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Discovering Switzerland’s buried treasure

This content was published on Nov 24, 2019 From gold pendants and bronze hands to coin-filled jugs, X marks the spot of some of the most significant recent finds.

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Now open in Switzerland: Europe’s largest Taoist centre

This content was published on Nov 23, 2019 Centre Ming Shan in western Switzerland, the biggest of its kind on the European continent, is celebrating a two-day open house.

History

The Jewish cemetery in no man’s land

This content was published on Nov 23, 2019 How did the largest and oldest Jewish cemetery in Switzerland come to lie in a wooded no man's land between the villages of Endingen and Lengnau?

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WHO: Swiss teens are too sedentary

This content was published on Nov 22, 2019 Teenagers worldwide - including the Swiss - are jeopardising their health by failing to get enough exercise, says a WHO-led study.

Education

Tribunal rules Zurich university unfairly dismissed professor

This content was published on Nov 21, 2019 Iris Ritzmann has been awarded compensation of CHF15,000 ($15,100) by a Zurich court, which found that the university had relied on inadmissible evidence to sack the professor in 2013. Ritzmann was accused of leaking sensitive data to the media, some of it relating to rightwing People’s Party politician Christoph Mörgeli who was the head of…

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Swiss dismiss Kazakh money laundering case

This content was published on Nov 21, 2019 The Geneva prosecutor's office has closed a probe into suspected money laundering involving the former mayor of Kazakhstan's largest city.

Education

Swiss prepare legal basis for student exchange cooperation beyond the EU

This content was published on Nov 20, 2019 The government has submitted a draft bill to parliament that aims at more flexibility for student exchange partnerships, especially those beyond the European Erasmus programme.

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Swiss government tables proposal for more financial transparency

This content was published on Nov 20, 2019 The Federal Council wants to increase the reporting requirements with regard to the law on the automatic exchange of financial information.

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Court rules out Scottish addition to Swiss surname

This content was published on Nov 19, 2019 A Swiss court has rejected a demand by a citizen to add the name of a Scottish castle to her family name.

Tom Curran is one of three directors of Exit International

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The making of a right-to-die campaigner

This content was published on Nov 19, 2019 Tom Curran spends a lot of time thinking about death: ways to die, places to die, and people who want to die.

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