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One dead, one wounded in Swiss avalanche drama

This content was published on Mar 24, 2019 One person was killed and another wounded in an avalanche in southern Switzerland, near the borders of France and Italy.

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The ‘virtual’ water that the Swiss consume abroad

This content was published on Mar 22, 2019 A Swiss resident consumes 4,200 litres of water per day - just over the global average.

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Safety first as Swiss Alpine Club goes digital

This content was published on Mar 15, 2019

Men carrying nuclear waste container in market

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Radioactive waste: Japan learns from Switzerland’s mistakes

This content was published on Mar 11, 2019 As Japan remembers the Fukushima power plant disaster, it is looking at how the Swiss make decisions over nuclear waste storage.

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A day in the life of an avalanche dog

This content was published on Mar 10, 2019 Vali Meier skis off down the slope with canine colleague Woopy on his shoulders. Woopy is part of a long tradition of Swiss avalanche dogs.

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The golden age of winter tourism in Grindelwald

This content was published on Mar 9, 2019 Grindelwald was the first thermal spa town in the Bernese Oberland region to open up to winter tourism at the end of the 19th century.

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A third of Switzerland’s landscapes are undeveloped

This content was published on Mar 7, 2019 Swiss researchers have been able to identify around 2,400 areas – most of them in the mountains – that can be characterised as ‘near-natural’.

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Making way for women at the dangerous Cresta Run

This content was published on Mar 6, 2019 This season, women are allowed to race the whole way down the iconic Cresta Run toboggan track in Switzerland for the first time in 90 years.

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How women are taking on the Cresta Run

This content was published on Mar 6, 2019 (Julie Hunt/swissinfo.ch with extra footage from Riccardo Spalacci)

A car being cleaned at the Geneva Motor Show

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The growing Swiss love affair with 4x4s

This content was published on Mar 6, 2019 The Swiss seem to be falling more and more in love with big powerful cars with four-wheel-drive performance.

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