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Nearly half of Swiss food stalls are unhygienic

This content was published on Jun 22, 2020 In a review of food and market stalls across Switzerland, inspectors found hygiene problems at 46% of them.

Social distancing in Switzerland is being reduced from 2 metres to 1.5 metres from Monday.

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Switzerland eased lockdown measures too soon, warns top official

This content was published on Jun 22, 2020 The head of the Swiss Covid-19 taskforce has warned that the lifting of lockdown restrictions last Friday was premature.

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SwissCovid app will be available for download this week

This content was published on Jun 22, 2020 Swiss residents are encouraged to participate in Covid-19 contact tracing via mobile phones from June 25.

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Swiss public transport expected to lose CHF1.5 billion due to Covid-19

This content was published on Jun 22, 2020 The huge drop in the number of passengers on Swiss trains and buses is likely to leave a hole in the public transport firms' finances this year.

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Thousands more Swiss residents claim welfare due to Covid-19

This content was published on Jun 21, 2020 Nearly 8,300 Swiss residents have been forced to claim welfare benefits in Switzerland since the beginning of the pandemic.

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How a Swiss photographer came to capture Haitian weddings

This content was published on Jun 19, 2020 Originally from western Switzerland, photographer Valérie Baeriswyl is now preparing a book about wedding ceremonies on the Caribbean island of Haiti.

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Weddings in Haiti – it has to be flashy!

This content was published on Jun 19, 2020 Just because you’re poor, it doesn't mean you don’t have the right to a Hollywood-style wedding. Haitians can spend a lifetime’s worth of savings on a single day.

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Swiss volunteers prefer culture and charity groups to sports clubs

This content was published on Jun 18, 2020 Political interest groups, sports clubs and public service organisations appear to have become less attractive to volunteers. Volunteer activities for charitable and cultural organisations, as well as hobby clubs and leisure groups, have won ground, according to a statement by the Swiss Society for the Common GoodExternal link. Some 62% of respondents said they were regularly engaged in unpaid work mostly as members of an organisation. In a first such…

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Fighting for free sanitary products in schools

This content was published on Jun 18, 2020 After Bern's cantonal government refused to provide schools with free sanitary products, one town is going its own way.

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‘Swisstory’ wins children’s literature award

This content was published on Jun 18, 2020 The book, published by Schwabe Verlagsgruppe in Basel, was among the 2020 Crystal Kite Winners, getting top place in the category covering Europe, Latin America and Africa. The Crystal Kites Awards is the only global award for children’s books that is based on peer reviews. This is the first time that the award, which…

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