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Life goes on a year after Bondo’s deadly mudslide

This content was published on Aug 23, 2018 A year after rock fall in an eastern Swiss village caused a devastating mudslide, the mountain that unleashed the avalanche is moving again.

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Court throws out complaint against car importer

This content was published on Aug 22, 2018 A Zurich court has rejected a legal complaint by a consumer group against an importer of German Volkswagen diesel cars into Switzerland.

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Switzerland’s hidden treasure trove of Roman mosaics

This content was published on Aug 22, 2018 The small town of Orbe is home to the largest and most beautiful collection of Roman mosaics north of the Alps. Where are the visitors?

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After the dust settled

This content was published on Aug 22, 2018

Swiss rivers and lakes continue to dry up

This content was published on Aug 20, 2018 Recent thunderstorms have had no effect on low water levels across Switzerland. Many rivers still have extremely little water.

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When moving country means changing jobs

This content was published on Aug 20, 2018 What's it like to go from being a financial systems expert, to a personal trainer?

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When it comes to baby names, Swiss favour tradition over novelty

This content was published on Aug 20, 2018 Noah has been topping the charts for male baby names since 2014 in the Alpine nation, putting the country closer to Anglo-Saxon trends than European ones when it comes to boys. The name is also a high ranker in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Noah, however, did not make top ten…

Education

Back to school culture shock

This content was published on Aug 20, 2018 What's it like as a foreigner in Switzerland to send your children off to school here?

Expert committee calls for 38 weeks parental leave

This content was published on Aug 20, 2018 In a study published on MondayExternal link, the Federal Coordination Commission for Family AffairsExternal link, recommends 14 weeks for the mother and eight weeks for the father. The remaining 16 weeks would be split between the spouses, with no obligation to take them. Such leave would be paid at 80% of salary and could be…

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What the Swiss can teach us about quality of life

This content was published on Aug 19, 2018 Squeezing in a lunchtime swim – and being able to get there by bus – is just one example of why Swiss cities keep topping quality of life surveys.

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