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The story behind a Swiss Olympic bid

This content was published on Nov 15, 2017 Could a Swiss city become host to the 2026 Winter Olympics?

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Annemarie Schwarzenbach’s extraordinary life, in pictures 

This content was published on Nov 15, 2017 On the 75th anniversary of the photographer's tragic death, more than 3,000 of her pictures are being made available to the public.

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Swiss aid worker in Darfur region set free

This content was published on Nov 15, 2017 A senior Sudanese official said security forces launched an operation to free the woman from where she was being held in a rural area near Kutum. He added that the victim was in “good health” but gave no further details of the rescue operation or the kidnappers. The Swiss foreign ministry said it was relieved and…

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Is 5G mobile wireless a health risk?

This content was published on Nov 14, 2017 The Swiss government has revised the allocation of frequencies, clearing the way for 5G, or fifth generation wireless, but is it bad for your health?

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UAE claims Swiss TV reporters broke regulations

This content was published on Nov 14, 2017 The National Media Council (NMC)External link, which oversees media activities in the Gulf state, issued a statement saying it “respects the right of all media outlets to freely inform through the United Arab Emirates”, AFP reported on Tuesday. However, it added that media activities must be carried out “in accordance with the laws and regulations”…

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Health spending continues to rise

This content was published on Nov 14, 2017 Increasing numbers of elderly people plus the stable Swiss economy have resulted in a 4.1% increase in health care expenditures this year.

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Bern cannabis study rejected for legal reasons

This content was published on Nov 14, 2017 The University of Bern has been told it cannot conduct a study on the effects of the regulated sale of cannabis in pharmacies.

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Life-sized copy of pharaoh’s tomb displayed in Basel

This content was published on Nov 14, 2017 The grave of Seti I (1290-1279 BC, also known as Sethos I) is the largest of its kind yet discovered. In 1817, the Italian explorer and archaeologist Giovanni Battista Belzoni praised the impeccable state of preservation when he discovered the tomb 3,000 years after the young pharaoh’s death. Over the following 200 years the tomb’s…