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Stories making the Swiss Sunday papers

This content was published on Sep 3, 2017 Stolen data, preventable deaths, Egyptian money and convicted rappers are all making headlines in Switzerland this Sunday.

People watching the drowning of Felix Manz in Limmat River, illustration from Reformationschronik 1605

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The Anabaptist Felix Manz meets a terrible end

This content was published on Sep 3, 2017 The people of Zurich crowded along both sides of the Limmat river to follow the drowning of Anabaptist Felix Manz in 1527.

Culture

Expat authors: the successors of Joyce and Shelley

This content was published on Sep 2, 2017 What's it like to be a novelist living abroad? We talk to four writers about their experiences in Switzerland.

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Losing sleep is a risky business, say scientists

This content was published on Sep 2, 2017 University of Zurich experts have found that prolonged lack of sleep over the course of a week can lead to heightened risk-taking.

Culture

Auguste Vautier-Dufour: the long distance photographer

This content was published on Sep 2, 2017 In the late 1800s Swiss photography pioneer Auguste Vautier-Dufour was facing a problem. How to take long distance photographs without a bulky camera.

Culture

Swiss bilingual prize goes to rapper

This content was published on Sep 1, 2017 Born in French-speaking Switzerland but a resident of German-speaking Bern, Grégoire Vuilleumier alias Greis sings in both national languages. The Bilingualism Foundation gave this year’s award to Greis for his complete immersion in both language cultures, defending their values. In this song, ‘Enfant des Etoiles’ (child of the stars), Greis switches between both French and Swiss-German…

A bespectacled man with orange beard and white robe speaks into a microphone

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Swiss welfare ‘Imam’ denies hate preaching

This content was published on Sep 1, 2017 In the interview with the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper, which first drew attention to the issue along with Swiss public television SRF, Ramadan also denies even being an imam and says reports of how much welfare money he has received are exaggerated. Last month, Ramadan found himself at the centre of a media and political storm when…

Beschlagnahmte Beute aus dem Jahrhundertraub in der Zuercher Fraumuensterpost

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The Great Swiss Post Heist of 1997

This content was published on Sep 1, 2017 The “post heist of the century” is one of the most spectacular cases in Swiss crime history and the stuff of movie scripts.

A police officer, standing in a road in wet weather next to a police car and cones, wears an orange rain and talks into jacket

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Second village evacuated in Swiss rockslide valley

This content was published on Sep 1, 2017 Several residents from the village of Spino – one stop down the same valley as Bondo – were evacuated as rocks, stones and mud spilled onto their houses. Two were airlifted by helicopter, but the authorities believe that non-one was injured. Having moved further down the valley than previous landslides, the latest movement has also…

workers clean rocks from the swiss village of Bondo, after a landslide

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Swiss raise money for those affected by Bondo landslide

This content was published on Aug 31, 2017 Aid groups are rallying to support the stricken Swiss village of Bondo, where clean-up, reconstruction, and loss of business are set to cost millions.

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