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Eurovision singer and big news top Swiss Google searches in 2023

This content was published on Dec 11, 2023 Singer Remo Forrer, the Credit Suisse bank, and the AI software ChatGPT shot up the list of most-searched items on Google in Switzerland this year.

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Swiss soup kitchens face sharp uptick in demand

This content was published on Dec 11, 2023 Restaurants for the needy have seen numbers climb in 2023 as rising prices push more people into financial difficulty.

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Cardiovascular disease and cancer were most common killers in Switzerland in 2022

This content was published on Dec 11, 2023 Some 27.5% of the 74,425 deaths among the resident population last year were due to cardiovascular issues, while cancer caused 23.1%.

Heiliggeistkirche church in Basel, Switzerland.

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Amid abuse scandals, Swiss Catholic Church sees wave of departures

This content was published on Dec 10, 2023 Hundreds of Swiss churchgoers have left the Catholic Church following revelations of sexual abuse.

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‘Scouts’ drive law-breaking betting at Swiss footballs stadiums

This content was published on Dec 10, 2023 In violation of Swiss laws, live betting is taking place at amateur league football matches that can involve players under the age of 18.

The federal centre for asylum seekers in Boudry

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Swiss authorities open criminal investigation over menacing school intruder

This content was published on Dec 10, 2023 Canton Neuchâtel's public prosecutor's office has opened a criminal investigation into the "threatening" young man who broke into a primary school.

NGO Caritas, with the help of the Swiss population, lit candles in Bern to draw attention to poverty in Switzerland.

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Candles light up Swiss cities in show of support for poor households

This content was published on Dec 10, 2023 Poverty is often invisible but it affects at least 745,000 people in Switzerland.

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Nonagenarian Swiss artist Ted Scapa has died

This content was published on Dec 9, 2023 The family confirmed a report by the news portal blick.ch to the news agency Keystone-SDA. Scapa was born in Amsterdam in 1931. The illustrator became known to a wide audience through the children’s programme Das Spielhaus (The playhouse) on Swiss television in the 1960s and 1970s. As a cartoonist, Scapa drew for the international press for…

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Most Swiss apprenticeship dropouts occur in first year

This content was published on Dec 9, 2023 In Switzerland, around one in four apprenticeship contracts is terminated prematurely.

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Over 13,000 marijuana plants seized by Swiss police

This content was published on Dec 9, 2023 The Basel Land cantonal police discovered more than 13,000 marijuana plants in two illegal plantations.

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