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Swiss Review
June 3/21

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Grüezi, bonjour, allegra, benvenuto:A nation of polyglots

With four national languages, dozens of dialects and a total of more than 250 spoken languages, Swiss multilingualism is alive and kicking – and on…

La pitschna Svizra è in pajais pluriling , in pajais cun gist quatter linguas naziunalas uffizialas: Quai accentuain nus adina puspè gugent. Nus…

Letters to the editor

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Switzerland’s burka ban is mainly symbolic

Politics

Human heat maps

Images

Why did Swiss politicians consider silencing the scientists on Covid?

Society

Ernst Frey | Across America like Chaplin’s tramp

Literature series

Swiss popular writer Ernst Frey travelled across the United States on foot as a callow 15-year-old

What about military service if I return to Switzerland?

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Unhappy brewers, happy revenue officers

Swiss statistics

New digital offers for young Swiss Abroad

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Fun in the snow with 600 Swiss teenagers

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In Switzerland for education or training

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Information on education in Switzerland specifically for young Swiss Abroad

The pandemic has changed the nature of consular services

Notes from the Federal Palace

Votes and Elections

Notes from the Federal Palace

The Federal Council determines voting proposals at least four months before the voting date.

Lea Maria Fries | From light to music

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Kurt Marti | Late poems on love and death

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Bernese theologian and author Kurt Marti died in 2017 at the ripe age of 96. He would have been 100 this year.

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Bye Berne!

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Swiss Review
June 3/21

Grüezi, bonjour, allegra, benvenuto:A nation of polyglots

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