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Mourning has broken How Queen Victoria transformed the Swiss tourism industry

Exactly 150 years, Queen Victoria and a small entourage headed to central Switzerland for a five-week getaway.

Summer camps Why global elites trust Switzerland with their children

By Dominique Soguel

When it comes to sending your kids to summer camp abroad, Switzerland is an obvious choice, at least for those who can afford to pay top dollar.

Fintech Switzerland

A new wave of digital financial technology (fintech) innovations are springing up in Switzerland that could either transform traditional financial companies - or replace them.

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Science Saturday Swiss scientists: ‘use your torso to pilot drones’

Direct democracy Anti-arms trade initiative to come to vote

Disconnected Locals mute project that replaced church bells with ringtones

Migration Court rules in favour of ‘well-integrated’ foreigner

FINMA ruling Rothschild bank sanctioned for role in 1MDB scandal

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Direct democracy

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#DroneFrontier Curious about drones? Here are the basics

By Celia Luterbacher

From technology and uses to risks and regulations, here’s a crash course (no pun intended) on this rapidly advancing technology.

True Talk Dealing with death on a daily basis

Earning a living through death: working as an undertaker certainly wouldn't suit everyone, but Michael is anything but unhappy with his workday.

PART 2: Journey to Switzerland From Serbia to the Swiss Alps: a bear's adventure

By Julie Hunt

Serbia’s last circus bear recently left his temporary home for the biggest adventure of his life: the 1400 km trip to Switzerland.

UPB Swiss wealth manager looks at London as Brexit looms

By Owen Walker, Financial Times

UBP, the Private bank, is about to buy a UK investment boutique - a sign of how Swiss wealth managers intend to increase their London business.

Education Social status plays ‘no role’ in career choice

By Isobel Leybold-Johnson

Swiss vocational training has a good reputation internationally, but fears have been raised that it is losing ground at home.

Inside Geneva Can the City of Peace resolve trade wars?

By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva

In the grand corridors of the World Trade Organisation, there is a new sense of urgency.

Opinion The making of International Geneva

By Sandrine Kott and Grégoire Carasso

2019 will mark 100 years since the creation of the League of Nations, precursor of the United Nations.

New Swiss stock exchange (gingerly) mulls cryptocurrencies

By Matthew Allen

The Swiss stock exchange operator SIX Group has not yet decided whether bitcoin will be welcome on its new digital platform.

Trying on identities American by birth, Swiss by imprint

By Jessica Dacey in Joshua Tree

A dog sits on a wooden bed, chewing on a bone. The bed seems outsized but it's one of the few keepsakes Claudia Bucher has from her Swiss father.

Podcast Lover, leader, prisoner and carer: The multiple lives of Ma Anand Sheela

By Anand Chandrasekhar

Once leader of the almost 5,000-strong Rajneesh spiritual commune in Oregon, Sheela Biernstiel now runs homes for the disabled in Switzerland.

Take a look Picture of the week

In this series, swissinfo.ch picture editors choose an image highlighting a news event of the past seven days.

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Ahead of the 2019 elections Recruiting voters to be part of the campaign

By Claude Longchamp

Traditional politics has relied on influencing public opinion largely through the press. The new politics is all about mobilising crowds.

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Part 1: Freed From Serbia to the Swiss Alps: a bear's adventure

By Julie Hunt

After being freed from a cage at a circus, and recovering at a Serbian zoo, Napa the bear is now having a Swiss adventure.

Swiss People's Party Christoph Blocher: ‘The Swiss have to stay out of the EU’

By Ralph Atkins, Financial Times

Christoph Blocher’s hilltop home above Lake Zurich is the best known private residence in Switzerland.

Atrocities Combating the spread of wartime rape

By Frédéric Burnand, Geneva

The Swiss non-governmental organisation Trial International is campaigning to put an end to rape as a weapon of war.

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Opinion Family separation under US immigration law has a long history

By Alexandra Dufresne

The US government’s separation of children and parents at the Mexican border has sparked disbelief around the world.

True Talk "Even deaf people are into music"

"Some deaf people can't talk but it doesn't mean they're stupid".

Risky business A new model for Swiss innovation