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Swiss football admits errors, looks to future

This content was published on Aug 24, 2018 Swiss football officials have admitted mistakes were made after a series of controversies surrounding the team during and after the World Cup.

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Keeping pets

Cats are the most common household pets in Switzerland with 1.4 million feline companions ruling the roost in Swiss homes.

Locarno Film Festival’s new director announced

This content was published on Aug 24, 2018 Frenchwoman Lili Hinstin is to head Switzerland’s premier film festival in Locarno.

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‘It can’t be true!’

This content was published on Aug 24, 2018

Harald Szeemann: Grandfather, a pioneer like us

This content was published on Aug 24, 2018 The current retrospective of Harald Szeemann's work in Bern includes a reconstruction of the 1974 exhibition, Grandfather, a pioneer like us.

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‘People should be allowed to choose when they want to die’

This content was published on Aug 23, 2018 In 2017, 734 people ended their lives using the services of assisted suicide organisation, Exit, which operates in German- and Italian-speaking Switzerland. Erica, a 65-year-old assisted suicide counsellor explains what her job entails, what preconceptions she faces and why you have to love people in order to be there for them in the last minutes of…