare in Switzerland?

Industrial action in Switzerland: Construction workers take to the streets

Swiss call for clarity on Saudi journalist disappearance

Swiss Competition Commission approves Tamedia's takeover of Basler Zeitung

Laptop explosion injures Swiss politician

Swiss' map on flight to Israel displays Palestinian town destroyed in 1948

Switzerland to impose lifetime ban for paedophiles on working with children

IN PICTURES: Geneva, the world's incubator for peace and policy since 1920

Switzerland exchanges financial accounts data with international partners for first time

Swiss city of Neuchâtel adds its voice for Airbnb to directly apply overnight tax to bookings

Battle for lungs and minds as tobacco control treaty meeting opens in Switzerland

Switzerland pledges €1.1 billion over 10 years to EU in 'cohesion' funds

Second resignation in a week: Swiss environment minister to quit government

Why the resignation of the Swiss economy minister is big news for women

Switzerland’s economics minister announces retirement

Five things we learned from Switzerland's weekend referendums

Direct democracy: Regional 'burqa ban' up for vote in Switzerland

Swiss senate rejects call to speed up deportation of failed Eritrean asylum seekers

What you need to know about Switzerland’s two food referendums

Spy row: Swiss foreign minister to meet Russian counterpart next week

Behind the headlines: How Switzerland's political golden child fell from grace

Top Swiss court vetoes cantonal vote on school 'headgear' ban

Swiss arms makers using loopholes to get around export rules

Switzerland eyes ‘EU-deal lite’ in bid to rescue failing talks with Brussels

ISIS using Swiss-made hand grenades in Syria: report

Swiss transport minister snapped sitting on steps of crowded train

Political transparency initiative? 'Not compatible with Swiss system' says government

'Show us your wages’: Swiss campaign aims to smash income taboo

Geneva set to host talks on Syrian constitution next month

Switzerland’s new 38-week parental leave proposal: what you need to know

Switzerland will not sign treaty banning nuclear bombs (for now)

Five Swiss cantons to extend pilot scheme to offer jobs in agriculture to refugees

Swiss competition authority investigating 'media dominance' of Tamedia following group's takeover of Basel daily

Hackers linked to Russian government targeted Swiss chemical weapons experts

Switzerland struggling to bring Swiss IS fighters in Syria before its courts

Popular initiative to stop Swiss public money funding weapon makers will go to a vote

Former Spanish king accused by alleged former lover of holding secret Swiss bank accounts to launder funds

Swiss football boss fans flames of dual nationality debate

Switzerland praises ‘successful integration’ of EU workers

'It's football, not politics': Blatter criticises Swedish government for World Cup boycott

Iranian president makes official visit to Switzerland

New SVP anti-immigration plan threatens Swiss-EU talks

Tax penalty for married couples: Switzerland may vote again

Swiss MPs say yes to women’s quotas at top levels in business

Swiss Post boss forced out over massive subsidies scandal

Swiss voters reject sovereign money initiative

Swiss to place bets on gambling law in high stakes referendum

New corporate tax plan passes first hurdle

Swiss town set for universal basic income experiment

Switzerland publishes 'false data' on deportation of foreign criminals

Swiss voters to have final say on controversial social detective law

Half of foreign criminals in Switzerland handed deportation orders under new rules

Government comes out against paternity leave proposal

Here's what you need to know about Switzerland's radical 'sovereign money' initiative

PWC eying share of lucrative Swiss asylum seeker industry

How Switzerland’s direct democracy system works

'The Swiss government must make lifesaving drugs affordable'

'Shadow government' playing key role in Swiss politics: report

UN Palestinian refugee agency 'part of the problem': Swiss foreign minister

Updated: Swiss Islamic council members in court over alleged terrorist propaganda video

'Man plus man doesn’t go': Swiss politician’s gay marriage tweet

The seriously funny business of getting US expats in Switzerland to vote in the midterms

Porn, pizza and pics of Lisa Simpson: the strange world of Swiss ballot papers

Three years in parliament and not one word: meet Switzerland’s most silent politician

Swiss economics minister – and one-time YouTube sensation – Schneider-Ammann to stand down

Swiss activists held in France for helping migrants cross Alps

Tourists prevent forced deportation of man on Swiss holiday flight

Campaign launched for tougher gun laws in Switzerland

Disgraced Swiss MP: ‘I will never be the same again’

Swiss group calls for end to fossil fuel use by 2050

Here's how much tax Swiss people can expect to pay in a lifetime

Ousted Catalan leader praises Swiss model ahead of Geneva visit

Could medical cannabis be the next cash cow for Swiss farmers?

Spying game: Tibetans in Switzerland accuse Beijing of oppression

Switzerland can now use GPS and drones to fight benefit fraud

Swiss right-wing figurehead Christoph Blocher quits SVP party leadership role

Swiss referendum results: everything you need to know

Swiss vote against plan to scrap compulsory TV licence fee

'Scrapping compulsory TV licence fees would be dangerous for Switzerland's direct democracy'

Right-wing group carries out security patrols in Geneva

Switzerland’s tough stance on migrants criticized by Amnesty International

Referendum: Swiss set to stand behind embattled public broadcaster

Falling star: former Trump strategist Steve Bannon to visit Zurich

European Commission president: 'The Swiss have a completely false view of me'

‘Swiss Schindler’ honoured with room in Federal Palace

'Teachers will not be turned into snitches'

Where are the missing files on Switzerland's top secret Cold War army?

How Switzerland hopes to shut down foreign spies

Leuthard voices concern as Swiss news agency continues strike

Former MP accused of sexual harassment returns to mayoral role

St Gallen residents will vote on face coverings ban

Minister casts doubt on Swiss-EU agreement anytime soon

Free movement vote could result in ‘Swiss Brexit’

SVP launches new attack on free movement

Survey: Majority dissatisfied with the federal government

Initiative for female quota in federal government rejected

Swiss president: ‘We are lucky to live in Switzerland’

2017

Majority back scrapping TV licence fee at referendum

Switzerland in new row with EU over ‘discriminatory’ market access

Swiss government opposes anti-burqa initiative and presents counter-proposal

Disgraced Swiss MP resigns after sexual harassment claims

Parliament blocks extra funds for state pension scheme

Swiss MPs given ‘good conduct guide’ following sexual harassment case

Swiss parliament rejects bill calling for ban on dual nationals in government

Alain Berset elected Swiss president for 2018

Swiss MP takes sick leave following claims he sexually harassed colleagues

Switzerland wants to give 1.3 billion francs to EU

Bern cycling campaign sees grant accidentally slashed after officials mess up vote

LISTEN: Austria turns right, Venice bids for freedom, France stamps on sex pests

Should the Swiss government introduce gender quotas?

Swiss foreign office apparently prepared to mediate in Spanish-Catalan stalemate

Swiss politician convicted of helping migrants enter illegally

Switzerland ratifies Forced Labour Convention

Swiss parliament in favour of tightening rules for mosques and imams

New federal councillor Cassis inherits foreign ministry

Farmers suffer setback over cow horn subsidies

Press welcomes Cassis election to Federal Council

Ignazio Cassis is elected Switzerland’s new federal councillor

Two Bern villages vote against following Moutier to canton Jura

This is how Switzerland elects a new federal councillor

2017

Trump nominates new ambassador to Switzerland

Switzerland won’t rejoin Erasmus before 2021

Swiss voters favour male candidates: study

Survey: narrow majority in favour of pension reform

Jura question: Another village launches campaign to leave canton Bern

Swiss National Day: 20 key dates in Switzerland’s history

Swiss government slams SVP’s self-determination initiative

Swiss-German, middle-aged and male: is this Switzerland’s new federal councillor?

Two Swiss cantons get the go-ahead for online voting

SVP calls for a vote on ending Swiss-EU freedom of movement

Switzerland looks to tighten anti-terror laws

‘Mouxit’: Moutier’s decision highlights Switzerland’s cultural divide

Moutier makes historic decision to leave canton Bern

Gay marriage back on the discussion table in Swiss parliament

Swiss foreign minister Burkhalter to leave government in October

Swiss parliament green lights Paris climate accord

Finance minister makes new bid to reform company tax

Bern voters say no to extra funds aimed at helping young asylum seekers

Switzerland’s energy strategy 2050: what you need to know

Survey: a majority of Swiss favour free movement

Switzerland welcomes Macron’s election but stresses hard road ahead

Jura's separatist struggle: Why one Swiss village may vote to quit its canton

Young people demand Switzerland rejoin Erasmus

French voters in Switzerland reject Le Pen

SVP ad ruled racist by Swiss supreme court

EU-Swiss relations officially back on track after immigration squabble

Swiss energy strategy referendum goes to court over alleged ‘fake news’

Italians angered after Switzerland closes border crossings at night

How will the Brexit negotiations affect Switzerland?

Swiss government’s EU-friendly immigration plan likely to avoid referendum challenge

Valais investigates claims of fraud in recent cantonal election

Survey: Swiss support bilateral agreements with EU

‘Without Schengen we would be less protected from terror’

Valais voters oust right-wing politician in ‘defeat for populism’

Swiss region blocks rally by Turkish politician

Four out of five British expats fear Brexit will strip them of rights to live abroad

Swiss approve easier nationalization process for 3rd gen immigrants

Rail passengers complain to SBB over burqa posters

New Swiss president calls for cohesion in New Year address

2016

It's official: Switzerland defies referendum and won't impose EU immigration controls

Switzerland awaits EU verdict on immigration solution

Swiss parliament reaches agreement on EU immigration

SVP won’t call referendum on mass immigration initiative

Doris Leuthard: ten facts about the new Swiss president

Switzerland’s immigration dilemma: what you need to know

Swiss president to talk trade with Trump

WTO chief: 'I don't know what Trump's trade policies are'

‘No conflict of interests’ over Clinton donation: Bern

UN: Cyprus talks end without agreement

Blow for Leuthard as nuclear vote looms

Trump and Switzerland: not so far apart?

Swiss donation to Clinton Foundation sparks debate

Trade body chief 'ready to work' with Trump

Trump’s victory: Swiss politicians react

'It’s like a collective suicidal leap into the unknown'

Where to watch the US election in Switzerland

Study: country-city divide replaces Swiss ‘Röstigraben’

Study: more young people in Switzerland are right-wing

Merkel: Swiss question ‘separate from Brexit’

Crucial or ‘chaotic’? Swiss debate nuclear withdrawal

Swiss politician fined over crash that injured 17-year-old

Swiss government rejects call for second immigration vote

Outcry after ‘neo-Nazi’ music festival held on Swiss soil

Swiss students: Austrian far- right politician 'not welcome'

Bern dishes out more permits for non-EU workers

Swiss to vote on passport rules for 3rd gen foreigners

SVP launch challenge to energy strategy

Deal agreed with Sri Lanka over repatriations

Switzerland opens doors to refugees from Greece

Turkey angry after Swiss tout ‘kebab ban’

Americans abroad: get off the fence, stop Trump

Ticino votes to favour local workers over foreigners

How to vote absentee from abroad in the US elections

 
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Swiss press criticize Bern’s 'capitulation' on immigration

Row as Swiss MPs give in on EU migrant curbs

Swiss-EU negotiations resume but no deal yet

Bern argues over passports for 3rd generation foreigners

Swiss ‘slave children’ to finally get compensation

Swiss oppose raised pension age: survey

US and Russia meet in Geneva for Syria talks

Survey: Swiss optimistic about Brexit effect

Neuchâtel looks to boost rights for foreigners

Five things Americans should know about voting abroad

 
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Ticino tourist sector has 'real fears' over effect of burqa ban

‘We must help more’ says mayor who refused refugees

Court convicts virtual partner of ‘nude selfies’ mayor

Schulz: ‘Switzerland is important to the EU’

Switzerland sets out law on expelling foreign criminals

Brexit voters ‘misinformed’ on Swiss relations with EU

Swiss-EU talks ‘must’ resume this summer

Has bureaucracy deprived Brits abroad of their vote?

VIDEO: Brits in Europe say why UK should stay

Swiss parliament pays tribute to slain British MP

Minister defends tougher surveillance measures

Public 'snub' Swiss People’s Party over asylum

Swiss say 'no thanks' to basic income for all

Europe's leaders stress 'close ties' at Gotthard opening

Brits: don't let bumbling councils steal your vote

Report: Swiss lag behind Europe on gay rights

Swiss basic income vote: what you need to know

Brexit would leave expats in 'ghastly' legal limbo for years

'Switzerland must shut itself off with barbed wire'

Blatter biography: Fifa boss was ‘Swiss secret agent’

Swiss army ready to act in worst case migrant scenario

Syrian opposition quits Geneva peace talks

5 practical things Brits abroad can do to keep UK in the EU

Modigliani painting seized in Swiss probe

'I only posted Isis videos because I liked the music'

SVP renounces shock poster tactics for June public vote

Army chief bows out ‘by mutual agreement’

Courses for dog owners may be scrapped

US expats in Switzerland vote Bernie Sanders in primary

'Hope of an end in sight' for Syria war: UN talks

Green Party councillor fined for not clearing up rubbish

Bern backs harsher sentence for homegrown terrorists

Geneva to host new Syria peace talks this month

Switzerland takes step towards adoption equality

Swiss vow to recover looted funds for Nigeria

Why these Brits in Switzerland are worried about Brexit

Swiss lawmakers vote to pull forgotten EU application

333 Swiss declared 'too dangerous' for military service

Voters give green light to new Gotthard road tunnel

Swiss reject proposal to expel criminal foreigners

Lausanne ‘sheep’ go viral in protest video

Swastika poster removed from Swiss rail stations

Amnesty criticizes Swiss treatment of foreigners

EU ‘freezes’ Swiss talks until Brexit outcome

Student leads criticism of sexist campaigning

Expulsion of foreign criminals plan loses support: new poll

Zug MPs call for new 5,000-franc banknotes

Lower spending leaves Swiss government with surplus

Politician uses 'swastika' to slam foreign criminals plan

Swiss to vote on guaranteed income for all

Geneva authorities back art museum expansion

Refugee role play stuns world leaders at WEF

Refugee limits 'moral necessity': German prez

Bern rejects ban on 'speculative' food trading

Proposal 'would expel 18,000 foreigners a year'

Swiss populist firebrand Blocher to step down

2015

Geneva authorities reduce terror alert level

Qatari royal treated for broken leg in Zurich

Swiss army chief warns of terrorism and unrest

Edelweiss shirt becomes Swiss political football

Geneva buys labour peace - without a budget

UKIP's Farage invited to visit Bern by Swiss MP

Swiss People's Party wins second cabinet seat

SVP manoeuvres for second government seat

Bern near deal with EU on immigration: report

High court upholds ‘hate speech’ conviction

Swiss right calls for army to reinforce borders

Spiess-Hegglin quits party over sex scandal

Germany spied on EU allies: new report

Bern backs closing Ticino borders at night

Geneva MP in court over cocaine sting conviction

Horse-trading begins in fight for final cabinet seat

Federal finance minister announces resignation

Bern launches bid to double Gotthard tunnel

Swiss to vote again on immigration curbs

Bern proposes end to online gambling ban

Many back status quo federal government: poll

Parties manoeuvre for seats in Swiss senate

SVP election result a 'triumph' for Blocher

Swiss national elections: 'return to normality'?

Swiss People's Party on track for record seats

Swiss parliament tilts right over migration fears

Swiss politician quizzed over Nazi-looted painting

Blocher still pulls strings for party he boosted

Populist right seen boosting number of MPs

Can 'collegial' Swiss government stay intact?

SVP threatens to pull out of federal government

MP hopeful aims to shock with 'nude' band

SVP sees support swell ahead of Swiss election

Minister rapped over private jet trip to Brazil

Party president shelves campaign after crash

Anti-immigrant party draws in more support

Merkel to talk up free movement in Swiss visit

MP's Facebook profile closed after complaints

Switzerland lifts Iran sanctions after UN deal

Aargau sparks debate with tents for refugees

Switzerland needs own island off Greece: MP

Immigrant recruits may not be loyal: Army chief

Anti-immigration party remains most popular

UN talks in Geneva aim to halt Yemen war

Hollande appeals in Geneva for climate action

UN head calls for global climate change action

City of Geneva faces left-right political divisions

Photos hurt Labour cause in UK: Swiss take

Swiss back shared migrant responsibility

Iran nuclear talks carry on into the wee hours

Talks on Iran's nuclear future head into overtime

Timeline: Iran's 12-year nuclear standoff

Lausanne talks aim to set Iran's nuclear future

'Down-to-the-wire' Iran nuclear talks resume

Give us the files: lawyer for Assange in Geneva

Iran nuclear talks set to resume next week

UN expert slams North Korean 'abductions'

UN expert slams rise in Iran executions

US seeks to finish the job in Iran nuclear talks

Poland slams Swiss military sale to Russia

Reforms needed for women's work rights: ILO

Progress on women in politics 'stagnating': IPU

US and Iran resume nuclear talks in Montreux

North Korea warns US of nuclear capability

Kerry warns Israelis against 'betraying trust'

Russia's Lavrov calls Nemtsov death 'heinous'

US slams human rights body for Israel 'bias'

Kerry and Lavrov meet in Geneva over Ukraine

Kerry to address UN rights council in Geneva

Swiss talks to continue on Iran nuclear deal

Same-sex marriage 'backed by most Swiss'

Poll: Swiss ready to forgo EU over immigration

Swiss cabinet unveils EU immigration quotas bill

UK opposition smells election blood on HSBC

Swiss government posts surprise deficit for 2014

HSBC Swiss bank claims spark UK political fight

New vote is needed on immigrants: finance boss

ILO sees potential in Juncker jobs plan

Right-wing group seeks national face veil ban

Hollande: 'Big business must help fight terror'

Mobility group calls for return of overnight trains

Zug party president quits over sex scandal

Tourism industry reeling from soaring franc

Shock move to untether franc sparks debate

Hollande and Merkel to join Davos forum leaders

Iran minister urges 'respect for values'

Ex-president elected 2014 Swiss of the year

'Don't succumb to fear': President Sommaruga

Right-wing MP calls for ban on Muslim refugees

Sommaruga lauds 'bold' Swiss democracy

2014

SVP loses ground but remains strongest party

Cabinet ministers rapped for accepting new limos

Swiss hike scrutiny of international sport orgs

MPs end 'happy hours' tippling in Vaud bars

Sommaruga elected as next Swiss president

Swiss media relieved over immigration vote

Swiss voters massively reject immigration cap

Voters' turn: immigration and taxing rich expats

Why the Swiss central bank needs more gold

National ban sought for late-night booze shops

Voter support for new immigration curbs slides

Central bank chief calls gold proposal 'fatal'

Court backs right for schoolgirl to wear scarf

Swiss museum warned over Nazi art gift

Ban on cars proposed for welfare recipients

Majority back new immigration curbs: poll

Bern launches campaign against 'Ecopop' bid

Blocher backs tax on firms hiring foreigners

ICRC evaluates Ukraine operations after tragedy

Switzerland imposes Islamic State ban

Bid to cut VAT on restaurant meals fails

Public V private? Swiss mull health system shift

Geneva MP seeks ban on charging for tap water

Swiss hail ‘success in failure’ of Scots no vote

Swiss leader's commute turns Twitter sensation

Baden strips 'nude selfies mayor' of duties

Burkhalter hails Second World War mobilization

Swiss pay UK and Austria over tax dodging

Swiss health insurance premiums 'set to jump'

Jura to vote on extending expat political rights

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