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How the Jungfraujoch helped launch the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956

Transmitters are installed on the east ridge of the Jungfraujoch to ensure that the signal makes it across the Alps. Power is supplied via a long cable that runs to the Jungfrau Railways station

This content was published on May 9, 2025 The idea for the first Eurovision Song Contest came from a Swiss director. But the contest was originally a technical test.

Exorcists generally intervene only afterwards or together with medicine, psychiatry, psychology.

Swiss Abroad

Lugano appoints new exorcist amid rising demand

This content was published on May 8, 2025 Medieval tradition or modern need? Between faith and occultism, the role of an exorcist is reborn in a contemporary context.

Swiss Abroad

The tragic story of a Swiss farmer who perished on the Titanic

This content was published on May 7, 2025 One of the Titanic victims was a farmer from Uster. An exhibition in Germany now tells his tragic story.

Vegan sausages at a supermarket in Switzerland.

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Swiss court bans animal names for vegan meat substitutes

This content was published on May 5, 2025 Plant-based meat alternatives must no longer use names directly referencing animals, such as 'vegan chicken' or 'vegan pork'.

Swiss Abroad

Switzerland’s super-rich: essential contributors or a social threat?

This content was published on May 2, 2025 Switzerland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. However, its wealth is distributed very unevenly: the richest 1% own 45% of total assets.

A topic for discussion: Late lunch for the Glarus cantonal assembly?

Swiss Abroad

Open-air assembly in Glarus: the most important items on the agenda

This content was published on Apr 23, 2025 On the first Sunday in May, the canton of Glarus meets for its traditional open-air assembly, the Landsgemeinde.

Between 2002 and 2023, the proportion of twins born after IVF dropped from 17.4% to just 2.8%

Swiss Abroad

Sharp decline in IVF multiple births in Switzerland over two decades

This content was published on Apr 15, 2025 The proportion of multiple births following IVF is largely due to a change in legislation allowing more embryos to be stored.

Fruit fly inspires exploration of other planets

Swiss Abroad

Studying fruit flies to help build better robots

This content was published on Apr 14, 2025 Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) are trying to replicate the brains of tiny fruit flies to create next-generation robots.

In Panthera, a cable car brings the food for the big cats, so that the snow leopard, for example, has to labour for it.

Swiss Abroad

New at Zurich Zoo: hovering tigers and feeding ropeways

This content was published on Apr 10, 2025 The tiger, lion and snow leopard have moved into their new home at Zurich Zoo. Their updated habitats are designed to allow them to behave as they would in the wild.

Swiss Abroad

Housing co-operatives offer Swiss alternative to rising rents

This content was published on Apr 4, 2025 From large historic co-operatives to self-managed projects and hybrid tenant-owner models, housing co-operatives offer a variety of affordable housing solutions.

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