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Whether it’s smartphones or Twitter, new technologies and website programmes are mushrooming in a way that is changing the communications landscape, a subject that is the focus of a March 22-23 conference at Geneva’s Webster University. …
Is it too easy to get out of military service? Now that people who want to opt for civilian service no longer have to plead their case before a commission, the ranks of the civilian service have swelled. The Senate this morning is looking at a motion urging the government to act fast to tighten …
Nearly 20,000 people have been to the Bear Park in Bern over the past few days, with the hopes of catching a glimpse of new cubs Urs and Berna. The pair were born in December and since last week they have ventured out of their cave with their mum Bjork, to spend some time in their enclosure on …
Zurich, Geneva, Bern, Basel, Thun and Lucerne already have special sections in cemeteries set aside for Muslim burials, but requests for such accommodation have been rejected in smaller communes around the country. They say they have too few Muslim residents to justify allocating the extra space. …
In a move to contain the rising number of revellers incapacitated by drink or drugs on week-ends, especially among the under-aged, Zurich police open 12 sobering-up cells with private security and medical attendance. …
The first major synagogue to be built in Switzerland for almost half a century is being officially inaugurated in Geneva today. It’s been built to accommodate the city’s growing Reform Jewish community—at a time when the Jewish population across Switzerland is on the decline and other …
Italy’s foreign minister Franco Frattini will head to Tripoli later today. He’s the latest in a line of European ministers to travel there to try to resolve the conflict between Libya and Switzerland. For over two weeks now, the European Union has tried to mediate a solution. …
UBS is pushing the Swiss government to support the sending of stolen data to U.S. tax authorities. The Tages-Anzeiger newspaper published the document sent by UBS to parliament. In it, UBS said the risks are too great for the Swiss financial reputation and the Swiss economy if …
Applications are being accepted until the end of April for a master’s degree course in international and European security studies offered by the University of Geneva - entirely in English. …
