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‘Most versatile and successful’ Swiss author dies

This content was published on Apr 3, 2014 Among his best known works are the play Top Dogs and the short novel Der blaue Siphon (The Blue Siphon Bottle). Widmer is considered one of the most successful Swiss authors of the generation following Friedrich Dürrenmatt und Max Frisch. He published about 80 novels, short stories, plays and essays. Widmer’s literary career began in 1968…

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Snake on train: 450 passengers evacuated

This content was published on Apr 2, 2014 Commuters boarding the 7.34am train from Bern to Basel spotted the snake – which turned out to be non-venomous – in a carriage and alerted staff, who in turn called the police, said Donatella Del Vecchio, spokeswoman for Swiss Railways. “All 450 passengers on the train were evacuated,” she told AFP news agency, adding that…

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A lifetime’s memories erased

This content was published on Apr 2, 2014 His project began when his father killed himself, after he no longer felt able to look after his wife, an Alzheimer’s patient. Woodtli became his mother’s sole caregiver. Convinced there was not a single institution in Switzerland that was up to the task of caring for these patients, financially or in terms of the structure,…

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Swiss Alzheimer’s patients find home in Thailand

This content was published on Apr 2, 2014 Siegfried Seidel has a problem – the same that many Westerners in Thailand have. He is too tall and always bumps his head against the top of the door frame. For three months, the retired German biologist has been renting an apartment in Faham, a suburb of Chiang Mai, in the north of the country.…

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Why I left my mother in Thailand

This content was published on Apr 2, 2014 “My mother is 92 and suffers from short-term memory loss. For example, she can’t remember whether she has already eaten. We lived in the same town in canton Zurich. She lived on her own and visited me every day. She always refused domestic help. She said she didn’t need it. When I was away for…

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Authorities relieved by sex box success

This content was published on Apr 1, 2014 “The overall situation has clearly improved,” said Richard Wolff, head of the Zurich police department, on Tuesday. “The sex boxes have good supplies and services, there’s advice, it’s safe – there are showers and changing rooms. It’s completely different from how it used to be. Bearing this in mind, I think the situation’s much better…

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Fleeing from natural catastrophes

This content was published on Apr 1, 2014 (Photos: Keystone, AFP and Reuters)

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Assisted suicides go up at Exit to more than 450

This content was published on Mar 31, 2014 The Zurich-based organisation, which supports the right to self-determination, said last year it had received more than 2,000 enquiries from people looking to die, an increase of 18%. In its annual report, published on Monday, Exit said reasons for this increase included the strong growth in membership, increasing awareness of the organisation and an aging…

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Stay silent, or head home? Au pairs stuck in limbo

This content was published on Mar 31, 2014 Working gruelling 13 to 15-hour days doing housework, chores and childcare, plus having to get up in the middle of the night to care for the small children: that’s the story Jenny* told swissinfo.ch. Jenny is an au pair from the Philippines – the nationality making up the largest single group of au pairs in…

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