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Divers discover 5,000-year-old shoe in Swiss lake

This content was published on Mar 27, 2018 Divers have made an extraordinary discovery during excavations at a lake near Zurich. They found a shoe dating back to the Neolithic age of around 3300-2800 B.C.

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OECD says Switzerland needs to step up the fight against ‘foreign bribery’

This content was published on Mar 27, 2018 The latest country report by the OECD has found that Switzerland still has more to do in protecting whistle-blowers and prosecuting 'foreign bribery'.

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Crime keeps falling in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 26, 2018 Crime fell by 6.1% last year, with a marked decrease in the number of burglaries and crimes committed by non-residents, the Swiss government reported on Monday.

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New evidence weakens Ramadan’s alibi

This content was published on Mar 26, 2018 The organisers of a conference attended by Swiss-born academic Tariq Ramadan have contradicted his statement that he was on a plane to the event at the time one woman accuses him of raping her.

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Two more Swiss alpine sports deaths

This content was published on Mar 25, 2018 On Saturday, the ski tourer fell from the 3,698 metre high Balmhorn mountain on the border between cantons Bern and Valais, near to the popular resort of Leukerbad. The accident occurred when a snowdrift came loose, sweeping the man over the edge of the mountain. Three companions who were also on the climb escaped unscathed…

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Huge construction ‘cartel’ threatened with millions in fines

This content was published on Mar 25, 2018 The cartel is believed to have consisted of hundreds of companies of all sizes and has implicated local politicians in canton Graubünden in southeastern Switzerland. The area is a favourite haunt for tourists, some of whom have holiday homes in the region. Projects to renovate a rail tunnel and build an extension to a hospital…

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Parents blamed for putting schoolchildren under pressure

This content was published on Mar 25, 2018 A 2014 study by the World Health OrganisationExternal link (WHO) found that 27% of eleven-year-old children in Switzerland suffer from sleep problems, while 15% complain of constant depression. In addition, 12% regularly suffer from headaches, Swiss public television reports. However, Pro Juventute Foundation president Katja Wiesendanger, herself a primary school teacher for more than 30…

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Asian tourists and chocolate Easter bunnies

This content was published on Mar 25, 2018 Here is a selection of stories to look ahead to on swissinfo.ch in the week of March 26, 2018.

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Two fatalities as small aircraft collides with bridge

This content was published on Mar 25, 2018 The plane was taking part in an airshow in Arosa, canton Graubünden, according to Swiss public television. The 73-year-old pilot and a female passenger, 69, died in the accident said the cantonal police. The accident happened as the plane tried to take off and hit the bridge at the end of the runway. The fire…

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Representing Switzerland on skating’s biggest stages

This content was published on Mar 25, 2018 American-born figure skater Alexia Paganini just competed in her first Olympics – for Switzerland.

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