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How a pensioner from canton Vaud was tricked by a fake Brad Pitt

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This content was published on Dec 5, 2025 For months, a pensioner in canton Vaud was convinced she had fallen in love with Brad Pitt. In reality, she had been targeted by a scammer who ultimately stole thousands of francs from her.

New data shows the extent of ancient Roman roads

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Scientists compile ‘Google Maps for Roman roads’

This content was published on Dec 3, 2025 Scientists have compiled the first complete atlas of the Roman Empire’s road network, mapping 300,000 kilometres of routes.

Andreas Baumann is convinced that the Medicomat will prevail in the future.

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Switzerland’s first Medicomat: the future of healthcare or a technical gimmick?

This content was published on Dec 1, 2025 Switzerland’s first automated medication dispenser is located in canton Solothurn – but it is used less than its creators expected.

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Swiss hip-hop mecca: Renens puts rap in the spotlight

This content was published on Nov 28, 2025 The exhibition Get Rich or Die Tryin’ highlights the universal power of hip-hop culture – whose Swiss roots lie Renens.

To prevent the potatoes from being resold, the farmer has to douse them with food colouring.

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Why Swiss farmers dye surplus tubers for animal feed

This content was published on Nov 21, 2025 A bumper harvest has left Swiss farmers with more potatoes than the market can handle. Many will be fed to cows – but only after being coloured.

Around 1898, Feldschlösschen brews 100,000 hectolitres of beer and becomes the largest brewery in Switzerland.

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How Switzerland lost – and regained – its beer

This content was published on Nov 19, 2025 For decades, the Swiss beer market was dominated by a cartel. Its collapse ushered in a period of upheaval and innovation.

A model of a grave from the Germanic National Museum. This is what the urn graves in Unterlunkhofen probably looked like inside.

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Hidden treasure: Switzerland’s largest Celtic burial ground

This content was published on Nov 14, 2025 For centuries it lay hidden deep in the forest – today it can be clearly seen: the Celtic burial ground of Unterlunkhofen in canton Aargau.

Helmets are now compulsory on ski slopes in Italy

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No helmet on Italian ski slopes? You could face a fine

This content was published on Nov 12, 2025 Helmets are now compulsory in Italy – and those who hit the slopes without one could face a fine.

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Thousands of apprenticeship positions remain unfilled in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 10, 2025 Many apprenticeship positions in Switzerland were still vacant at the start of the summer training period. Here’s what companies and young people say about the shortfall.

In this forest on the outskirts of Zurich, the "Pedo-Hunters" feel safe from the police

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Vigilante ‘paedophile hunters’ on the rise in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 5, 2025 Vigilante groups who target suspected paedophiles are on the rise in Switzerland, luring men to meetings and assaulting them.

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