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Le News fills a gap in local Swiss media for the numerous English-speakers living and visiting Switzerland. We aim to provide useful engaging information and news that matters to those living across Switzerland wherever they come from.
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6d ago
This week, a group calling themselves the Pro Switzerland Group, announced it had collected 133,000 signatures, a number comfortably above the 100,000 needed to call a referendum, reported SRF. The group wants to ask voters whether they want the nation’s neutrality to be strictly set out in Switzerland’s constitution. The initiative calls for a constitutional ..read more
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6d ago
This week, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled the Swiss government violated the Human Rights Convention on climate change in a case brought by a climate organisation and four Swiss women claiming to be victims of insufficiently mitigated climate change. Eight years ago, a group of Swiss senior citizens, known as the Climate ..read more
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6d ago
The World Bank estimates CHF 440 billion (US$ 486 billion) will be needed to rebuild Ukraine. Switzerland has so far spent around CHF 3 billion helping Ukraine and its residents since the Russian attack began. This week, the Federal Council announced a plan to provide a further CHF 5 billion to rebuild the country between ..read more
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6d ago
Switzerland’s Federal Council, or cabinet, announced this week that it does not support two initiatives aimed at banning the importation into Switzerland of fois gras and fur products produced cruelly. In December 2023, the Swiss Animal Alliance submitted the two popular initiatives, one aimed at banning the import of foie gras and one aimed at ..read more
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6d ago
A new study suggests that doctors and hospitals are overcharging by more than one billion francs every year, reported SRF. Some in the medical profession have questioned the sum, which came from doctoral research done by Larisa Petrov. Petrov is a lawyer and head of legal at the consulting firm Blacklight Analytics. She did the ..read more
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6d ago
Since western forces withdrew from Afghanistan life has become increasingly difficult many living there, especially women, who are subjected to a strict dress code and restrictive rules that prevent them from studying, working and travelling alone. These restrictions make it very difficult for women to travel. Asylum in Switzerland can only be sought on arrival ..read more
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1w ago
12 April 2024. By Neptune KING’S LAND (The Promised Land) ***1/2 (vo Danish, German) In this historical epic, Danish director Nikolaj Arcel pits two vastly different men against each other in 18th century Denmark. One is a decent, lowly captain from the army who wants to develop the barren peninsula of Jutland (sort of the ..read more
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1w ago
Swiss yodelling has been put forward as an officially endorsed candidate for inclusion in UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage, reported RTS. Yodelling is currently practised by around 12,000 yodellers across the country and shows no sign of falling in popularity. The tradition is typically passed down through the generations within families, clubs and schools ..read more
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1w ago
By the end of 2023, Switzerland’s population had swelled by 145,000 to reach 8.96 million, according to figures published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) this week. The recent annual rise in numbers (+1.6%) was exceptionally high because of the roughly 50,000 Ukrainians who were counted as residents for the first time in 2023. The ..read more
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This week, the Federal Council recommended voters vote no in the referendum known as the stop compulsory vaccination initiative, scheduled for 9 June 2024, reported SRF. A key criticism of the initiative is its incompatability with law and challenges with enforcement. If it was accepted the consequences would be uncertain. Born from a fear that ..read more