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42 articles on safety and crime, newest first.

• FIDES Exercise 26: Police and Army in Bern

  The cooperation between the police and the army in the FIDES 26 exercise in the canton of Bern has mobilized about 180 agents and a thousand soldiers.

• Salt: cyber attack and theft of mobile customer data

  The Salt telephone operator victim of a cyber-attack. Personal data of some mobile customers in Switzerland was stolen. The Federal Appointee has been notified.

• Drone defense in Switzerland: the exercise in Bern kicks off

  A four-day joint exercise starts in the Canton of Bern dedicated to the protection of critical infrastructure and power plants from unmanned aircraft.

• Army and police train infrastructure protection

  A four-day joint exercise focused on defending critical infrastructure against drones is underway in the Canton of Bern.

• Bribery money: the Swiss dilemma

  Return of illicit funds: a long and complex process. Why does Switzerland not oblige banks to pay directly to the injured states?

• Chief of the Army: Switzerland Russia's target

  Army chief Benedikt Roos warns: Switzerland is in Moscow's crosshairs. Hybrid threats to critical infrastructure, drones on military sites, and gaps in missile defense.

• F-35A: no fixed price agreed

  CoG investigation: no fixed price in the contract. Viola Amherd informed the government 7-8 months late. Serious gaps in federal transparency.

• Swiss students read less: PISA 2025 results

  PISA 2025: Swiss fifteen-year-olds excel in science, but reading and mathematics fall. 28.8% do not achieve minimum skills. The investigation reveals the crucial influence of social origin.

• Slab Naturalization: requirements and procedure

  How to become a Swiss citizen in Solothurn: years of residence, language and integration tests, municipal taxes and process times.

• False alarm for alleged shootings during a school party

  About 300 people evacuated in Goldach, in the canton of St. Gallen, after reports of alleged gunfire.

• Junge Tat trial: Prosecutor asks for conviction, acquittal defense

  Six members of the far-right group 'Junge Tat' appeared before the Zurich justice on charges of discrimination and incitement to hatred.

• Police intervention in Goldach: no gunfire

  After the police intervention in Goldach at a high school: 300 people evacuated due to pyrotechnic noises mistaken for gunshots.

• Process at the alleged financial reference point of the 'ndrangheta

  The proceedings against a 59-year-old Italian resident in the Canton of Aargau, accused of links with the Anello-Fruci clan, have begun.

• Penalties of up to 30 thousand francs for unrest

  Motion by the UDC and the Federal Democratic Union in Mendrisio calls for reimbursement of police and firefighters' expenses for those who cause unrest. Amount up to 30 thousand francs.

• Swatch beats Samsung in court: 11.6 million in compensation

  Swatch wins in London against Samsung: the court orders the giant to pay $11.6 million for counterfeiting digital dials.

• Swatch beats Samsung: 11.6 million in compensation

  UK court orders Samsung to pay $11.6 million for infringement of Swiss watch brands in the Galaxy App Store between 2015 and 2019.

• Mirabaud on trial at the TPF for corruption: 82 million disputed

  The former president of the Swiss bankers (2003-2009) accused of corruption and money laundering for alleged demotions to the PIFSS of Kuwait.

• Former ASB president on trial for corruption and money laundering

  Pierre Mirabaud, former president of the Swiss Bankers Association, tried by the TPF for bribery of Kuwaiti funds. 24 months suspended sentence requested.

• Bondo process, the defense criticizes the Prosecutor

  Second day of the 2017 landslide trial. The defense criticizes the gaps in the evidence of the Public Prosecutor's Office and attributes to the Municipality the responsibility for the safety of the trails.

• When digitization rhymes with improvisation

  Digitizing does not mean replacing paper with a screen: it requires rethinking processes, adequate skills and conscious management of organizational change.

• Electric scooters: mandatory helmet in sight?

  The Federal Council will evaluate the obligation of the helmet for scooters. Accidents doubled, trauma risks higher than cyclists.

• Naturalization in the Canton of Basel Countryside: requirements and procedure

  The naturalisation process in the Canton of Basel-Country: required years, integration and language tests, fees to be paid and duration of the procedure.

• Cyberattack on Stadler Rail: alleged hacker on trial in Zurich

  A trial in Zurich against an alleged Ukrainian hacker accused of hacking companies, including Stadler Rail.

• Tragic road accident in Amlikon-Bissegg: 18-year-old dies

  An eighteen-year-old motorcyclist died in hospital following the very serious injuries sustained in the collision between her motorcycle and a van.