Politics

The IT specialist arrives at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona (Keystone)
The Swiss justice minister in Brussels on Friday, with EU counter-terrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchove. (Keystone)
The Swiss National Bank would hold a monopoly in granting loans if the so called Sovereign Money initiative were approved by voters  (Keystone)
The divide between Switzerland's French- and German-speaking regions is jokingly called the "Röstigraben" or "rösti ditch" in reference to the potato dish popular in German-speaking Switzerland.  (Keystone)
Three Senate committee members from three different political parties with different ideas on how to implement immigration restrictions for EU citizens   (Keystone)
Wer träumt nicht manchmal davon, ganz anders zu leben als alle anderen - beispielsweise in einem Baumhaus? (swissinfo.ch)
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Twelve months ago, campaigners for the Out of the Dead End (Raus aus der Sackgasse -RASA - in German) handed in enough signatures for a nationwide vote  (Keystone)
The campaigners brought a plastic lawn and potted trees to Parliament's Square before they handed in the boxes with signatures (Keystone)
Monitoring youth access to media varies from canton to canton (Keystone)
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, - known as SRG or SSR in the national languages - provides programmes for the different groups of society   (Keystone)
Im Kurhaus Bergruh in Amden (SG) werden Asylbewerber untergebracht. Eine Volksinitiative gegen das Asylzentrum wurde für ungültig erklärt. (Keystone)
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Bubbling ozone gas through wastewater is one way to neutralise micropollutants – a growing environmental threat.  (Eawag)
Politicians and activists handing in the boxes with the signatures collected by campaigners in the cantons over the past 100 days   (Keystone)
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Auch Frauen müssen künftig bis zum 65. Altersjahr arbeiten, um die volle AHV-Rente zu bekommen.  (Keystone)
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The law could take effect in 2018 if voters also give the green light (Keystone)
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Interior Minister Alain Berset believes a general raise in the age of retirement wouldn’t be able to get a majority (Keystone)
Switzerland’s intelligence service has won approval from citizens to step up surveillance activities to prevent terrorist attacks (imago)
Representatives from SMEs, consumer organisations and political parties are fighting for tougher rules on competition and market abuse (Keystone)
'Prison full': Champ-Dollon in Geneva is home to almost twice as many inmates than it was designed for (Keystone)
Boys at work in a field in canton Bern, 1940 (Paul Senn/Kunstmuseum Bern)
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