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Integration ‘not an antidote’ to Islamic extremism

This content was published on Jan 13, 2015 Integration, foreign policy, ethnic origin and the absence of radical preachers may play a role in helping curb Islamic extremism, as seen in Switzerland, explains a terrorism expert. But none of these factors are a real guarantee.

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Swiss trains judged even more punctual

This content was published on Jan 13, 2015 More and more passengers using Swiss Federal Railways arrived on time in 2014, cementing Swiss trains’ reputation as the most punctual in Europe.

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Culture

Let us laugh together, on principle

This content was published on Jan 12, 2015 Many questions are being raised about Islam and its relation to violence. From across the political spectrum, cause-and-effect-corollaries between the teachings of the Koran and violence are being debated. Is there something inherent in Islam that fosters jihadists? Is there something particular about this monotheistic religion that differentiates it from Christianity and Judaism? Neither of…

Culture

Foreign Minister Burkhalter is Swiss of the Year

This content was published on Jan 11, 2015 Switzerland’s outgoing President Didier Burkhalter was named both Politician of the Year 2014 and Swiss of the Year 2014 at the 13th annual Swiss Awards

Culture

Organising an artistic shake-up in a brewery

This content was published on Jan 11, 2015 Two Zurich-based art collectors are hoping to turn a former brewery into a cultural institution that will revive Berlin’s Neukölln district.

Culture

Tricks with likes

This content was published on Jan 11, 2015

Monk shortage at Swiss monastery

This content was published on Jan 10, 2015

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Charlie Hebdo murders ‘an attack inside our heads’

This content was published on Jan 9, 2015 Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chappatte says the only way to respond to the bloody attack on Charlie Hebdo is to continue working.

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Haiti remains on life support while waiting for assistance

This content was published on Jan 9, 2015 January 12, 2010. The ground trembles violently in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. Within a few seconds, the far-from-sturdy buildings collapse like a house of cards, trapping the poorest people in the northern hemisphere. More than 250,000 are killed, 300,000 injured and 1.5 million rendered homeless. The international community rallies and aid arrives from all over the…

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Fidel Castro in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 9, 2015

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