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‘No Billag’ initiative has many opponents, few supporters

This content was published on Feb 5, 2018 The initiative to do away with radio and TV license fees is backed by relatively few parties and organisations, a round-up shows.

Two Swiss universities testing on live monkeys, newspaper says

This content was published on Feb 4, 2018 The SonntagsBlick newspaper reports that a university in Switzerland is giving monkeys cocaine in experiments around tackling addiction.

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Ski resort staff say bosses made false promises

This content was published on Feb 4, 2018 Staff at a mountain restaurant near Gstaad say they were lured to their workplace on false pretences.

Sunny King returns to take on blockchain database puzzle

This content was published on Feb 3, 2018 Sunny King, the masked crypto figure behind the proof of stake Peercoin token, has come out of hibernation to tackle blockchain databases.

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‘Lab on a chip’ to track changes in single bacteria cells

This content was published on Feb 3, 2018 Swiss and German researchers have set up a tiny laboratory with automatic analysis software to track how single bacterial cells respond to dynamically controlled environmental changes.

Bitcoin takes to the slopes

This content was published on Feb 3, 2018

Rats repay ‘favours’ by different means

This content was published on Feb 1, 2018 Scientists in Bern have shown that animals other than humans can reciprocate an action by exchanging two different social services.

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Swiss ban Gazprombank Switzerland from accepting new private clients

This content was published on Feb 1, 2018 The Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) on Thursday said the Swiss branch of the Russian bank had “failed to carry out “adequate economic background clarifications into business relationships and transactions with increased money laundering risks”. An investigation launched in 2016 into 30 Swiss banks based on information from the Panama Papers leaks found the Swiss…

Taking off with an explosive load

This content was published on Feb 1, 2018

Commuters arrive at Cornavin train station in Geneva, Switzerland

Swiss face longer commutes

This content was published on Feb 1, 2018 The average commute time to work in Switzerland increased to 30 minutes in 2016, or 14.8 kilometres.

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