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Swiss voters to have final say on controversial social detective law

Opponents of a new Swiss law which would permit insurance agencies to make voice and video recordings of suspected benefits cheats without a judge's sign-off have managed to collect enough signatures to force the law to be approved in a public referendum.

Crime

A portrait of modern Switzerland in ten stats

From wages to welfare, we've picked out ten stats from the country's and the world's top institutions, drawing out figures that give a fascinating snapshot of Switzerland today.

Quarantine

Geneva doctors dress for battle with Ebola virus

Sweating behind fogged-up goggles, Thanh Dang meticulously follows each instruction as she peals away layers of protective clothing, stopping repeatedly to wash her double-gloved hands in chlorine disinfectant.

Quarantine

Swiss study calls for five-day Ebola quarantine

Three-day quarantines are not enough to net all Ebola cases in a given area, scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) said this week after using genetic sequencing to map the early spread of the virus in Sierra Leone.