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Can a Swiss diploma help yoga showcase its healing potential?

This content was published on Oct 29, 2017 Switzerland is the only European country to recognise yoga therapy as a complementary medicine discipline via a national diploma for therapists.

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Where does Switzerland start – and end?

This content was published on Oct 28, 2017 “Unfamiliar Familiarities” is the latest exhibition by the Swiss Foundation of Photography.

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Trans people no longer considered mentally ill

This content was published on Oct 28, 2017

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Geneva sets Protestantism in stone

This content was published on Oct 27, 2017 The building of the International Monument to the Reformation – also known as Reformation Wall – began in 1908 and was only completed in 1917, mainly due to the interruptions of the First World War. Financed by public and private donations from Switzerland and other Protestant countries, the sculpture celebrates the major moments in Reformation…

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Indian ambassador condemns attack on Swiss tourists

This content was published on Oct 27, 2017 “We truly condemn the incident and the authorities are extending all their cooperation in finding the culprits,” Purushottam told swissinfo.ch. According to reports published by the Indian newspaper Times of India, the couple was followed by a group of men on Sunday while walking near the railway station in the town of Fatehpur Sikri. The…

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‘If there’s one thing I never was, it’s boring’

This content was published on Oct 27, 2017 Martina Hingis, owner of 25 grand slam trophies, has hung up her racket (again). swissinfo.ch looks back at a colourful career – on and off court.

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Swiss youth remain conservative

This content was published on Oct 27, 2017 The first Swiss digital natives are now grown up – but they retain the values of past generations, especially when it comes to family life.

The bearded Sperisen (centre) with his lawyers

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Ex-Guatemala police chief trial delayed

This content was published on Oct 26, 2017 Sperisen, a dual Swiss-Guatemalan citizen, had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 2014 after being found guilty of ordering the deaths of 10 prison inmates between 2005-2006 in the central American country. But earlier this year Swiss judges ordered a retrial because his defence was compromised by irregularities in the original hearing. The new trial…

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Former tennis champion Hingis ends colourful career

This content was published on Oct 26, 2017 Aged 16, Hingis rose to the top of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings in 1997 having won Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open that year. She was the WTA’s No. 1-ranked player for 209 weeks. But her prolific success as a singles player was cut short by injury in 2003, following two…

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Film, photography, art: why Gus Van Sant isn’t just a director

This content was published on Oct 26, 2017 Known for directing Hollywood blockbusters, Gus Van Sant features in the first retrospective of his work in Switzerland.

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