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Swiss keep up contraception habits

A woman opens a packet of contraceptive pills

This content was published on Jun 23, 2017 Condoms and the pill are the most common form of contraception, particularly among younger people. This is followed by the coil and sterilisation in older age groups. Only around 2% of women use the morning-after pill. A quarter of 15- to 49-year-old women take the contraceptive pill, which is slightly below the usage in Germany…

Aspiring police officers take part in a training

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What’s behind the push for tighter anti-terror laws?

This content was published on Jun 23, 2017 Neutral Switzerland is the ninth-safest place to live in the world, according to a think tank. So why the need for tighter Swiss anti-terrorism laws?

prisoner talks to prison officer as he leaves cell

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Prison imam fights Muslim radicalisation

This content was published on Jun 23, 2017 One in three prisoners in Switzerland worship Allah. But only a few jails allow imams to visit. The regional jail in Bern is one of them.

Rooftop of a jail with barbed wire and Swiss flag

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The imam who guides Muslims in Swiss prisons

This content was published on Jun 23, 2017 Imam Mustafa Memeti has been counselling Muslim prisoners for nearly 25 years in several Swiss prisons.

Tama, her brother, and the child asylum seekers at a refugee centre take a selfie

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Re-visiting a refugee centre

This content was published on Jun 22, 2017 Tama Vakeesan visits a refugee centre for the first time since she herself was an asylum- seeker. Her Tamil parents fled the war in Sri Lanka.

Cabinet proposes tightening anti-terror laws

This content was published on Jun 22, 2017 The Swiss government has launched a consultation process aimed at tightening laws to impose tougher penalties against terrorists and supporters.

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Day 6 of 6: Hitting the road

This content was published on Jun 22, 2017

Day 2 of 6: Learning the basics

This content was published on Jun 22, 2017

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More work but no great reward for Swiss women

This content was published on Jun 21, 2017 The distribution of household income between men and women has barely changed between 2007 and 2015, research from the Federal Statistical Office shows. One of the reasons behind the discrepancy is that less mothers (between 14% and 16.5% depending on the age of children) work full-time than fathers (at least 79%). The share of women’s income…

A man in helmet and protective suit hurtles down the Cresta Run on a skeleton sledge

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Cresta Run amputee victim awarded damages

This content was published on Jun 21, 2017 Travelling at high speed on a skeleton run in 2008, the then 32-year-old caught his ankle on a wooden post that was holding up a sun shade to protect the ice. The impact sheared his foot off at the ankle. Despite 10 procedures aimed at repairing the damage, surgeons eventually had to remove the man’s…

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