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Authorities relieved by sex box success

This content was published on Apr 1, 2014 “The overall situation has clearly improved,” said Richard Wolff, head of the Zurich police department, on Tuesday. “The sex boxes have good supplies and services, there’s advice, it’s safe – there are showers and changing rooms. It’s completely different from how it used to be. Bearing this in mind, I think the situation’s much better…

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Fleeing from natural catastrophes

This content was published on Apr 1, 2014 (Photos: Keystone, AFP and Reuters)

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Assisted suicides go up at Exit to more than 450

This content was published on Mar 31, 2014 The Zurich-based organisation, which supports the right to self-determination, said last year it had received more than 2,000 enquiries from people looking to die, an increase of 18%. In its annual report, published on Monday, Exit said reasons for this increase included the strong growth in membership, increasing awareness of the organisation and an aging…

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Stay silent, or head home? Au pairs stuck in limbo

This content was published on Mar 31, 2014 Working gruelling 13 to 15-hour days doing housework, chores and childcare, plus having to get up in the middle of the night to care for the small children: that’s the story Jenny* told swissinfo.ch. Jenny is an au pair from the Philippines – the nationality making up the largest single group of au pairs in…

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English books in Switzerland: a new chapter?

This content was published on Mar 29, 2014 “The US market is difficult but huge – if you can sell to one in 10,000 people, you’ve got a bestseller on your hands. In Switzerland, authors work hard to sell books in German or French, let alone English,” says American-Swiss author Richard Harvell, commissioning editor of Basel-based Bergli Books, whose publications “help newcomers feel…

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Criticism mounts over ‘dirty gold’ imports

This content was published on Mar 27, 2014 The detailed study, by the Swiss branch of the non-governmental organisation the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), showed that some international refiners continued to import gold from producers responsible for environmental pollution and human rights abuses. “Gold that has been processed for many of the products on display [at the fair] is suspected to include…

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Tamedia building architect gets Pritzker prize

This content was published on Mar 26, 2014 The Tamedia building, of timber and glass – housing one of Switzerland’s leading newspaper publishers – opened in 2013. Ban has also designed the new headquarters for the Swatch Group in the western Swiss town of Biel. Building is due to start on it this year. He is also responsible for the Swatch building in Tokyo.…

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Court sets bar for marital residency claims

This content was published on Mar 25, 2014 The court turned down the appeals of two men, a Kosovar and a Bengali. Both had received a resident permit during their first marriage, then divorced, before remarrying and going through a second divorce. Both men had been married to a Swiss citizen for a total of more than three years. But the majority…

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Swiss trains carry record number of passengers

This content was published on Mar 25, 2014 The number of passenger kilometres was up 1.3% on the previous year, reaching 17.8 billion the company announced on Tuesday. The company attributed the increase to greater demand during rush hour, which had been met by providing more trains. Railways head Andreas Meyer told a media conference that punctuality dropped slightly to 87.5%. Many of…

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Book prices in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 25, 2014 Richard Harvell from Bergli Books explains the book pricing system in Switzerland – and why visitors or expats might be shocked by a trip to a bookshop. Book prices in Switzerland

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