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Running fever hits Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 16, 2014 “If someone had told me in 1982 that the number of participants would increase tenfold in 30 years, I wouldn’t have taken them seriously,” Heinz Schild told swissinfo.ch. Schild is the founder of the Bern Grand Prix, an annual running event that takes place at the beginning of May. The ten-mile run (16km) has become…

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The language of now

This content was published on Jun 14, 2014

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A melting pot of football fans

This content was published on Jun 13, 2014 Emotions run high but ultimately the best games turn into one big party – unless you’re on the losing side. In Basel, which borders Germany and France, several locations hosted events for an army of fans cheering for both Croatia and hosts Brazil. The Museum of Sport and the Terres des Hommes organisation have set…

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Last ‘witch’ given ‘eternal light’ memorial

This content was published on Jun 13, 2014 Anna Göldi, a servant, was denounced as a witch after her employer’s eight-year-old daughter fell ill and began spitting up pins during fits of coughing, according to documents in the local archives. Authorities in Glarus, eastern Switzerland, became convinced Göldi was a witch after she later appeared to cure the child using supernatural powers. After…

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An adjustable family home

This content was published on Jun 13, 2014

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Car-free zone

This content was published on Jun 13, 2014

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Switzerland does not want “striptease pilgrims” anymore

This content was published on Jun 13, 2014

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Zurich main station gets bigger

This content was published on Jun 12, 2014 Around 400,000 people a day get on or off the train in Zurich station, with numbers predicted to rise to more than half a million by 2025. The new cross-city link, the result of almost seven years’ work and 9.6 kilometres long, is aimed at dealing with this increase. There are two parts: to the…

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Hatchings, matchings and dispatchings since 1801

This content was published on Jun 12, 2014 Deaths and births in the Federal Statistical Office’s interactive database go back to 1803, marriages and divorces to 1801. When Mount Tambora erupted in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) in 1815, it ejected immense amounts of volcanic ash into the upper atmosphere, blocking out the sun and causing temperatures to fall around the world. The…

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