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Pandemic very much at the top of Swiss ‘worry list’

This content was published on Nov 19, 2020 The insecurity brought by Covid-19 is the biggest concern for the Swiss population in 2020, an annual survey has found.

Should schools close during the second wave of the coronavirus?

Neighbouring Austria has closed all schools in an attempt to curb rising second corona wave figures. In Switzerland there are no plans as yet to follow suit. Experts continue to be divided over the role of children in driving the pandemic.

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Nov 18, 2020

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Zurich by Koyo

This content was published on Nov 18, 2020 Koyo Kouoh speaks about Switzerland and her upbringing in the Zurich of the 1980s and 1990s.

Koyo Kouoh: Art is in the cracks, not in the polish

This content was published on Nov 18, 2020 Swiss-African curator Koyo Kouoh talks about Swiss art, postcolonialism and Zurich's anarchic scene of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Swiss cities become more expensive as Zurich takes top slot

This content was published on Nov 18, 2020 Zurich is now in joint top slot with Paris and Hong Kong as the world’s most expensive cities, says a new report.

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Polyglot Switzerland ‘could do better’ at federal level

This content was published on Nov 17, 2020 Representation of language minorities within the federal administration could still be improved, says a study.

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Covid sceptics should be denied hospital beds, says economist

This content was published on Nov 17, 2020 “Corona rebels” should be dealt with more toughly, for example with hefty fines, says Willy Oggier, a Swiss health economist.

Should people who refuse to wear face masks have to forfeit their hospital bed if there’s a shortage?

A Swiss health economist thinks it’s fairer for a Covid sceptic to lose out on the last hospital bed rather than just the oldest patient in the room.

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Nov 17, 2020

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Geneva funeral services at full stretch as Covid deaths rise

This content was published on Nov 17, 2020 Geneva’s funeral service is struggling to cope with a sharp rise in coronavirus-related deaths.

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How do the multilingual Swiss talk to each other?

This content was published on Nov 16, 2020 How is Switzerland, with its four national languages, responding to the challenges of globalisation and the use of English as a lingua franca?

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