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Swiss diocese introduces code of conduct to tackle church abuse

The Diocese of Sion takes two measures to combat abuse

This content was published on Feb 26, 2025 The Diocese of Sion has introduced a code of conduct to tackle all forms of church-related abuse. A prevention commission has also been established.

Honorary Swiss Film Award for the Ogier Schroeder couple

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Bulle Ogier and Barbet Schroeder to receive Swiss film industry’s Honorary Award

This content was published on Feb 26, 2025 The French actress and her Swiss director husband are regarded as key figures in the Nouvelle Vague film movement.

Firearm homicides at home: perpetrators are often over 60 years old

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Women are the victims of most domestic shootings in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 26, 2025 Between 2015 and 2022, only one of the 41 perpetrators of domestic gun homicides was female. The vast majority of these cases were femicides.

Scene of "Heldin" (Late Shift), by Petra Volpe, 2025

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Berlin Film Festival: the heroic ‘Late Shift’ of a Swiss nurse

This content was published on Feb 24, 2025 Swiss filmmaker Petra Volpe's tense drama, Late Shift, about hospital life seen through the eyes of a dedicated nurse, had its Berlin Film Festival premiere last week.

Douglas Kennedy teaches at the University of Lausanne

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American novelist Douglas Kennedy will teach at a Swiss university

This content was published on Feb 23, 2025 The American writer Douglas Kennedy will be teaching at the University of Lausanne in the spring semester.

Automated driving on freeways theoretically possible from March

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Automated driving on Swiss motorways is theoretically possible from March

This content was published on Feb 23, 2025 It will be theoretically possible to hand over the steering wheel to technology but no such system has been submitted for official approval yet.

Fire in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe's main city, in a scene of "L'Homme Vertige: Tales of a City", screened at the latest Black Movie Festival in Geneva, and at this year's Berlin Film Festival.

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Architecture of loss: how the pressure on living spaces becomes a source for drama

This content was published on Feb 23, 2025 Geneva’s Black Movie Festival questions the struggles of urban life, torn between construction, deconstruction, and the quest to sustain a home in systems where individuals are powerless.

ESC and gloomy world situation are top themes at the Basel carnival

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Eurovision and bleak world situation are top themes at Basel carnival

This content was published on Feb 21, 2025 The Eurovision Song Contest and the gloomy global situation are among the main themes of Basel Fasnacht (carnival) this year.

Tout un hiver sans feu, 2005, Greg Zglinski

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Poor, cold and rebellious: the Swiss Jura shows its rich imagination in films

This content was published on Feb 21, 2025 In its 60th edition, the Solothurn Film Festival highlighted films about the Jura region – a place of Swiss separatism, linguistic divides, economic hardship, and nostalgia.

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Young adults feel increasingly helpless, finds Swiss generation survey

This content was published on Feb 20, 2025 Young adults in Switzerland believe they have less influence on the future development of society according to the latest Generation Barometer.

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Berlin Film Festival: the heroic ‘Late Shift’ of a Swiss nurse

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Automated driving on Swiss motorways is theoretically possible from March

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