Cluster: Swiss Identity

Court rules an end to lifelong entry bans

This content was published on Sep 12, 2014 Criminal foreigners may no longer be barred for life from entering Switzerland, even if they are dangerous, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court has ruled.

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Swiss step up aid to fight Ebola as death toll grows

This content was published on Sep 12, 2014 The extra CHF2 million ($2.1 million) in funds will be used to support the World Food Programme (WPF) and the Swiss chapter of Médécins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The latest contribution brings to CHF3.7 million the total amount of Swiss financial support since the first incidence of the disease were…

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The little-known famous artist

This content was published on Sep 11, 2014

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‘I never received any humanity’

This content was published on Sep 10, 2014 “When I was 14, I was placed with some farmers to look after their 20 children. The conditions were terrible and I wasn’t paid, but I was so ignorant that I didn’t even know that I could have been paid… I ran away, I was sent back, thrown into the street, all that. “When I…

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‘What helped me? Anger.’

This content was published on Sep 10, 2014 “I was born in Lausanne in 1943, the last of five children who all ended up in an institution. Single mothers were not allowed to keep their children; women who had sinned, as they called them then."

‘Sport has sustained me throughout my life’

This content was published on Sep 10, 2014 “Next to the orphanage, there was a military base. One day, I was alone in the courtyard and an officer in his smart uniform spoke to me. The next day he brought me a toy and I asked him: “Don’t you want to be my dad?”. He explained that it wasn’t as simple as that.”…

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One part kids, four parts work

This content was published on Sep 10, 2014 In the past decade, the number of fathers that have opted to work part-time has increased by only a fraction. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Schumacher returns home to continue recovery

This content was published on Sep 9, 2014 His manager, Sabine Kehm, said on Tuesday that the seven-time champion had made “progress” over recent weeks and months but he still had “a long and difficult road ahead”. Kehm emphasised that the move did not necessarily indicate a dramatic change in Schumacher’s condition. The German, who won a record 91 Grand Prix victories and…

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Senate lifts restrictions on IVF embryo screenings

This content was published on Sep 9, 2014 Despite opposition by the government, the Senate on Monday followed the House of Representatives in allowing screenings of all in vitro embryos. It is estimated that more than 1,000 couples a year might use the option. In March, the Senate wanted to limit embryo diagnostics to cases with suspected genetic diseases. Opponents warned that the…

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News junkies shun papers for pixels

This content was published on Sep 9, 2014 None of the large or medium-sized news publications managed to increase readership, according to a study carried out by WEMF/REMP, an advertising media research company. Among the German-language papers Die Südostschweiz lost 32% of readers, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung 11%, the Tages-Anzeiger 6% and Blick 5%. Among the weeklies, Beobachter was down 8%, Schweizer Illustrierte…

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