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Gauguin masterpiece to leave Basel art museum

This content was published on Feb 5, 2015 The Staechlin family sold Gauguin’s famous painting, known in Tahitian as “Nafea faa ipoipo?”, for an undisclosed sum to an undisclosed buyer. Beginning on Friday, the work – painted in Tahiti in 1892 – will be displayed in a major Gauguin exhibit at the Beyeler FoundationExternal link’s museum in Riehen outside of Basel. The 18…

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University of Geneva chair to fight FGM

This content was published on Feb 5, 2015 The Global Alliance against Female Genital Mutilation and the University of Geneva have signed an agreement to establish a public health and human rights chair to address the problem of female genital mutilation. “This is a big step forward and a first for the university,” said Professor Emmanuel Kabengele of the university’s Institute for Global…

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US skier found after days lost in snow

This content was published on Feb 5, 2015 Mark Doose, a student of biotechnology at Lausanne’s Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) , was skiing in Isenau in the Diableret region of canton Vaud when he lost his way in a snow storm. The 19-year-old from Chicago had tried to follow the ski lift pylons down the mountainside, but the slope became too steep…

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How John Howe turns Tolkien’s words into film

This content was published on Feb 5, 2015 A very down-to-earth Howe invited swissinfo.ch into his home where he talked about his inspiration and how he brought J.R.R. Tolkien's words to life.

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Setting off an avalanche – on purpose

This content was published on Feb 4, 2015 Avalanches in Switzerland have killed 248 people in the last ten years. In the latest deadly snow slides on Saturday, eight people lost their lives. The Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF, has been around since the 1930s. One of their main research fields is to provide new measures to be better…

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Extensive restoration work on Bern’s cathedral

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Helping Syria: give more aid or accept more refugees?

This content was published on Feb 4, 2015 The number of refugees continues to rise worldwide. What should Switzerland do for those fleeing the conflict in Syria?

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Starting over in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 4, 2015 Jwan Othman and Media Joulak are calm as they tell the story about life as Syrian war refugees. But the wounds are clearly just under the surface.

Swiss-EU talks find little room for negotiation

This content was published on Feb 2, 2015 Switzerland and the European Union “remain far apart” in their positions in negotiations over last year’s vote to re-introduce quotas on EU immigrants, according to Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga who is in Brussels for a key meeting on the subject.

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Upgrade or bust: does mountain development benefit all?

This content was published on Feb 2, 2015 “Long queues” and “slow lifts” are the comments that come up time and again in online reviews of Grindelwald as a ski resort, right after compliments on the alpine scenery. During peak season, queues quickly form at the bottom of lifts and the railway as skiers and tourists with high expectations wait to reach the…

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