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David Goodall ends his life in Basel assisted suicide

This content was published on May 10, 2018 The 104-year-old Australian scientist who drew international attention this week to his right-to-die campaign ended his life on Thursday.

Painting of hikers on ridge with white peak in distance

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How Afghans see their homes in paintings of the Alps

This content was published on May 10, 2018 Four strangers in a strange place: how art can facilitate dialogue between Afghans and Swiss is only part of their story.

Group of men and women sitting in a circle, with pictures at their feet

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Art bridges the Alps and Afghanistan

This content was published on May 10, 2018 For years, few people in an Alpine village understood what being thousands of miles from home meant to the Afghani asylum seekers in their midst.

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Cantons to set quotas on admission of new doctors

This content was published on May 9, 2018 The Swiss government is proposing to give the cantons responsibility for controlling numbers of new doctors and so helping to keep health costs down.

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The woman behind the French voice of Swiss Railways

This content was published on May 9, 2018 If you’ve ever ridden a train in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, you will have heard this woman’s voice.

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Swiss Nobel prizewinner Jacques Dubochet says fame is not easy

This content was published on May 9, 2018 The Swiss winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Jacques Dubochet, says fame has opened doors for him, but is not always easy.

David Goodall speaks during his press conference a day before his assisted suicide in Basel,

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Australian scientist’s final words in Switzerland

This content was published on May 9, 2018 A 104-year-old Australian scientist who ended his life in Switzerland on Thursday explained on the eve of his assisted suicide why choosing how and when to die should be a right.

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UN body nominee decries child abuse in Switzerland

This content was published on May 9, 2018 swissinfo.ch meets the psychologist Switzerland is proposing for the monitoring body of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Ernest Failloubaz on the flying machine built by René Grandjean

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The short, dazzling career of Switzerland’s first pilot

This content was published on May 9, 2018 On a spring day on May 10, 1910, Swiss aviation history was made.

Céline Dion celebrates her Eurovision win

Culture

Why do Swiss artists struggle at Eurovision?

This content was published on May 9, 2018 Thirty years ago Canadian singer Céline Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland. It's been downhill for the Swiss ever since.

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