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Swiss teens and their guns

A cover image for a Nouvo video about shooting becoming a more popular sport among Swiss teens.

This content was published on Apr 25, 2018 In Switzerland 15 year olds can learn how to use an assault rifle at their local shooting club. And interest is growing.

Morels are in season but be careful!

This content was published on Apr 24, 2018 Ready to reveal your favorite morel patch?

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Switzerland returns trafficked ancient coins to Serbia

This content was published on Apr 24, 2018 The lot had been seized and confiscated following criminal proceedings led by the public prosecutor of the southern canton of Ticino. Most of the coins date to the Roman Empire, said the Federal Office of Culture on Tuesday. The highlights of the seized loot are a coin (sesterce) bearing a depiction of Roman Empress Faustina…

Boys and girls take part in a sports camp for overweight children at Zweisimmen, canton Bern, in 2013

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Obesity on the decline among Swiss kids

This content was published on Apr 24, 2018 The number of Swiss children who are overweight or obese is declining, a national survey has revealed.

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Pollen allergy app launched as part of largest Swiss study of its kind

This content was published on Apr 24, 2018 Called “Ally Science”, the app is available from Tuesday in the four national languages and in English. It enables users to maintain their pollen allergy diary, check pollen forecasts, and together with the app community generate real-time representations of increases in allergy symptoms in different parts of the country. The anonymised data generated from user…

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Two Swiss in custody for smuggling migrants into France

This content was published on Apr 24, 2018 The prosecutor’s office of French town of Gap said on Monday that the two Swiss are in police custody for “aiding the entry of foreigners without the right paperwork into the country in an organised operation”. Those arrested joined around 100 mostly French and Italian activists, who crossed the Montgenèvre pass at the Italian border…

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Catalan crisis: Switzerland to offer good offices but not interfere

This content was published on Apr 23, 2018 Madrid “must manage its internal problems in accordance with the country’s constitution,” said Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis during his Spanish counterpart Alfonso Maria Dastis Quecedo’s visit to Bern on Monday. He added that Spain was a sovereign and democratic country and that Switzerland had nothing to teach it. It was a sentiment that was…

Ein kambodschanischer Junge lächelt in die Kamera

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Switzerland’s global role in fighting malaria

This content was published on Apr 23, 2018 Each year, some half a million people die of malaria, many of them children. Switzerland is a world leader in research to combat the disease.

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Swiss prosecutor calls for introduction of plea bargaining

This content was published on Apr 22, 2018 Attorney General Michael Lauber wants to introduce plea bargaining in Switzerland to be able to strike deals with companies.

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Thomas Amsler: Loves lobster, misses Bratwurst

This content was published on Apr 22, 2018 After living in coastal Massachusetts for over 50 years, Swiss architect Thomas Amsler says he loves New England, but misses Swiss sausages.

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