Several people injured as plane crashes in Switzerland

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Acquitted of the charge of murdering a Geneva diplomat

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Feb 6, 2025

The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has acquitted an Ivorian-Italian dual national of murdering an Egyptian diplomat in Geneva in 1995.

The federal government will cut funding for important cultural players from 2029

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Switzerland to cut funding for gala cultural events from 2029

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Feb 6, 2025

Large-scale Swiss cultural events, such as the Locarno Film Festival, will lose state funding from 2029 as part of a cost-cutting drive by the administration.

Hundreds of proposals for ammunition recovery in lakes

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Ideas to recover ammunition from Swiss lakes flood in

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Feb 6, 2025

An appeal to the public to suggest ways to safely retrieve 8,000 tons of munitions from the bottom of Swiss lakes has yielded around 100 proposals.

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Swiss public television to cut 50 jobs

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Feb 6, 2025

Swiss public television SRF will axe 50 full-time positions by the beginning of next year as it aims to make CHF9 million in savings.

The number of patents on innovative transport explodes

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Explosion in global patents for transport innovations

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Feb 6, 2025

The number of patents for transport innovations has exploded in the last 20 years, rising 700% to 120,000 by 2023, says WIPO.

American Cup: Terre des hommes loses $10 million

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Swiss NGO Terre des hommes loses $10m from US aid freeze

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Feb 6, 2025

The Swiss-based NGO Terre des hommes is losing $10 million in annual contributions as a result of the suspension of humanitarian aid by the United States administration.

Unemployment rate rises to 3.0 percent in January

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Swiss jobless rate highest since 2021

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Feb 6, 2025

The rate of unemployment has risen to 3% in Switzerland for the first time since December 2021.

Too big for hangar: Federal Council jet in Payerne VD instead of Belp BE

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New Swiss government jet too big for hangar

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Feb 6, 2025

The new Federal Council jet does not fit into the existing federal hangar at Bern-Belp

Javier Milei to withdraw Argentina from WHO

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Milei orders Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization

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Feb 5, 2025

Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has announced plans to pull the country out of the Geneva-headquartered World Health Organization (WHO).

Europe" initiative: signature collection halted

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‘Europe’ initiative halts signature collection to focus on Swiss-EU treaty

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Feb 5, 2025

The initiative sought to embed Swiss-EU relations in the Federal Constitution, but the organisers have now stopped signature collection.

Several people injured as plane crashes in Switzerland

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