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High prices Swiss pay the most for meat in Europe

Switzerland has the most expensive meat in Europe – costing almost one and a half times more than the European average, statistics show.

Back to the books When school holidays might be too long

By Isobel Leybold-Johnson

Children in Switzerland are returning to school after the long summer break. But do they have summer learning loss?

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• Arabic (ar) حتى لا تتسبب الإجازات المدرسية في حصول خسارة تعليمية
• Spanish (es) ¿Muy largas las vacaciones escolares?
• Russian (ru) Швейцарские дети за каникулы все забыли?
• Chinese (zh) 没作业、没补习班的瑞士暑假，上学期知识忘了个精光……

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• Arabic (ar) روت درايفوس
• Spanish (es) Ruth Dreifuss
• Portuguese (pt) Ruth Dreifuss
• Russian (ru) Говорит Рут Дрейфус
• Chinese (zh) Ruth Dreifuss

High standard of living Your views: why life is good in Switzerland

By Julie Hunt

We wanted to find out what makes Switzerland special by talking to our readers. Here are some of your answers.

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Film award Golden Leopard heads to Singapore

By Eduardo Simantob in Locarno

The Locarno Festival’s main film prize, the Golden Leopard, has been awarded to “A Land Imagined”, by Singaporean director Yeo Siew Hua.

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• Japanese (ja) ロカルノ映画祭　金豹賞はシンガポール作品「A Land Imagined」
• Russian (ru) Фестиваль в Локарно – это не только кино

Feathered friends Making Switzerland a better place for birds

By Susan Misicka in Sempach

If you’re a crested tit in the woods, Switzerland is a great place to live. But if you’re a skylark you’re in trouble.

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Paid to relocate Albinen cash incentives attract new residents

Albinen offered a cash bonus to new residents to stop the village dying out. The mayor says the scheme is working.

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• Arabic (ar) مشروع إعادة الإعمار ينجح في جذب سكان جدد
• Spanish (es) Albinen: Hacen maletas primeros repobladores
• Japanese (ja) 「移住者に現金支給」スイス・アルビネン村に今秋第１号の移住者
• Portuguese (pt) Incentivos em dinheiro de Albinen atraem novos moradores
• Russian (ru) Новые жители деревни Альбинен
• Chinese (zh) 阿尔比嫩：重赏之下有新人

Heat wave Fish dying in the Rhine

With water temperatures exceeding 27 degree Celsius (80.6 Fahrenheit), large numbers of fish have died in the Rhine.

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• Spanish (es) Miles de peces sucumben al calor
• Portuguese (pt) Peixes morrem de calor nos rios suíços
• Russian (ru) В Рейне от жары гибнет рыба
• Chinese (zh) 瑞士酷暑晒死鱼

The week ahead Trust issues, 'black magic' and low voter turnout

Here are some of the stories we'll be following the week of August 6.

#WeAreSwissAbroad – Billi Bierling From orderly Switzerland to the chaos of Nepal

By Christian Raaflaub

Never content to be in one place for very long, naturalized Swiss citizen Billi Bierling divides most of her time between Switzerland and Nepal.

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• German (de) Aus der geordneten Schweiz ins chaotische Nepal
• French (fr) De l'ordonnée Suisse au chaotique Népal
• Italian (it) Dall'ordinata Svizzera al caotico Nepal
• Portuguese (pt) "De uma Suíça tão organizada para o Nepal caótico"

Alessio Figalli Swiss-based mathematician wins prestigious prize

Alessio Figalli of the ETH Zurich institute has been awarded the top award in mathematics, the Fields Medal, for his outstanding achievement in ...

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• Japanese (ja) スイス連邦工科大学チューリヒ校の数学者が「数学のノーベル賞」受賞

Hot dogs Zurich police suggest dogs wear shoes

Police in Zurich have launched a campaign to encourage dog owners to protect their pets’ paws from the searing asphalt of high summer.

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• Russian (ru) Полицейские собаки в Цюрихе носят обувь в жару
• Chinese (zh) 狗穿鞋：瑞士人热成狗，也没忘心疼他们的狗

Job for the herds Itinerant goats graze for biodiversity

At the foot of the Oberalp pass in southeastern Switzerland, a project is currently underway to preserve biodiversity. Over the next few months, ...

Warnings and measures Switzerland continues to swelter under heatwave

MeteoSwiss has issued a heat warning for the Italian-speaking region of Ticino, as the country continues to suffer the effects of the heat.

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Sergio Marchionne Zurich hospital treated Fiat CEO for over a year

University Hospital Zurich says Sergio Marchionne had been under periodic treatment there for a "serious illness" for more than a year.

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Mourning has broken How Queen Victoria transformed the Swiss tourism industry

By Thomas Stephens

Exactly 150 years ago, Queen Victoria and a small entourage headed to central Switzerland for a five-week getaway.

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• Portuguese (pt) Como a Rainha Vitória transformou a hotelaria suíça
• Russian (ru) Королева Виктория и туризм в Швейцарии

Film award Wim Wenders to receive Zurich Film Festival tribute

German film director Wim Wenders will be given the “A Tribute to... Award” at the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) on October 6.

the week ahead Drones, bears, and summer camps

Here are the stories we'll be following the week of July 16, 2018:

Cute but destructive Beaver attack!

Wild animals like bears, wolves and beavers are protected by law and cannot, as a rule, be hunted. But now Parliament wants to amend the Hunting ...

Airspace risk Drone incidents on the rise

The number of drones seen by pilots or air traffic control in airspace rose sharply last year, officials say.

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'Symbolic nature' First sentence under new law over genital mutilation

A Somali woman from canton Neuchâtel has been sentenced to eight months’ prison over the genital mutilation of her two daughters.

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