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Motive in Swiss chainsaw attack remains unclear

Schaffhausen prosecutor (left) and senior police officer at press conference

This content was published on Jul 26, 2017 The 51-year-old suspect was apprehended by police in Thalwil on Lake Zurich about 60km (37 miles) south of the crime scene following a major international operation involving 300 policemen and the public, officials said on Wednesday. He did not show any signs of resistance and carried a plastic bag with two small crossbows and wooden…

Building site at Glattpark in Zurich in 2014.

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How long does it take to buy a Swiss home?

This content was published on Jul 26, 2017 We look at the state of the Swiss housing market, and key questions about renting and purchasing.

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Chipping along with the urban golfers

This content was published on Jul 26, 2017

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Suspect in Swiss chainsaw attack arrested

This content was published on Jul 25, 2017 Police are searching for a male suspect who injured five people, one seriously, in a chainsaw attack in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen.

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Tributes pour in for Swiss pop music pioneer

This content was published on Jul 25, 2017 Switzerland is remembering pop star Polo Hofer who died at the weekend.

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New Swiss school to open in Beijing

This content was published on Jul 25, 2017 The Swiss School in Beijing, opening next month, will be the first of its kind in China.

Polo Hofer, with a red wrist band sporting the Swiss cross, sings into a microphone on stage

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Swiss rock star Polo Hofer dies

This content was published on Jul 25, 2017 Hofer, who continued performing until shortly before his death aged 72, was also an author, poet, actor and voracious Twitter user. The public voted him as ‘Swiss of the Year’ for 2015 at the annual Swiss Awards show. Hofer, from Interlaken in canton Bern, wrote a farewell Twitter message in Swiss-German shortly before his death…

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Swiss want UN access to Libyan migrant detention centres

This content was published on Jul 24, 2017 On Monday, Sommaruga participated in the second Europe-Africa ministerial contact group meeting on migration in Tunis, where she asked Libyan authorities to work with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to ensure the human rights of migrants are respected. The detention centres hold migrants intercepted at sea by…

Group of immigrants from Italy and Spain at a public ceremony in Zurich

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Prejudice tarnishes Swiss immigration image

This content was published on Jul 24, 2017 However, more than a third of the respondents said they were the victims of racial prejudice and discrimination. The Migration Mobility SurveyExternal link conducted by the University of Geneva polled 6,000 people from seven European countries and four other world regions who arrived in Switzerland between 2006 and 2016. In their preliminary findings, the researchers…

A person takes a smartphone photo of his coffee

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Twelve things that might surprise you while visiting Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 24, 2017 If you are among the growing number of Americans visiting Switzerland – more than 900,000 of you are expected this year - best come prepared.

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