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Delayed zero gravity flight gives refunds

This content was published on Nov 25, 2016 The Swiss News Agency has reported that internet firm QoQa demanded the refunds for 160 customers who bought tickets through its portal. The affected customers bought advance tickets in anticipation of a high altitude, zero gravity flight that simulates flying in space. “We have had this money for two years and we have had three…

Can we store data safely for 2,000 years?

This content was published on Nov 24, 2016 From ‘fossilised’ data to a salamander robot, here are some of the ways that Swiss scientists have drawn on Mother Nature’s expertise.

Computers can learn empathy but make unlikely Swiss bankers

This content was published on Nov 21, 2016 Credit Suisse's new domestic bank is scheduled for stock market flotation by the end of next year.

The digital divide: does it exist?

This content was published on Nov 18, 2016 Are we leaving certain groups of citizens out of the discussion by turning to digital democracy movements? Pablo Soto, a citizen participation activist in Madrid, says that the whole question of a digital divide is the wrong one to be asking. “The digital divide doesn’t exist,” he argued. “Voting by mail doesn’t create a postal…

Animals in the circus of democracy

This content was published on Nov 18, 2016 Animals are almost always popping up in politics. This is because politics is almost always a question of grabbing people’s attention.

Swiss climate performance potential yet to be realised

This content was published on Nov 16, 2016 The alpine nation just managed to scrape into the category of “good” countries and climbed up one rank in the Climate Change Performance Index 2017External link released by Germanwatch and Climate Action Network Europe on Wednesday. It did particularly well on climate policy. The report stated that Switzerland – along with South Africa, the Netherlands…

Where we left off

This content was published on Nov 16, 2016 The last Global Forum for Modern Direct Democracy was held in Tunis, Tunisia in 2015 amid fundamental conversations about democratic movements in that country. Since then, the National Dialogue Quartet, a team advocating for democracy in Tunisia, has won the Nobel Peace Prize, and the work continues. Here’s where things stood at the end of…

How Berber women are fighting desertification

This content was published on Nov 15, 2016 The sale of oil from a drought-resistant tree has become a lifeline for a group of Berber women in Morocco.

Facebook intensifying work in Zurich

This content was published on Nov 11, 2016 Social network giant Facebook is stepping up its presence in Switzerland, via its virtual reality subsidy Oculus.

What does the Swiss foreign minister think?

This content was published on Nov 9, 2016 Political figures in Switzerland are starting to comment this morning. The Swiss foreign minister Didier Burkhalter, told Swiss Public Radio, RTS, on Wednesday: “The world changes, the United States changes, Switzerland doesn’t change in the same way. We are defending our Swiss interests and values.” “We will continue our mission to promote peace and security,…

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