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Middle East directors score big at Swiss film festival

This content was published on Jan 29, 2020 The jury awarded the prestigious “Prix de Soleure” to a debut documentary “Looking for the Man with the Camera” by Tunisian director Boutheyna Bouslama. The audience recongised the film “Baghdad in my Shadow” by Samir with the “Prix du Public”. Bouslama’s documentary chronicles her search for a childhood friend, Ossama, a Syrian media activist who disappeared. It…

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Strip searches can violate rights, rules court

This content was published on Jan 29, 2020 Switzerland’s highest court ruled that conducting strip searches of a suspected criminal who shows no signs of danger is unjustified.

Culture

Hommage to Edward Hopper

This content was published on Jan 29, 2020

Roger Federer fined for swearing at Australian Open

This content was published on Jan 29, 2020 Swiss tennis star Roger Federer was fined $3,000 (CHF2,920) for swearing during the Australian Open.

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Fifth of Swiss youth suffer from sleep and concentration problems

This content was published on Jan 29, 2020 Most Swiss youth report to be in good health but a growing number are affected by health ailments such as headaches and insomnia.

People taking part in an information session in Geneva on February 28, 2017 for the Papyrus scheme.

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Geneva investigators probe fraud in Papyrus migrant scheme

This content was published on Jan 29, 2020 Geneva prosecutors are investigating a suspected case of fraud linked to the state-run scheme to regularise the situation of clandestine migrants.

2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, in Leysin, Switzerland on January 22, 2020

Culture

Sport generates billions for Swiss economy, study finds

This content was published on Jan 28, 2020 Sports-related activities are worth CHF22.2 billion ($22.8 billion) a year to the Swiss economy, a national report has revealed.

History

The last Swiss Holocaust survivors

This content was published on Jan 28, 2020 Some of those who lived through the Holocaust reside in Switzerland.

Switzerland s President Simonetta Sommaruga walks away after laying a wreath at the Death Wall at the Auschwitz

History

Swiss president attends remembrance event at Auschwitz

This content was published on Jan 28, 2020 Simonetta Sommaruga visited Auschwitz-Birkenau on Monday for a ceremony commemorating the liberation of the concentration camp 75 years ago.

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Italian unfairly denied Swiss citizenship after 30-year residence

This content was published on Jan 27, 2020 The man was rejected for poor social integration and because his geographical and cultural knowledge was deemed insufficient. But the court said that too much emphasis had been placed on these criteria and that some of the questions he was asked were too specific. For example, he did not know that bears and wolves are…

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