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EXPLAINED: What impact will the burqa ban have on Switzerland?
REFERENDUM

EXPLAINED: What impact will the burqa ban have on Switzerland?

Switzerland announces five new referendum questions
REFERENDUM

Switzerland announces five new referendum questions

In the second round of national vote to be held on June 13th, the Swiss will have to weigh in on two initiatives and three referendums. From coronavirus lockdowns to terrorism, there are plenty of big issues at stake.

EXPLAINED: What is Switzerland’s referendum on affordable housing all about?
HOUSING

EXPLAINED: What is Switzerland’s referendum on affordable housing all about?

Bee-n and gone: Hanover supermarket warns customers of bee-less world
OFFBEAT

Bee-n and gone: Hanover supermarket warns customers of bee-less world

SVP

Youth wing of Swiss People’s Party calls for Coca-Cola boycott over homophobia referendum

Youth wing of Swiss People’s Party calls for Coca-Cola boycott over homophobia referendum
ROADS

Wrap on the knuckles: the curious way Stuttgarters are deterring selfish parking

Wrap on the knuckles: the curious way Stuttgarters are deterring selfish parking
INITIATIVE

Bern rejects ban on ‘speculative’ food trading

Bern rejects ban on ‘speculative’ food trading
SWISS PEOPLES' PARTY

Proposal ‘would expel 18,000 foreigners a year’

Proposal ‘would expel 18,000 foreigners a year’
Balloons and spray cream: nationwide campaign launched against illegal parking
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Balloons and spray cream: nationwide campaign launched against illegal parking

Landmarks across Germany to be lit in pink Wednesday, celebrating World Girls’ Day
CAMPAIGN

Landmarks across Germany to be lit in pink Wednesday, celebrating World Girls’ Day

Hamburg supermarket empties shelves of foreign goods to make political point
OFFBEAT

Hamburg supermarket empties shelves of foreign goods to make political point

IMMIGRATION

SVP threatens to pull out of federal government

SVP threatens to pull out of federal government