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The hard battle for women’s visibility in the streets of Geneva

The feminist association l’Escouade partnered with the city of Geneva to give more visibility to women in public spaces.

This content was published on Jan 15, 2025 In 2019, the city of Geneva decided to give women more visibility in public spaces. What it didn't expect was so much backlash.

Kitty (Cornelia Catharina) Ponse, Sumatra 1897 - Geneva 1982, was the last Ponse to live in Geneva (from 1904/05), where she became a professor at the University of Geneva in the Section of Biology - Genetics & Evolution

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Ten women who made International Geneva

This content was published on Jan 15, 2025 Profiles of women who have shaped Geneva's humanitarian, scientific, educational and artistic heritage.

Wakker Prize 2025 goes to Poschiavo (GR)

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Wakker Prize 2025 awarded to Poschiavo

This content was published on Jan 14, 2025 The 2025 Wakker Prize has been given to the municipality of Poschiavo in canton Graubünden, eastern Switzerland.

A screenshot from the documentary on the Lauberhorn downhill race.

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The Lauberhorn downhill – the mountain of fate

This content was published on Jan 13, 2025 The classic Lauberhorn downhill ski race has been a World Cup fixture since the race circuit started.

Musician Bruno Spoerri has a bubble bath thanks to rapper Jay-Z

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Jay-Z paid for my whirlpool, says Swiss musician in plagiarism case

This content was published on Jan 13, 2025 Swiss music pioneer Bruno Spoerri says he has rapper Jay-Z to thank for his hot tub. Jay-Z paid Spoerri CHF30,000 for sampling one of his works without permission.

"It is impossible to fully go back, neither physically nor as a person," says Chris/Nadia Brönimann.

Switzerland’s most renowned trans person no longer wants to be a woman

This content was published on Jan 12, 2025 Chris Brönimann became Nadia just before the turn of the millennium. Now Switzerland's most famous transgender figure is publicly grappling with regret over that choice.

Unknown persons try to make money with accumulated ESC tickets

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Touts target European Song Contest tickets

This content was published on Jan 11, 2025 The Eurovision Song Contest shows are in high demand, with the result that profiteers are hoping to make a quick franc by buying up lots of tickets.

Wrong-way driver causes accident in Gotthard highway tunnel

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Driver going wrong way causes accident in Gotthard tunnel

This content was published on Jan 10, 2025 A 76-year-old driver going in the wrong direction caused a head-on collision on the A2 motorway in canton Uri on Friday. Five people were injured.

Murder in Geneva: MPC requests acquittal of friend

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Egyptian diplomat’s murder: prosecutor calls for acquittal of defendant’s girlfriend

This content was published on Jan 8, 2025 The Swiss attorney general has called for the girlfriend of the main defendant in the case of the assassination of an Egyptian diplomat in Geneva in 1995 to be acquitted. The woman is charged with complicity.

According to Zurich researchers, zoos should deliberately kill surplus animals

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Zoos should consider culling surplus animals to regulate populations, say researchers

This content was published on Jan 8, 2025 Researchers from the University of Zurich say zoos must rethink population management and allow animals to reproduce naturally - zoos should then cull surplus animals.

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