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Football, snowfall and Trump free fall

This content was published on Jan 14, 2018 Here is a selection of stories to look ahead to on swissinfo.ch in the upcoming week.

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Gallus and the Irish monks: grandfathers of European culture?

This content was published on Jan 14, 2018 After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was plunged into the Dark Ages. It might have fallen further had it not been for the Irish monks.

A climber ascending the snow-covered peak of the Bishorn

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What does it take to get to the top?

This content was published on Jan 14, 2018 The answer is skis, stamina and stalwart determination in this photo by Swiss photographers, Dan and Janine Patitucci.

A hand, holding keys, opens a vault door

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Fraudsters trick art dealer out of CHF500,000

This content was published on Jan 13, 2018 The dealer, who does not want to be named, told the Schweiz am Wochenende newspaper how the gang, posing as agents for a wealthy art buyer, agreed a CHF3.5 million ($3.6 million) sale in exchange for a CHF500,000 commission. One of the gang members insisted on seeing the commission in cash as surety and was…

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By the numbers: Avalanche scare puts Switzerland on edge

This content was published on Jan 13, 2018 These are the most interesting statistics to appear in the past week’s stories from Switzerland.

Time exposure shot of a Swiss highway at night

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Speeding more likely when driving in low light

This content was published on Jan 13, 2018 You might expect that a dark road ahead would prompt motorists to slow down, but a study led by Swiss researchers has reached the opposite conclusion.

Grassland with mountains in the background and two mounds

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Earliest Scythian prince tomb uncovered in Siberia

This content was published on Jan 13, 2018 Gino Caspari, from the University of Bern, confirmed her suspicions during a dig last summer in the remote Siberian wilderness. The discovery of the Kurgan, a burial site of Scythian princes, was revealed by the university this week. Analysis of wooden beams found at the site, known as Tunnug 1 or Arzhan 0, dated them…

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Hospitals fined after failing to report faulty equipment

This content was published on Jan 13, 2018 The Swiss Agency for Therapeutic ProductsExternal link (Swissmedic) confirmed to the Swiss news agency that it had issued CHF5,000 ($5,150) fines to the university hospitals at Zurich and Basel and the cantonal hospital of St Gallen. The products included cannulas for heart surgery on babies and other equipment that was partly rusty, bent, broken or contained…

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Annemarie Schwarzenbach: America’s Great Depression

This content was published on Jan 13, 2018 Between 1936 and 1938, Swiss photographer Annemarie Schwarzenbach traveled several times to the United States.

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