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First bird flu case spotted in Switzerland this winter

This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 The bird flu virus has been detected in a seagull in the northeastern Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, near the German border.

Banking secrecy remains a business model for Swiss banks

This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 Swiss officials have discovered CHF9 billion in embezzled Venezuelan public funds spread across hundreds of bank accounts.

Beny Steinmetz case shows how hard it is to prove corruption

This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 The Guinea mining scandal illustrates the ease with which officials can sell their nation’s treasure.

‘The virus is always evolving’

This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 Should we be afraid of virus variants? Will vaccines be effective against new virus forms? Genomic epidemiologist Emma Hodcroft offers some insight.

Protecting livestock from predators costs Swiss taxpayers millions

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 The federal government spends CHF4 million (around $4.4 million) a year to minimise the damage caused by predators like wolves and lynx.

Alpine exposure: how good are our survival tactics?

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 What did the Alps look like in lockdown during one of the coldest, whitest Januaries in recent memory?

Fewer foreigners arrive in Switzerland during pandemic year

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 While the overall number of foreigners in the country increased in 2020, the number of new arrivals fell.

The introduction of women’s suffrage worldwide

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 Switzerland gave women the right to vote on February 7, 1971. The Alpine nation was one of the last to introduce women suffrage.

‘The burka initiative defends the dignity of women’

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 The initiative to ban hiding one's face in public allows for 'adequate exceptions', says Jean-Luc Addor from the Swiss People’s Party.

‘The burka initiative only serves to throw fuel on the fire’

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 A ban on the burka and the niqab in Switzerland would be counterproductive, says Greta Gysin from the Green Party.

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