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Swiss Review
March 2/18

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Every district has its own beer

The bottle cap comes off with a “pop”, the beer flows into the glass, bubbles rise and a frothy head forms. There is nowhere with such a wide range of…

Wine from Australia, fruit from the Caribbean and meat from Argentina – it is not so long ago that people thought the further a product travelled, the…

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Switzerland helps to return migrants to Libya

Politics

The secret ideas factory

Economy

Hamo Morgenthaler | The Asian jungle – heaven and hell

Literature series

How a mountain village made headlines worldwide

Society

OSA Youth Service

SwissCommunity

96th Congress of the Swiss Abroad in Visp/VS

SwissCommunity

From 10 to 12 August 2018 the 96

OSA advice

SwissCommunity

Health insurance: we’re interested in your experiences!

FYSA – summer camps for children aged 8 to 14

SwissCommunity

OSA Youth Service and educationsuisse: Help with starting education and training in Switzerland

SwissCommunity

The OSA Youth Service and educationsuisse jointly support young Swiss Abroad in planning and starting their initial education or training in…

“I see Switzerland as a palace at the heart of Europe”

Swissinfo

Federal Council photo 2018

Notes from the Federal Palace

The Federal Chancellery has published the official Federal Council photo for 2018. It is the first time that it has been designed as an animated image…

The new Swiss Citizenship Act entered into force on 1 January 2018

Notes from the Federal Palace

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Notes from the Federal Palace

The land of a thousand cable cars

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Charles Lewinsky | The will of the people

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The easy-going alpine revolutionary

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Swiss Review
March 2/18

Every district has its own beer

Our highlights

Sovereign money: a complex popular initiative

Fee for access to the single market is due again

“I’m pleased nothing came of the revolution”