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Swiss documentary wins European Film Award

This content was published on Dec 2, 2012 The award was given by 2,700 industry professionals from across Europe who make up the European Film Academy. In the film, von Stürler follows two shepherds, 28-year-old Carole and 53-year-old Pascal, who must herd their flock 600 kilmetres through harsh Alpine regions. With only a few animal skins and a canvas tent for shelter, they…

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Taking aerial photography to new extremes

This content was published on Dec 1, 2012 The drone was used at the last international Lauberhorn ski races and recently flew up to very high altitudes in the mountains of Pakistan. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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More is at stake than just finding a cure

This content was published on Nov 30, 2012 “You do not recover from HIV,” said Enos Bernasconi, deputy head of internal medicine at Lugano’s regional hospital. “But most people who follow a course of treatment with antiretroviral drugs can lead a normal life and have children.” The Swiss HIV Cohort Study, which brings together large-scale epidemiological data, has shown that in 90 per…

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HIV sufferers learn why it’s good to talk

This content was published on Nov 30, 2012 On the floor of Ma San San’s modest home, there’s hardly anywhere to sit. Some 15 people, most of them women, have huddled round a wooden post supporting the roof. They wait in silence. For fortysomething Ma San San and her guests, Sunday is the most important day of the week: it’s when they can…

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Discovering the secrets of a remote valley

This content was published on Nov 30, 2012

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Building religious spaces is complicated

This content was published on Nov 29, 2012 The Muslim community in Switzerland is growing, multiplying from just a few thousand in the 1970s to around 400,000 people today. This is mainly due to immigration from former Yugoslavian states and Turkey. The Muslim community includes up to 100 nationalities, and only about eight per cent are from Arab countries. Official statistics say around…

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More girls at risk of genital mutilation

This content was published on Nov 28, 2012 This figure includes women and children who have already undergone FGM as well as those at risk of the illegal practice. Under new Swiss legislation, which came into force in July, anyone who carries out an act of mutilation can be held responsible and punished. According to the Swiss National Committee of the United Nations…

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Cracking down on an illegal brothel

This content was published on Nov 27, 2012 On the ground floor there is a café-bar, where customers and prostitutes can meet. The bedrooms – seven of them – are upstairs. The operation starts like in a movie: a convoy of squad cars and an armoured van roar out of the station. After a few miles we arrive at our destination. The building…

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Debating the right to sell sex

This content was published on Nov 27, 2012 To imagine a society without prostitution is utopian. Those who are willing to offer their own bodies in exchange for money must be allowed to do so without being stigmatised or punished. This is the view put forward by Terre des Femmes Switzerland, an organisation that campaigns for the rights of women. Claudine Esseiva, general-secretary…

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