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Swiss to scrap “confusing” film rating system

This content was published on Nov 11, 2011 The Conference of Cantonal Justice and Police Directors signed an accord on Friday that will do away with the current system under which each of Switzerland’s 26 cantons is free to decide on the minimum viewing age for films screening in their cinemas. It will probably take the lead from Germany’s film industry censors, the…

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A third of Swiss do voluntary work

This content was published on Nov 11, 2011 On average people spent around half a day a week carrying out work for organisations or providing informal help to relatives and friends. One in five people, or around 1.3 million people, performed an unpaid activity within an organisation or institution. Men were more actively involved in formal voluntary work than women (23 per cent…

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Charges laid against suspected Kenyan gunmen

This content was published on Nov 10, 2011 Gunmen opened fire on the vehicle last Friday in the Shaba National Reserve, wounding one of the tourists, as it returned from a drive in the park. The suspects pleaded not guilty to the charges of robbery with violence and murder and will be detained until the case is heard in January, a clerk in…

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Agreement reached on speeding up asylum

This content was published on Nov 10, 2011 The Swiss justice minister, Simonetta Sommaruga, and Swiss cantonal justice and police directors said Switzerland would have to work closely with other states, particularly signatories to the Dublin accord to make it easier to deport rejected asylum seekers. Switzerland, they added, is faced with an increase in people seeking asylum. Sommaruga said the government was…

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Call for ban on tobacco ads

This content was published on Nov 10, 2011 They said the current regulations did not go far enough and the tobacco industry was using legal loopholes to promote smoking. Claude Jeanrenaud, co-author of a study by a government advisory commission, pointed out that the industry has six times more money at its disposal than prevention campaigners. He added that Switzerland’s prevention efforts were…

Poll says patients value Swiss health system

This content was published on Nov 10, 2011 The Federal Health Office said nearly 70 per cent of respondents felt they would not make any major changes to the system, putting Switzerland at the top of the list. Just over half the respondents said access to health services at night and weekends was relatively easy, and three out of four people said they…

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Fifa backs down over poppy row with England

This content was published on Nov 9, 2011 “The England team will now be permitted to wear a poppy on the black armbands,” said a statement carried by the English Football Association. The organisation added that the compromise was in line with Fifa rules which prevent symbols on shirts. The issue provoked Prime Minister David Cameron to condemn a ban as outrageous. On…

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Bible et Orient – Original

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Kenya-bound tourists find trouble in paradise

This content was published on Nov 8, 2011 The two largest Swiss travel firms played down the significance of the attack last Friday near one of the country’s national parks in which the tourists’ driver was killed. Kenyan safaris feature prominently in the Kuoni and Hotelplan winter destination catalogues. Last year according to the Kenyan tourism ministry, 13,440 Swiss came to experience the antelopes,…

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