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Marguerite Meyer

Soldaten und Maschinengewehre auf dem Bürgersteig

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Capitulation before revolution

This content was published on November 2018 will see the centenary of the 1918 General Strike, a political event that brought Switzerland to the brink of civil war.

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Swiss media stuck in negative spiral

This content was published on The Swiss media landscape remains of high quality but an “alarmingly high” concentration is a real problem for democracy.

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Man kneeling over a hole in a field where water is illegally pulled.

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A Swiss engineer in the Hezbollah Valley

This content was published on Lucas Beck works on a Swiss water project in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. swissinfo.ch shadowed the expert of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit.

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Mann in Anzug mit Kravatte

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Who makes up the in-crowd at WEF?

This content was published on The issues discussed at the World Economic Forum may seem to reflect the topics of our time, but a look at the guest list shows little has changed.

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Switzerland in motion: 2017 in review

This content was published on 2017 has seen a lot of movement – technologically, economically and socially. Swiss politics, however, has remained relatively calm.

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Most young Swiss keep informed online

This content was published on They are strong, they are dominant, they have money – and they are located outside the Swiss sphere of influence: the internet giants or “tech intermediaries”. They are social media platforms, especially Facebook and Google, that no longer merely serve as a means of keeping in touch with family and friends. In Switzerland, the generation…

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Capturing the beauty of Swiss farming

This content was published on More than 15,000 pictures were sent in to the agricultural photo competition Agrimage.ch. Here are some of the winners.

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When the train conductor still whistled

This content was published on Teeming crowds in light-filled halls, a lonely attendant’s hut in a field – a look into the distant past of Swiss railway travel.

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