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René Wittwer: a sporty globetrotter

This content was published on Sep 18, 2017 The former ice hockey player from Langnau in the Emmental is retired and lives in Thailand.

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A professor’s appointment wreaks havoc in Zurich

This content was published on Sep 17, 2017 In 1839, the election of a reform-minded theologist to Zurich’s education council caused an uproar that split the canton in two.

Demographics

Find the bat!

This content was published on Sep 17, 2017

Swiss universities loved by foreign students

This content was published on Sep 16, 2017 More than half of those doing a doctorate in Switzerland come from abroad, according to the latest OECD education indicators.

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More rocks crash down from Piz Cengalo

This content was published on Sep 16, 2017 There has been further landslide of rocks and earth from the Piz Cengalo mountain above Bondo. Nobody was hurt.

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Swiss likely to vote on facial covering ban

This content was published on Sep 15, 2017 Voters look set to have the final say on a proposal for a nationwide burka ban in public places in Switzerland.

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Cabinet seeks more data safety as hackers strike

This content was published on Sep 15, 2017 The Swiss defence ministry foils a cyberattack and the government presents plans for improved data protection.

Entrance to the Swiss Supreme Court in Lausanne

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Gambia’s ex-interior minister to remain in custody

This content was published on Sep 15, 2017 Ousman Sonko, a former interior minister of Gambia suspected of human rights abuses, will remain in Swiss detention until at least the end of October.

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Swiss researcher can blow his own didgeridoo thanks to Ig Nobel Prize

This content was published on Sep 15, 2017 Milo Puhan has been awarded for his paper on the effect of playing the didgeridoo on snoring and sleep apnoea.

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Swiss call for European solidarity on asylum

This content was published on Sep 14, 2017 At a meeting of European ministers in Brussels on Thursday, Sommaruga said that Switzerland will honour its promise of taking in 1,500 refugees from Italy and Greece by the end of this year. “The programme only works if everyone acts in the same manner,” she said. “It [refusal to honour quotas] annoys me because we…

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