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Small-scale professions get the backing of authorities

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This content was published on Oct 10, 2017 Authorities have now extended a project to help finance vocational training for small-scale professions with fewer than 60 apprentices throughout Switzerland.

Steady decline of Swiss media shows signs of stabilising

This content was published on Oct 10, 2017 Readership remains stable, advertising revenues continue to fall: the latest appraisal of the Swiss media ecosystem by research group REMP.

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Switzerland gains new Michelin-star restaurants

This content was published on Oct 9, 2017 This year Switzerland still has three restaurants with three stars: the “B. Violier – Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville” in Crissier, canton Vaud, the “Schloss Schauenstein” in Fürstenau, canton Graubünden, and the “Cheval Blanc” in Basel. Two new two-star restaurants in eastern Switzerland were recently added to the growing list: the “Einstein Gourmet” in St…

Students in glass houses should throw around ideas

This content was published on Oct 9, 2017 Three teams of students, four days and three glass cubes.

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University ‘walks the walk’ with bitcoin payments

This content was published on Oct 8, 2017 The transactions will be handled by Zug-based crypto trading platform Bitcoin SuisseExternal link, which has agreed to absorb exchange rate losses and currency fluctuations. Students will pay a 1% transaction fee to further insulate the university form such losses. Situated close to Zug’s Crypto Valley, the university is chiseling out a niche for fintech researchExternal…

App helps youngsters get part-time jobs

This content was published on Oct 8, 2017

Testing knowledge of democracy in Geneva

This content was published on Oct 7, 2017 A special treasure hunt through the streets of Geneva was one of the highlights of this year's Local Democracy Week.

Zurich mathematician wins prize for pioneering women researchers

This content was published on Oct 7, 2017 The Swiss National Science Foundation has chosen Mathilde Bouvel to receive 2017's Heim-Vögtlin prize for her work in an emerging mathematics field.

How smelly can a cow be?

This content was published on Oct 6, 2017 How much smell should people living next to farms be expected to endure? This often contentious point is subject to a raft of guidelines.

A story about cold water

This content was published on Oct 5, 2017 A Swiss biophysicist received the Nobel Prize for his research in cryo-electron microscopy. Here are five reasons to be a fan.

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