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Swiss poison hotline received more calls in 2023

This content was published on Jan 15, 2024 Last year the Tox Info Suisse Foundation provided a total of 41,261 individual consultations on suspected poisoning.

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Majority of children under six in Switzerland have foreign roots

This content was published on Jan 14, 2024 Between 2019 and 2021, six out of ten children under the age of six were living in a household in which at least one parent was born abroad.

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Swiss artist wins prestigious contemporary art prize

This content was published on Jan 13, 2024 Basel-born artist Miriam Cahn will receive the Goslar Kaiserring prize for the year 2024.

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Switzerland’s ‘Siberia’ registers winter temperature of -25°C

This content was published on Jan 13, 2024 The Swiss town of La Brévine has registered the lowest temperature this winter.

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Swiss cinemas continued post-pandemic recovery in 2023

This content was published on Jan 12, 2024 Over 10 million admissions were recorded last year: an improvement on 2022, but still 16% fewer than in 2019.

Visiteurs devant des fusils à la Bourse aux Armes

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Swiss firearm laws: How Switzerland combines a passion for guns with safety

This content was published on Jan 12, 2024 Switzerland is one of the most heavily armed countries in the world. It is also one of the safest, and shootings are rare. How is this possible?

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Visit to a Swiss gun fair

This content was published on Jan 12, 2024 La population suisse est l'une des plus armées au monde et cet intérêt pour les armes ne faiblit pas. Visite de la Bourse aux armes de Lausanne.

Cost of living: price watchdog receives most complaints since 2012

This content was published on Jan 11, 2024 Last year the Swiss price watchdog received more complaints than at any time since 2012.

Did you emigrate after retiring because you couldn’t make ends meet at home?

Each year, a certain amount of Swiss move abroad to avoid financial hardship. Are you one of them?

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For Jeannette Muñoz, films do not end when they’re finished

This content was published on Jan 11, 2024 One of the most innovative names of experimental cinema of the past two decades, the Zurich-based Chilean filmmaker explains her 'open process'.

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