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Swiss Review
October 5/22

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Focus

Swiss researchers fear isolation

With researchers leaving the country, professors reluctant to work at Swiss universities, and Swiss students feeling disadvantaged, research in…

Our highlights

The strong women and men of Ebersecken

Switzerland will have to disconnect one million fossil fuel boilers

Nature and the environment

The “Fifth Switzerland” and its strong Helvetic ties

The great tug of war

Opening all the windows bright and early in the morning, letting the coolness of the night flood into the house, then closing all the windows again,…

Switzerland-EU relationship crisis drags on

Louis Nusbaumer aka ‘Ara’

More human remains and objects emerge as glaciers retreat

Dying fish in Swiss rivers

The long shadow of war

Youri Messen-Jaschin | An artist who plays with your brain

Pandemic lessons: what has Switzerland learnt?

The Confederation and cantons are writing up Switzerland’s handling of the pandemic in various reports. There is a lot of self-congratulatory…

Bambi – caught between life and death

Swiss statistics

Walter Ackermann | The “Flight with Elisabeth” was in reality a flight toward death

Literature series

Renaud Capuçon | A Frenchman is steering the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra into the fast lane

Rebecca Gisler | Keeping house with uncle

Johannes Matyassy | “Always focused on people and their circumstances”

Notes from the Federal Palace

FDFA Helpline – your central contact point

Notes from the Federal Palace

Votes and Elections

Notes from the Federal Palace

The Federal Council has decided not to hold a federal popular vote on 27 November 2022. The next voting date is 12 March 2023.

Stay informed with FDFA travel advice

Notes from the Federal Palace

Travel Admin – the FDFA travel app

Notes from the Federal Palace

A congress dedicated to the “future of democracy”

Free movement of persons – “Fifth Switzerland” makes its position clear to the Federal Council

Who will be affected by the new Swiss organ donation law?

“Moving to Switzerland gave me freedom”

Great experiences, new friendships and lots of exercise – thanks to our summer camps

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