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Aid agency shows biggest transparency improvement

This content was published on Oct 22, 2014 With a score of 53.8%, Switzerland has moved up to 18th place in the Aid Transparency IndexExternal link (ATI) in 2014 compared with 44th place in 2013, making it the biggest improver this year. It is now placed in the “fair” group of donors, a significant leap from being categorised in the “very poor group”…

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No money in sport – unless you’re Federer

This content was published on Oct 22, 2014 While Swiss tennis star Roger Federer earns millions a year, most Swiss athletes struggle to live on what they earn. There are moves afoot to boost sports funding, but some say it’s not the state’s job to support “hobbies”.

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Looking back at a running career

This content was published on Oct 22, 2014 Röthlin, from Kerns in Obwalden, trained as an electrical engineer and a physiotherapist. He became a professional athlete in 2007. He was sometimes known as the white African, as he spent much of his time training with the world’s best long distance athletes in Kenya, giving them all a run for their money.He has a…

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Animal research facility to close with 200 job cuts

This content was published on Oct 21, 2014 The Harlan research facility in Basel, which is owned by Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), is to close, following a consultation period started in September. The majority of the 228 jobs at the company will be gone within 18 months, as ongoing studies come to an end. A spokesperson for HLS said that despite proposals that…

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Geneva prepares for limited Ebola cases

This content was published on Oct 21, 2014 “I’m putting the patient’s dirty shirt carefully inside this yellow plastic bag. They’re not the usual 35-litre rubbish bags but ‘Swiss test compatible’. They’re solid and cannot be punctured easily.” Pierre Brennenstuhl closes the top of the yellow bag and places it inside a second one. “This is then closed, disinfected and put inside this…

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Geneva hospital staff prepare for Ebola

This content was published on Oct 21, 2014

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Through the lens of Swiss photographer René Burri

This content was published on Oct 21, 2014 Swiss photographer René Burri was known for his portraits of prominent people and places.

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Photographer René Burri has died at 81

This content was published on Oct 20, 2014 Burri, who was born in Zurich in 1933 and later moved to Paris, was hired by the prestigious Magnum agency in 1955, and travelled around the world documenting the major political events of the 20th Century. Burri was only 13 years old when he photographed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill standing in an open-top car…

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The End of Ebola

This content was published on Oct 20, 2014 The Ebola epidemic is threatening West Africans’ lives and their progress towards democracy, economic growth and social integration.

Direct democracy in danger?

This content was published on Oct 20, 2014 Abstention among young people is not a recent phenomenon and it’s far from being just a Swiss problem. But when it comes to controversial votes, the matter becomes more serious. Like in the case of the so-called mass immigration vote in February 2014. The initiative presented to voters seeks to curb migration by introducing foreigner…

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