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FCB Ticket Scalping Gets UEFA Boost; New Traffic Lights to Debut at Schutzenhaus Intersection; Convenience Stores to be Closed on Sundays...Again...; Basel Canton Merger Affair Aflame...
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Swiss Private Banks Lift Veil; Expat Political Representation coming to a canton near you; New Car Sharing Service Pilot for Basel; Basel Film Festival Commences
Today marks a historic day in Swiss Banking History.
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Man Collapses at SBB from Mysterious Stab Wounds; Pepper Spray Gang Rounded Up; Basel Men Seek Work Life Balance; Litter Campaign a Success
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Boat Collision Drama on the Rhine; Local Barn Up in Flames as Firework Night Goes Out of Control; A Man Escapes from a Local Prison – And Turns Himself In Again – All in a Single Day

About 150 people had to be evacuated from a passenger boat on the Rhine in Basel yesterday morning, after colliding with an upturned cargo barge.

In all, three ships were involved in the collision which began after the barge, laden with...

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Swiss Customers React to New Import Limits; Swiss National Day Farm Brunch Hosts Quit; Last Minute Changes to Floating Stage Venue; Violence Flares In Basel

July 1st ushered in a new set of import limits, with the biggest changes affecting the importation of food and agricultural...

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Roche Tower Rises, along with labor controversy; Whiskey Insurance Scam Sends Man to Jail; BVB Adds to EuroAirport Bus Service; Speed Demons Arrested; Professional Baby Photographers Banned at Hospital
The Roche Tower under construction on the KleinBasel side of the Rhein will be the tallest building in Switzerland at its expected opening later this year.    For the time being however, it is proving to be a great headache to...
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Swiss artist takes naked stroll at Art Basel;Basel Casino to pay fine...for allowing gambling;Fast Food Still Most Popular in Basel;;Lange Erlen Arts it up for Art Basel;Student Artists Arrested at Art Basel
  Controversial Swiss Artist Milo Moiré has walked naked through the Art Basel Expo at last Thursday's public after arriving in a tram.  
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Its Art Basel Time;Basel Traffic Control Reopens HeadQuarters;Buses Narrowly Avert Accident;Ueli Celebrates 40 Years Of Brewing In Basel;Reports of Abuse at Basel Old Age Home
The 45th annual Art Basel Art Exposition opens its doors to the public this Thursday at the MesseHalle in Basel.  Despite expansion of the fair into Miami and Hong Kong, the Basel expo remains the largest and longest, drawing on all of the...
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Unemployment Rate In Switzerland Falls to New Low;Swiss Police Gear Up to Deal with World Cup Fans;Performance Art Display In Claraplatz;Record Heatwave Hits Basel

A week ago, a report from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs confirmed that the...

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Authorities Play Down Risk from Radioactive Waste; Swiss Solar Plane Soars; Tram Line 8 to Weil Set to Open
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