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Swiss administrator of Jihadi recruitment site fined

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland building

This content was published on Mar 29, 2019 Man accused of acting as the admin for a website used to recruit people for the Jihadi cause has been ordered to pay fines by the justice authorities.

Culture

One in seven Swiss residents hit by cyber attacks

This content was published on Mar 28, 2019 Around one million people in Switzerland have been victims of cyber attacks, according to a study.

Parts of Swiss jet that crashed in the Netherlands in 2016.

Demographics

Pilot error caused 2016 collision between two Swiss jets

This content was published on Mar 28, 2019 A collision between two fighter jets from the Swiss air force display team in the Netherlands in 2016 was probably caused by pilot error.

Education

Lure of e-cigarettes for schoolchildren raises alarm

This content was published on Mar 28, 2019 This is a higher rate than for smokers of conventional cigarettes. The figure for vaping was 21% for boys and 13% for girls. The addiction surveyExternal link, conducted last year, included the e-cigarette and vaping categories for the first time. “Vaping should not become normal consumer behaviour among young people,” said Grégoire Vittoz, director of…

Education

Travel tips for the thrifty student

This content was published on Mar 28, 2019 Indian student Arasan has done his homework to make the most of the summer holidays.

Opinion

Education

The upside of Brexit: key lessons for Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 26, 2019 Brexit offers lessons on the EU’s position of power and the risks of delaying a framework agreement, a University of St Gallen researcher says.

Education

First Swiss recipient of overseas Indian award felicitated

This content was published on Mar 26, 2019 Swiss citizen Rajendra Kumar Joshi has been awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, India’s highest award conferred on the Indian diaspora.

Culture

Swiss watchmaking presented for UNESCO recognition

This content was published on Mar 25, 2019 Swiss watch-making know-how spans craftsmanship from Geneva to Schaffhausen along the Jura mountain range that divides Switzerland from France. The manufacture of automatons and music boxes in the St. Croix region is also part of the package, the Federal Office of Culture said on Monday. Several craftspeople, companies, schools, museums and associations transmit these techniques…

Soldats suisses devant un manifestation de Tibétains

History

How Switzerland lost and regained its Chinese ‘friend’

This content was published on Mar 25, 2019 Relations between Switzerland and China today are very close. Exactly 20 years ago things were very different.

Demographics

Thefts halved but fraud on the rise

This content was published on Mar 25, 2019 The number of registered thefts in Switzerland has nearly halved since 2012 but fraud is increasing. Violent crimes remain stable.

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