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Swiss Review
September 5/18

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Switzerland accepts increased urban density - reluctantly

The revision of the spatial planning law has put the brakes on urban sprawl by forcing local authorities to increase the density of built-up areas,…

In front of many Swiss schoolroom doors today children’s shoes of different sizes are lined up: very small ones next to larger ones. The shoe rack is…

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A fight for national law, international law and human rights

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Will insurers be peeping into the bedroom next?

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Thomas Hürlimann | The flag of freedom flew in divided Berlin

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During his first ten years in Berlin, Thomas Hürlimann became a writer

“The contribution is a gesture of solidarity”

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“Switzerland without Europe – Europe without Switzerland”

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Advice and help for those wanting to study in Switzerland

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educationsuisse advises young Swiss Abroad in all matters pertaining to education – from the choice of the education programme to financing

The youth offer for this winter

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Winter camps for children aged 8 to 14

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Financial support for Swiss families abroad

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The aim of the Foundation for Young Swiss Abroad is to make it possible for every Swiss child living abroad to take part in a camp in Switzerland at…

“Switzerland is still a political oasis of sorts”

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Unemployed after returning home from a third country

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Notes from the Federal Palace

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Martin Meyer | The vanished crocodile and other losses

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Swiss Review
September 5/18

Switzerland accepts increased urban density - reluctantly

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A fundamental change in Swiss schoolrooms

Money cannot heal all the wounds of the past

The unsuccessful fight for a new national park