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No retirement for Swiss tennis legend

Federer celebrates in front of the Wimbledon crowd

This content was published on Jul 16, 2017 It was all Roger Federer in the Swiss news media after his historic win at Wimbledon – and fans can look forward to seeing him keep playing.

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Federer’s path to 19 Grand Slam tennis titles

This content was published on Jul 16, 2017 Is tennis record holder Roger Federer an early starter or late developer? A swissinfo.ch graphic looks at the evidence.

A poster in the shop window advertises the sale of legal cannabis

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Where there’s smoke, there’s political fire

This content was published on Jul 16, 2017 The rising popularity of marijuana that doesn’t make you high is causing a headache for Swiss politicians.

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How long do immigrants stay in Switzerland?

This content was published on Jul 16, 2017 An in-depth, data-led look at the issue of how long foreigners stay in the country.

Chantal Panozzo in front of Baden’s city hall

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How to travel like a local in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 15, 2017 American writer Chantal Panozzo lived in Switzerland for almost ten years – long enough to fill a book with nearly 100 travel tips.

The artificial heart imitates a human heart as closely as possible

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Zurich researchers develop lifelike artificial heart

This content was published on Jul 15, 2017 If it looks like a heart, and it beats like a heart, is it a heart? Not quite, but scientists at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich have come very close to creating an artificial replica of the body’s pump. The institute announced in a press releaseExternal link that the model, which is the same…

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Gory glory! In the ring with Switzerland’s boxing champs

This content was published on Jul 15, 2017 In the early years of the 20th century, boxing was booming in Paris. On the front line was the Swiss former world champion Frank Erne.

Swiss student helping asylum seeker build wooden bench

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The designers making life better at an asylum centre

This content was published on Jul 14, 2017 The students are on an unusual four-week course as part of a longer study programme. In this time they work on small projects to try and make life a little better, or easier, for the asylum seekers living in a large exhibition-centre hall in Zurich, which has been turned into temporary accommodation. A trade-fair hall…

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Why do ethnic Albanians do the double-headed eagle?

This content was published on Jul 13, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Sometimes it’s hard for Tama and her friends of different ethnic origins to stay true to family traditions. She asks Arjeta what being an ethnic Albanian means to her. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

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Swiss to help Indian tax-dodging investigation

This content was published on Jul 13, 2017 The decision was reached on Thursday by the Federal Administrative Court in St Gallen, which rejected an appeal by two Indian citizens and two companies that are subject to requests by the Indian taxman following up on data included in the Falciani files. The concerned parties had opposed a previous decision by the court to…

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