Swiss passport, foreign drugs and identity politics
Here are some of the stories we will feature in the week beginning May 29.
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Monday
Laws about becoming a Swiss citizen will get stricter next year. We look in-depth at what will change and who will be affected.
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Tuesday
Democracy is at a crossroads, says the director of Geneva’s Centre on Democracy. In an in-depth conversation, she explains and analyses the democratic moment we find ourselves in and sheds light on the world’s political landscapes.
Wednesday
Will the high-profile arrests of former Gambian minister Ousman Sonko and former Liberian rebel leader Alieu Kosiah in Switzerland result in prosecutions? A look at how both cases are important tests for Switzerland’s use of an international legal tool known as “universal jurisdiction”.
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Thursday
Can you afford to pay CHF60,000 for medicines? Half of Swiss Hepatitis C sufferers had no other option until doctors, regulators and insurers joined forces to make it easier to import generic drugs from India.
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Friday
Next month, the town of Moutiers in canton Jura will decide at the ballot box whether to stay part of Jura or join canton Bern. The Bern-Jura question has been so controversial for so long that the Swiss government has decided to send vote observers to make sure everything goes smoothly. We paid a visit to the town to see what its citizens think about all of this.
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