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Morning-after pill highlights education needs

This content was published on Mar 26, 2009 In line with the increase in popularity – from 8,000 units sold in pharmacies in 2002 to 93,500 in 2008 – both family planners and pharmacists warn that more education is needed to ensure it does not lead to people taking more risks in sex. The emergency contraceptive pill was downgraded from a prescription drug…

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Extreme skier returns to slopes after bad accident

This content was published on Mar 25, 2009

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Are we all running out of time?

This content was published on Mar 25, 2009 Do we need time pressure to keep us going or are we pushing ourselves to the point of collapse? The “nonstop” exhibition in Lenzburg near Zurich hopes to provide some answers. “We live in a high-speed society and acceleration in everyday life is very obvious,” said Beat Hächler, co-director of the Stapferhaus Lenzburg, where the…

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CIRCUS: Swiss National Circus Knie

This content was published on Mar 25, 2009 Circus magic lives on in the big top of the Swiss National Circus Knie, touring Switzerland with a glittery programme packed with amazing circus acts. C’est magique!

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Bern firm says iPhone violates patent

This content was published on Mar 25, 2009 Bern-based Monec sued California-based Apple in eastern Virginia on Monday, also accusing the company of unfair trade practices, monopolisation and tortuous interference with prospective business advantage. On its website, the company states it is “a leading innovator for mobile, globally usable communication solutions”. It does not list any products. Seven years ago, a man named…

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Record-breaking Swiss hits 112

This content was published on Mar 25, 2009 But despite exceeding the average life expectancy for a Swiss woman by almost 30 years, Rein doesn’t even make the top 20 of oldest living “supercentenarians”. Born on March 24, 1897, Rein has been the oldest living person in Switzerland since September 2006, following the death of 110-year-old Anna Ringier-Kieser. Since June 2008 she has…

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Meat consumption continues to climb

This content was published on Mar 24, 2009 The total amount was three per cent higher than in 2007 and increased for the fourth consecutive year, according to Proviande, the Swiss meat association, on Tuesday. Pork was by far the most popular, with 196,000 tonnes being sold. This was followed by beef (88,000 tonnes) and poultry (85,000 tonnes). The big winners of 2008…

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ART: Oskar Reinhart Collections

This content was published on Mar 24, 2009 The two museums of the collector Oskar Reinhart in Winterthur, have merged temporarily, to present an important selection of its world-famous paintings by old masters and French Impressionists at the Museum Oskar Reinhart am Stadtgarten in Winterthur. Visitors will have an opportunity to enjoy the paintings which Oskar Reinhart collected between 1920 and 1960 as…

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ART: Passages and Relicts

This content was published on Mar 24, 2009 Lucerne’s Museum of Art shows 16th and 17th century works and panel paintings, such as the Holbein Fresco, Meglinger’s Tableaux for the Spreuer Wooden Bridge and Martin Moser’s wooden panels. Most of the exhibits come from sacred buildings in the vicinity which have been converted, altered or demolished over the course of the centuries.

ART: Swiss Artist in America

This content was published on Mar 24, 2009 19th century Swiss artist Karl Bodmer captured the lives of the north American natives in his paintings, engravings and drawings whilst accompanying a German prince on his travels in North America between 1832-1834. His works documented north American culture and changed Europe’s perception of life in the new world.

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