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Swiss Army knife morphs with age

A century and a quarter after a cutler set out to supply Swiss soldiers with a survival tool, the Swiss Army knife adapts to the urban jungle.

Exchanging your foreign driver's licence for a Swiss driver's licence

Read Jessica of Swisstory's adventure in obtaining her Swiss driver's licence, with helpful checklist.

Enfin! A beauty refuge for women of colour

Expatica reader Carolyn Moncel searches for the best salons in Paris and Switzerland serving black women.

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06/11/2009 Swiss adventurer aims for Antarctica with homemade boat

06/11/2009 Nationwide open mosque day hopes to change minds, votes

06/11/2009 Disability groups criticize ads aimed at helping disabled

06/11/2009 Mont Blanc shrinks by foot-and-a-half

Western Europe's tallest peak, the snow-capped Alpine giant Mont Blanc, has shrunk by 45 centimetres (18 inches) in two years.

06/11/2009 Swiss unemployment hits four year high

Unemployment in Switzerland hit a four year high, reaching 4.0 percent, 158,138 people have registered as unemployed.

06/11/2009 Swiss prices down 0.8 percent in October

Swiss consumer prices fell 0.8 percent year-on-year in October, as a deflationary trend which set in earlier this year eased slightly.

06/11/2009 Former U.S. President Clinton in St Gallen

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaking to a crowd at the opening of the University of St Gallen’s Center for Disability and Integration....

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