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Foster care system ‘slow’ to correct past failings

This content was published on Sep 24, 2014 “We have children who have been through every imaginable kind of hardship. They have suffered neglect, hunger, physical and sexual abuse. What they need is security; instead they are delivered into a system with inbuilt discontinuity.” Those are the words of children’s advocate and former foster child Urs Kaltenrieder, co-founder of Integration, a reputable foster…

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‘There is no such thing as a difficult child’

This content was published on Sep 24, 2014 Well respected in canton Bern and beyond, the network has 24 families on its books, couples who have been through a stringent selection process and professional training, and who are supported in their parenting duties 365-days a year. “Even though we had our clashes, no one could have done better than the Aeschlimanns, I’m sure.…

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Swiss pledge more Ebola aid

This content was published on Sep 24, 2014 Switzerland is focusing its aid efforts on the containment of the epidemic through treatment and prevention, strengthening the health system and reducing the negative secondary effects such as food insecurity. These areas of focus were identified earlier this month during a joint mission to Liberia of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid organisation and the Geneva University…

Treaty to fight match-fixing

This content was published on Sep 23, 2014

Swiss bestseller sparkles in Glaswegian dialect

This content was published on Sep 23, 2014 Both Lenz, from central Switzerland, and McLaughlin, whose childhood was split between Northern Ireland and Scotland, grew up speaking a language that was very different from the written word they learned at school. Through separate paths, they have come to write in their own dialects – Bernese Swiss German in Lenz’s case and Glaswegian in…

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Donal McLaughlin

This content was published on Sep 23, 2014 Donal McLaughlin reads for swissinfo.ch from his translation of the novel, Naw Much of a Talker.

Bern Literary Festival

This content was published on Sep 23, 2014

Pedro Lenz

This content was published on Sep 23, 2014 Listen to Lenz reading an extract from the novel to get a flavour of the language.

First traveller from Ebola region arrives in Geneva

This content was published on Sep 22, 2014 The man, an employee of an international aid organisation, was wearing protective clothing when he was bitten, and the risk of his acquiring the infection is considered very low. The Geneva-based organisation arranged for the man’s flight to Switzerland. On arrival he was taken to the Geneva University Hospital, where he will remain under surveillance…

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Time influences organ donation decisions

This content was published on Sep 22, 2014 The study – called the Swiss Monitoring of Potential Organ Donors (SwissPOD) – evaluated 266 instances in which relatives of patients were asked about donating their loved ones’ organs after death. In 137 cases, family members said yes, and in 129 cases they said no. The study found that Swiss citizens were more likely to…

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