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Businesses hail digital revolution in the classroom

A ten year old girl does her homework on a tablet pc

This content was published on Feb 9, 2018 economiesuisse says digitalisation will result in a radical change in how schools teach, adding that more individual support should be possible.

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Swiss go for gold in the cold

This content was published on Feb 9, 2018 The Winter Olympic Games have opened in PyeongChang. South Korea. Swiss athletes were cheered on in freezing temperatures.

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‘CHF20-30 million’ ransom paid in Swiss car park

This content was published on Feb 9, 2018 A Frenchman working for a Swiss money transport firm has handed over tens of millions of francs to kidnappers in a car park in canton Vaud.

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Cricket on ice keeps Switzerland on Indian tourist radar

This content was published on Feb 9, 2018 The gentleman’s sport of cricket, an obsession on the Indian subcontinent, has been strategically used to drum up interest in Switzerland.

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Athletes get boost to their job prospects

This content was published on Feb 9, 2018 Only a few elite athletes can make a living from their sport in Switzerland. The new “athlete-friendly companies” label offers flexible conditions.

Fluorescent tubes formed into pills and medicines in the shop window of a pharmacy

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More illegally imported medicines seized

This content was published on Feb 9, 2018 Swiss officials seized 1,060 shipments of illegally imported medicines in 2017. There was an increase in illegal imports from Eastern Europe.

Microscopic image of neural stem cell and daughter neurons in a mouse brain

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Scientists capture the birth of neurons in adult mice

This content was published on Feb 8, 2018 A Swiss-led team has observed division of neural stem cells in an adult mouse brain – a breakthrough that could inform Alzheimer’s disease research.

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Emergency water alarm sirens fail in annual test run

This content was published on Feb 8, 2018 On the first Wednesday of every February, Switzerland reverberates to the sound of close to 8,000 sirens, as the country carries out its annual test of the devices. Introduced during wartime, they are now used to alert the population to impending catastrophes or water dangers such as flooding. At 13:30 sirens across the country sounded the…

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140 Swiss doctors earn over a million via health insurance

This content was published on Feb 8, 2018 The figure was revealed by the director of Santé Suisse (the umbrella organisation of healthcare insurers) Verena Nold when interviewed on the Infrarouge programme on Swiss public television RTS on Wednesday. According to Nold, this would translate to a salary around the million-franc mark, taking into account administration costs that could be as high as…

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Swiss discuss closer cooperation in South Korea

This content was published on Feb 8, 2018 As part of his tour of Asia, Swiss President Alain Berset met his South Korean counterpart in Seoul on Thursday.

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