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UAE claims Swiss TV reporters broke regulations

View outside the new Louvre Museum in Abu Dhab

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.

Growing, consuming and dealing cannabis are all forbidden in Switzerland.

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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.

Press image of the exhibition Scanning Sethos. The rebirth of a Pharoah.

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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…

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In ten years, Swiss agriculture reduces antibiotics usage by half

This content was published on Nov 13, 2017 The use of antibiotics in the Swiss agriculture sector has been cut down by almost half over the past decade, claims the Swiss Farmers’ Union (SFU).

The Swiss fotball team stand behind a banner saying thankyou in various languages on the pitch

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Switzerland qualify for World Cup finals

This content was published on Nov 13, 2017 Switzerland were grateful for Ricardo Rodriguez clearing the ball off his own goal line in the 91st minute after his side failed to take advantage of several opportunities in wet and slippery conditions. Switzerland’s opponents in the opening stages of the World Cup will be announced on December 1 in Moscow. “In all honesty, nobody…

Un impiegato di banca ritratto di schiena seduto davanti al computer mentre si stira.

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How far does CHF6,000 really get you in Switzerland?

This content was published on Nov 13, 2017 When travelling abroad, especially to countries with much lower wages, the Swiss may immediately try to change the subject, or even lie shamelessly, when asked how much they earn. How to explain that your monthly income of CHF5,500 to CHF6,500 ($5,520 to $6,530) simply cannot be compared with the salaries earned by those around you? …

A Liberian man walks pass an Ebola awareness mural in downtown Monrovia, Liberia in 2015

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Aid money: spending every penny wisely

This content was published on Nov 13, 2017 News that the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) had uncovered fraud in its Ebola operation caused dismay.

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Mit einem 0:0 über die Ziellinie

This content was published on Nov 13, 2017 Die Schweiz qualifizierte sich am Sonntagabend für die Fussball-WM im kommenden Sommer in Russland. Drei Tage nach dem 1:0 in Nordirland reichte ein torloses Remis im Barrage-Rückspiel in Basel. Nach dem Hinspiel hätten die letzten 90 Minuten der Qualifikation in Basel zu einer reinen Formsache werden können. Das Spiel fand auf einem durchnässten Rasen statt, der Ball lief schlecht. Und weil die Schweizer ihre Torchancen nicht…

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Swiss TV journalists arrested, held in Abu Dhabi

This content was published on Nov 12, 2017 Serge Enderlin and Jon Bjorgvinsson were in Abu Dhabi reporting on the museum opening for the French-language programme “Mise au Point”. They were arrested while filming at a market and interrogated for nine hours without a break, according to a statement on the RTS website. External link Abu Dhabi officials confiscated and kept their cameras, computers…

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