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Bringing the world’s religions together in Bern

This content was published on Dec 14, 2014 With the tip of his spatula, an artist perfects the round of the shoulder of Ganesh. The small god with the elephant head is seated on the knee of Shiva, one of the great Hindu deities. At the foot of the construction, another artist prepares mortar, the noise of his mixing machine drowning out the…

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Five religions under one roof

This content was published on Dec 14, 2014 Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Alevis come together at the House of Religions in a diverse Bern neighbourhood.

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Switzerland tightens its money-laundering rules

This content was published on Dec 13, 2014 In recent years they have crumbled one after the other: the practices, the cherished values and traditional regulation of the Swiss financial and trade centre. The most recent example is its anti-money-laundering regulation, which a majority of politicians and the public see as exemplary worldwide. Most prominent is the freezing of dictators’ assets on Swiss…

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Swiss farmers: between tradition and modernity

This content was published on Dec 13, 2014 Swiss photographer Markus Bühler-Rasom’s idea was to portray Swiss agriculture as it currently exists.

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Jungle hostage returns to Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 12, 2014 The gaunt 49-year-old man, who had a scar on his cheek picked up when slashed by a machete during his escape, said he had “so much to catch up on” but needed above all peace and calm and time with his family. Rebels of the Abu Sayyaf group, said to be connected to al-Qaeda, had…

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Final nail in the coffin of banking secrecy

This content was published on Dec 12, 2014 Although the government has bowed to international pressure and committed to the automatic exchange of information with foreign tax authorities from 2017, the Swiss still have the option of keeping their bank account information secret from the Swiss tax office. “Foreign tax authorities can access any and all information concerning their citizens from Swiss tax…

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Palestine summit ‘not about Israel bashing’

This content was published on Dec 12, 2014 Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter has defended next Wednesday’s special summit in Geneva on respect for international law in the occupied Palestinian territories, saying it will not be a court for “bashing” Israel.

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New law brands FIFA, other sports officials ‘politically exposed persons’

This content was published on Dec 12, 2014 Leaders of sports organisations based in Switzerland – like FIFA – will now be subject to corruption investigations.

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Stolen chocolate mountain found near Vesuvius

This content was published on Dec 11, 2014 A huge hoard of pilfered chocolate, weighing 50 tons, has been uncovered at a warehouse in Nola, Italy. The haul represents just one quarter of a batch stolen from Swiss luxury chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli. Police tracked down the batch of Lindor chocolate balls, wrapped in a distinctive red foil, to the touristic spa…

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