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• Employers and unions call on a no vote to 10 million

  The country’s biggest employers and trade unions have joined forces against Sunday's population cap initiative, branding it the "chaos initiative".

• Airports warn of non-Schengen delays

  Non-EU travellers arriving at Swiss airports are facing much longer immigration queues, as Europe's new biometric Entry/Exit System bites.

• Iran war depressing economic growth

  The bank Raiffeisen has cut its Swiss growth forecast for this year and next, blaming the ongoing war in the Middle East.

• Police call for accident witnesses

  Geneva police are appealing for witnesses after a driver hit a teenage girl on a zebra crossing and drove off.

• Parliament says no to more Sunday opening

  Shops will not be allowed to open on more Sundays after all.

• Warnings population vote will hit healthcare

  Voters go to the polls this Sunday to decide whether to cap the country's population below ten million people until 2050.