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Covid-19 sceptics are getting more radical

This content was published on Mar 28, 2021 The Swiss authorities are seeing increasingly aggressive responses to measures curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

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Covid-19: Can Swiss artists survive on current support measures?

This content was published on Mar 28, 2021 Support measures have been introduced in Switzerland to “preserve cultural diversity”. But will they be enough?

Culture

‘My Little Sister’ is the big winner at Swiss Film Awards

This content was published on Mar 27, 2021 Winning five out of six nominations – including best film – the drama Petite sœur (Little Sister) received more recognition than any other.

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Covid-19: Universities welcome more students than ever

This content was published on Mar 26, 2021 The number of students at Swiss universities increased by 5% in the year 2020/1– despite the pandemic. There was also a rise in foreign students.

Culture

National yodelling festival cancelled

This content was published on Mar 26, 2021 The Swiss National Yodelling Festival, scheduled to be held in Basel in June, will not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Education

Pressure mounts on government over EU research programmes

This content was published on Mar 26, 2021 University and student representatives have called on the Swiss government to ensure that key scientific and research exchange with the EU continues.

Demographics

The avalanche survivors

This content was published on Mar 26, 2021 Lake and Forrest Schorderet, passionate free-riders, were hit as they were skiing in the mountains near Saint-Luc in southern Switzerland. For five minutes, Forrest and two friends searched frantically for Lake, buried under the avalanche they had unleashed.⁠⁠ A few days later, the former French snowboard champion Julie Pomagalski, 40, was also swept away by…

Pandemic is ‘wake-up call’ for Switzerland, says EPFL president

This content was published on Mar 25, 2021 The Covid-19 crisis has revealed how much Switzerland is lagging behind when it comes to digitalisation, according to Martin Vetterli.

Culture

Swiss fashion doyen Ursula Rodel dies aged 75

This content was published on Mar 24, 2021 The Zurich fashion designer and winner of the 2009 Swiss Grand Prix for Design died in a hospital on March 5.

Demographics

Inattention blamed for fatal tiger attack at Zurich zoo

This content was published on Mar 24, 2021 An investigation into the incident which occurred last year has concluded that the keeper had not closed all the protective barriers.

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