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Swiss passport, foreign drugs and identity politics

This content was published on May 28, 2017 Here are some of the stories we will feature in the week beginning May 29.

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Controversial Swiss mosque to shut down after Ramadan

This content was published on May 28, 2017 Atef Sahnoun, the president of the An’Nur cultural association that runs the mosque, confirmed the closure to the paper SonntagsBlick. The mosque, located north of Zurich, was originally slated to close by the end of 2016, as the company that owned the property refused to renew the long-term lease. However, a temporary extension was obtained…

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Researchers pinpoint how deep sleep affects learning

This content was published on May 27, 2017 For the first time, Zurich researchers have shown exactly how the causal link between sleep and learning works in an experiment with human subjects.

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Swiss army shoemakers given the boot

This content was published on May 27, 2017 The Swiss army has decided not to have the new generation of boots for soldiers repaired.

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Bears in Arosa

This content was published on May 26, 2017

A home for elderly drug addicts

This content was published on May 25, 2017 What is life like for heroin addicts when they enter old age? One Swiss nursing home provides special care for them.

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Swiss government: no military exemption for vegans

This content was published on May 25, 2017 Claiming that the Swiss army had recently “been ridiculed by a vegan soldier”, parliamentarian Jean-Luc Addor from the conservative right Swiss People’s Party filed a motion calling for all vegans to be excluded from serving in Switzerland’s military. Addor was referring to a vegan recruit from his home canton of Valais who made headlines last…

Culture

California community journalism helps drive US media turnaround

This content was published on May 25, 2017 Community-focused journalism is at the heart of changes to the American media landscape.

Culture

The Swiss inspiration for Star Wars

This content was published on May 25, 2017 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, began the films’ connection to Switzerland. The Swiss Alps in Grindelwald, in the Bernese Oberland, provided inspiration for mountain scenery on Alderaan, Princess Leia’s home planet, that is seen in Episode III. The mountains were scouted as a suitable backdrop, and plate photography of the peaks was…

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Tama and the #Pussyhats

This content was published on May 25, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. In this episode, she takes part in the Zurich Women’s March and finds out why demonstrators are wearing pink “Pussyhats”, and how their four-legged allies are protesting too. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

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Controversial Swiss mosque to shut down after Ramadan

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Swiss army shoemakers given the boot

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A home for elderly drug addicts

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Swiss government: no military exemption for vegans

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California community journalism helps drive US media turnaround

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The Swiss inspiration for Star Wars

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