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High winds mark start of year

This content was published on Jan 6, 2018 These are the most interesting statistics to appear in the past week’s stories from Switzerland.

A forest at Kestenholz, canton Solothurn, which was destroyed by storm Burglind

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Calm slowly returns to Switzerland after storm Burglind

This content was published on Jan 5, 2018 After several days of heavy rain and snow caused by storm Burglind, the situation is gradually returning to normal.

Winter sports fans at Bedea-Novaggio in canton Ticino

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Swiss ski resorts enjoy busy start to season

This content was published on Jan 5, 2018 Mountain resorts have registered large increases in the number of ski lift passengers at the start of the 2017-2018 season.

An original Routemaster Bus from 1966 in London

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The cost and quality of living in two very different capitals

This content was published on Jan 5, 2018 Neither city would win an award for being affordable, but just how do they compare? The cost of living Crowd-sourced cost of living website NumbeoExternal link puts Bern in 5th place out of 525 cities around the world, and LondonExternal link 34th (as of January 2018), for how expensive it is to live there. According to the website, rent…

A damaged street following a landslide between Frutigen and Adelboden, Switzerland

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Adelboden: Ski World Cup race to go ahead

This content was published on Jan 5, 2018 Adelboden authorities say the World Cup ski races at the weekend will go ahead, despite a landslide closing the sole road to the resort.

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Kevin the organic beef farmer

This content was published on Jan 5, 2018

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Case of Swiss-American family found dead in Utah declared a murder-suicide

This content was published on Jan 5, 2018 Local police have attributed the death of a Swiss-American family of four in the US state of Utah last fall to a planned murder-suicide.

Road blocked by snow and roadworker on phone

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Snow and high water block access to Swiss mountain villages

This content was published on Jan 4, 2018 Heavy rain and snow have hit many parts of Switzerland, leaving several thousand people in the Alps temporarily cut off from the outside world.

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How to speak football

This content was published on Jan 4, 2018 Tama Vakeesan was born to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week Tama pulls on her soccer boots and joins an international team of female players.

Social security and Swiss pension system

Swiss social security is split into three ‘pillars’, to help retired people continue to finance their way of life after retirement.

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