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Swiss organ rated among 12 most beautiful in the world

Organ of the church of Sainte-Claire in Vevey

This content was published on Jan 5, 2023 The organ in the church of Sainte-Claire in Vevey is one of 12 chosen for the 2023 calendar of “The Most Beautiful Pipe Organs in the World”.

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Swiss air rescue kept busy during 2022

This content was published on Jan 3, 2023 Switzerland’s three air rescue services were called out a record number of times last year.

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Electric cars continue to gain ground in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 2, 2023 Around one in four new cars purchased last year in Switzerland were either 100% electric or plug-in hybrid models.

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Switzerland smashes January heat record north of Alps

This content was published on Jan 2, 2023 Switzerland recorded its highest-ever January temperatures north of the Swiss Alps on January 1.

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Swiss police break up illegal rave

This content was published on Jan 2, 2023 Police broke up an illegal rave on New Year’s Eve at a forest near Bulle in northwest Switzerland.

Culture

Niki de Saint Phalle’s art remains larger than a grand Zurich show

This content was published on Jan 2, 2023 A retrospective of the French-American artist falls short of transmitting the sense of adventure and the public scale of her art.

Demographics

Anabolic steroids ‘booming’ in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 1, 2023 More than 200,000 people in Switzerland have taken banned anabolic steroids in Switzerland during their lifetimes, SonntagsBlick has revealed.

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Switzerland could hit the nine million population mark

This content was published on Jan 1, 2023 The Swiss population is set to surpass nine million in 2023, according to the SonntagsZeitung.

Demographics

Swiss ring in the New Year without Covid restrictions

This content was published on Jan 1, 2023 People have flocked to New Year’s Eve celebrations in Switzerland for the first coronavirus restriction-free events in two years.

Demographics

Restraints increasingly used on psychiatric patients in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 31, 2022 Committing patients against their will, tying them to their bed, isolating them in a room and administering forced medication are methods that have become relatively common at psychiatric clinics in Switzerland, according to the Swiss-German language newspaper. The proportion of cases in which at least one restraint measure was applied reached 11.5% in 2021, compared with 9.4%…

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