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Swiss demand urgent help for Syrian refugees

This content was published on Oct 28, 2014 Burkhalter was speaking in front of representatives from 40 different countries at the international Syrian refugee conference in Berlin on Tuesday. “We have to act right now to ensure that thousands of people have a warm and secure place to stay,” he told delegates. Switzerland will deliver tents, heaters and blankets to Iraq this year.…

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Gender equality: Swiss fall out of WEF top ten

This content was published on Oct 28, 2014 The annual indexExternal link, first published in 2006 (when Switzerland came 26th), was led by Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. These were followed by Nicaragua, Rwanda (the only country in the world with more women in parliament than men), Ireland, the Philippines and Belgium. The United States came 20th, Britain 26th and Italy 69th.…

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Ebola vaccine trial to take place in Lausanne

This content was published on Oct 28, 2014 The Swiss medical authorities have approved the application for a trial with an experimental Ebola vaccine at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV). It will be conducted on 120 volunteer participants.

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Convictions up, especially for immigration offences

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 The number of convictions in Switzerland reached an all-time high last year, according to the Federal Statistics Office.

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Media quality in decline, say researchers

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 The 2013 Yearbook from the Zurich-based Research Institute for the Public Sphere and Society, published on Monday, found that shrinking financial means, job cuts and the ready availability of free information print – both online and in print – have had a damaging impact on quality in the Swiss media sector. Presenting the report’s main…

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‘Religion more likely to result in conflicts than in peace’

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 As part of the National Research Programme “Religions, the State and SocietyExternal link”, sociologists of religion from Lausanne and St Gallen have gauged the religiosity and spirituality of people in Switzerland. The final report, the most comprehensive study of this topic to date, is now available as a book in GermanExternal link. The researchers subdivided…

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Swiss hospitals, too much of a good thing?

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 For more than a century, patients at Saanen hospital enjoyed an idyllic view of the Bernese Oberland. Some of them could even see their homes from there. The hospital was a fixture in the district and no one could imagine life without it. But Saanen hospital was closed down two years ago, losing out to…

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Saanen hospital gone but not forgotten

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 Saanen Hospital served the district of Saanenland in the Bernese Oberland for more than a century until it closed in 2012. Two years on, the main buildings lie idle and a sense of injustice still prevails in the region. Doris’s Kaffestube, a café in the heart of Saanen village, is a meeting point most days…

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The man making sure asylum kids go to school

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 Migration educator Pascal Fèvre gets the children off to school and supports their families as part of efforts to integrate them in Swiss society and help them to learn French. Around 3,000 young asylum seekers arrive in Switzerland every year, and 500 of them are with their families in reception centres in canton Geneva. In…

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One in five Swiss teachers feels overwhelmed

This content was published on Oct 26, 2014 According to the survey, administered to 600 teachers across Switzerland by the Pedagogical University of Northwest Switzerland, female teachers seemed to be at higher risk of burnout. Teachers with between 21 and 25 lessons per week felt particularly overwhelmed and dissatisfied with their work, and suffered often from symptoms of depression. The survey found no…

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