https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Swiss and UK governments have met in London to sign a guarantee to preserve existing social security rights between the two nations in the event of a no-deal Brexit. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191101/swiss-and-uk-government-come-to-brexit-no-deal-agreement Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:36:20 +0100 swiss-and-uk-government-come-to-brexit-no-deal-agreement Switzerland may not be in the European Union but it could nevertheless face its own ‘Brexit’ if the Swiss people were to vote against the free movement of people. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180117/free-movement-initiative-could-result-in-swiss-brexit Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:27:26 +0100 free-movement-initiative-could-result-in-swiss-brexit The right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) on Tuesday launched a new popular initiative aiming to end Switzerland’s free movement agreement with the EU and give Switzerland full control over immigration. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180116/svp-launches-new-attack-on-free-movement Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:31:20 +0100 svp-launches-new-attack-on-free-movement Switzerland’s bilateral agreement with the European Union allowing the free movement of people has increased the number of highly-skilled jobs in the country and reoriented the Swiss economy towards high-value activity. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170705/free-movement-eu-switzerland-jobs-economy-report Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:01:42 +0200 free-movement-eu-switzerland-jobs-economy-report More than 50 percent of Swiss would vote to keep the country’s free movement agreement with the EU, according to a new survey. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170515/survey-a-majority-of-swiss-favour-free-movement Mon, 15 May 2017 11:14:09 +0200 survey-a-majority-of-swiss-favour-free-movement The Swiss public may get the chance to vote against the country’s adherence to the EU’s free movement principle as an anti-immigration body on Sunday announced it would launch a popular initiative on the subject later this year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170508/swiss-eu-relations-free-movement-faces-new-challenge Mon, 08 May 2017 13:30:36 +0200 swiss-eu-relations-free-movement-faces-new-challenge The Swiss parliament may have decided that the country’s bilateral agreements with the EU are more important than immigration controls, but the public may yet get to say otherwise. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161219/free-movement-principle-faces-new-swiss-attack Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:06:34 +0100 free-movement-principle-faces-new-swiss-attack Swiss scientists will once again be able to participate fully in the landmark EU research programme Horizon 2020, after Switzerland finally ratified the protocol extending free movement to Croatia on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161219/swiss-scientists-rejoice-as-croatia-gets-free-movement Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:05:15 +0100 swiss-scientists-rejoice-as-croatia-gets-free-movement