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Large ship stranded on Lake Lucerne

This content was published on Dec 8, 2017 The accident happened at the port of Kehrsiten in canton Nidwalden shortly after 9pm. It caused the MS Diamant to spring a leak in the side of the hull, resulting in water rushing into the ship. According to cantonal police, the 163 passengers managed to leave the boat unharmed at the nearby port of Kehrsiten-Bürgerstock. While…

A cover image for a Nouvo video about St Nicholas’s sidekick.

History

St Nicholas’s sidekick – where does he come from?

This content was published on Dec 8, 2017 Three theories about where St Nick’s helper comes from and why he has a blackened face…

Education

Swiss School Beijing officially recognised

This content was published on Dec 8, 2017 The Swiss School in Beijing has been officially recognised by the Swiss government.

Education

What a typical Swiss student is like

This content was published on Dec 8, 2017 There are almost 200,000 university students in Switzerland. What do we know about their backgrounds and how do they get by financially?

Demographics

First ‘homemade’ Swiss business jet approved for take off

This content was published on Dec 8, 2017 Pilatus revealed on Friday that the PC-24 jet had obtained type certificates from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This clears the ground for the planes to be delivered to customers abroad. “The PC-24 is fully produced and assembled in Stans, Switzerland. Of course, we also buy components…

Demographics

Swiss border guard found guilty in case of Syrian stillbirth

This content was published on Dec 7, 2017 A Swiss border guard has been found guilty of negligence involving the stillbirth of a Syrian refugee woman whom he was escorting to Italy in 2014.

Revellers wearing lanterns parade through the streets at the carnival procession of Basel.

Culture

Basel’s Fasnacht carnival wins Unesco ‘intangible’ status

This content was published on Dec 7, 2017 The Fasnacht in Basel – Switzerland’s largest carnival – has joined Unesco’s list of “intangible heritage”.

Culture

A Swiss architect’s love affair with a village set to become a hotel

This content was published on Dec 7, 2017 An architect who once studied a small mountain community in Ticino weighs in on plans to turn it into a hotel to keep it from dying out.

Demographics

Swiss-Palestine Society condemns Trump’s decision on Jerusalem

This content was published on Dec 6, 2017 President Donald Trump has reversed decades of United States policy and recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Culture

Here comes Santa Claus, on Lake Lucerne

This content was published on Dec 6, 2017 Every year, a village on Lake Lucerne hosts one of Switzerland’s most spectacular holiday traditions: the Klausjagen.

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