Cluster: Swiss Identity

Cases of poisoning decline, but not those related to mushrooms

This content was published on Jan 6, 2020 The number of calls received by Switzerland's poison hotline declined for the first time in several years.

Education

University of Zurich challenges ruling on dismissed professor in Federal Court

This content was published on Jan 6, 2020 The University of Zurich is appealing a court decision ruling that the dismissal of a professor over a data breach was arbitrary.

History

Divers to retrieve Bronze Age artefacts from Swiss lake

This content was published on Jan 6, 2020 Archaeologists are diving into Switzerland’s Lake Thun to rescue the remains of Bronze Age pile dwellings before they wash away.

Education

Why are there no school uniforms in Switzerland?

This content was published on Jan 6, 2020 A look into any Swiss school playground will tell you: there are no school uniforms. Unless of course you count jeans, hoodies and trainers. Why?

Culture

Swiss music festival rejects Sackler money

This content was published on Jan 6, 2020 The Gstaad Menuhin Festival has decided to forgo donations from British patron Theresa Sackler until further notice.

Demographics

Swiss parents take French drugmaker to court

This content was published on Jan 5, 2020 They accuse their neurologists and the French drug manufacturer Sanofi, which produces Depakine, of failing to warn them about the risks to the fetus, according to reports published on Le Matin Dimanche and SonntagsZeitung. Depakine is still widely used today to treat epilepsy and migraines. Scientists have established that the sodium valproate contained in the…

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Demographics

In 2019, Switzerland deported those with Italian mafia or jihadist links

This content was published on Jan 5, 2020 In 2019, Switzerland’s Federal Office of PoliceExternal link (Fedpol) ordered the deportation of four men from Switzerland in order to guarantee the country’s internal and external security, the German-language weekly NZZ am Sonntag External linkreports. In a first for Switzerland, two of these men were expelled because of their alleged membership in the Italian mafia. The other two…

Demographics

Switzerland issues record number of entry bans

This content was published on Dec 29, 2019 Since January, the Swiss authorities have issued 118 entry bans - more than ever before.

Culture

‘We should have more death at the centre of our lives’

This content was published on Dec 29, 2019 Swiss film director Stefan Haupt looks back on the making of his documentary about the pioneering Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

Culture

Horsemeat is a part of Swiss culinary heritage

This content was published on Dec 27, 2019 Switzerland’s official inventory of culinary heritage has a new listing: horsemeat.

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