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The most important ski race of the year – in numbers

A Swiss skiier during the 2018 FIS Ski World Cup in Wengen

This content was published on Jan 13, 2018 What were some of the figures driving the 88th installment of the world famous ski event, this weekend in Wengen?

Sophie Taeuber-Arp on the old CHF50 note

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Influential artist Taeuber-Arp died on this day

This content was published on Jan 13, 2018 Sophie Taeuber-Arp, the long-neglected pioneer of modernism, died on this day from carbon monoxide poisoning 75 years ago.

View of a house where people were held hostage

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Thieves take Swiss family hostage and flee to France with gold

This content was published on Jan 12, 2018 Six individuals took a Swiss businessman’s family hostage at dawn on Friday, forcing him to hand them gold from his Cendror company.

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Federal court decision gives asylum seekers more legal rights

This content was published on Jan 12, 2018 The Federal Administrative Court has ruled that Switzerland cannot send an Iraqi family back to Germany, but must examine their asylum request itself.

Freiburg police said the case came to light following an anonymous tip-off to police in September

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Swiss man linked to suspected German paedophile ring

This content was published on Jan 12, 2018 A Swiss man is among those arrested over ties to a suspected online paedophile ring in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg.

Patrick Kueng of Switzerland in action during a training session of the men s downhill race

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The most important ski race of the year – in numbers

This content was published on Jan 12, 2018 There are a lot of superlatives to describe the Lauberhorn ski race. It’s the oldest and longest race of the International Ski Federation’s Ski World Cup, and the most important sporting event in the Jungfrau ski region. It draws one of the largest audiences on Swiss television – more than one million viewers. Clearly, the race is an extraordinary…

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and his French counterpart Jean-Yves le Drian

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France to pay back millions for welfare payments

This content was published on Jan 12, 2018 A long-running controversy between France and Switzerland over welfare payments made to their respective citizens appears to have been settled.

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A step towards a new global compact on migration

This content was published on Jan 12, 2018 UN Secretary-General António Guterres explains how migration can benefit the world and what the UN are planning to do to help.

Swiss ski racer Patrick Kueng takes on a training run at the 2018 Lauberhorn race

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How a village profits from a giant downhill ski race

This content was published on Jan 12, 2018 How dependent is the mountain village of Wengen on the Lauberhorn World Cup downhill ski race, that took place this weekend?

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Royal Philharmonic drops Swiss conductor

This content was published on Jan 11, 2018 The decision was communicated by the RPO on Wednesday following an emergency meeting of the board and “further dialogue” with the Swiss conductor. Dutoit, 81, had already announced in June 2017 that he would vacate his post in October 2019. “Whilst Mr Dutoit continues to seek legal counsel to defend himself, the protracted uncertainty and…

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