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Swiss Review
January 1/18

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Focus

The Swiss media industry is undergoing a stress test

A swingeing attack on public service broadcasting from the “No Billag” initiative, the press fights for survival, and tentative new approaches in…

Our highlights

It’s boom time for the “Davos sledge”

Swiss rap is hip again in Geneva but poetic rather than political

Perfect timing

The OSA is opposed to “No Billag”

Diversity of opinion and media, exchange between the various linguistic regions, an understanding of our different cultures, and news from and about…

Letters to the editor

Alain Berset must now show stamina

24 September could have provided an early overture to Federal Councillor Alain Berset’s presidential year. However, as the Swiss people rejected the…

“The most significant bill of the legislative term”

A referendum on a new financial regime is being held on 4 March.

Good flying conditions, but only for the big players

The Gurlitt legend lives on

Felix Moeschlin | Äppelvik between the old and new worlds

Literature series

“Like working on a sculpture”

OSA Youth Service: Discover Switzerland with other young Swiss Abroad and make new contacts

SwissCommunity news

OSA advice

SwissCommunity news

I’ve heard that the Swiss Abroad can vote electronically in some cantons. Which ones are they?

educationsuisse – the Swiss education system

SwissCommunity news

Switzerland offers an extremely wide range of educational courses and training opportunities. Dual-track vocational training combining practice and…

FYSA – summer camps for children aged 8 to 14

SwissCommunity news

“The Swiss stick together in Japan”

Switzerland’s digital transformation

Notes from the Federal Palace

Votes and Elections

Notes from the Federal Palace

“Bilateral Agreements between Switzerland and the EU”, 2017 edition

Notes from the Federal Palace

Treasures from the past

Marie-Jeanne Urech | The Kummer family and their woes

“The silhouette of the commission agent drew near to the icy window, suddenly his face appeared fragmented in the candlelight of a birthday cake.”

The bard from Basel-Country

Jacques Dubochet

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