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Swiss bring darkness, documentaries and dilemmas to Cannes

This content was published on May 17, 2017 Four films with Swiss involvement will be screened at the 70th Cannes Film Festival. swissinfo.ch takes a look at the eclectic offerings.

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High-income households more likely to leave city centres

This content was published on May 16, 2017 It’s a common assumption that housing costs tend to drive low-income families out of city centres, but new research turns that theory on its head.

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Humanitarian staff kidnapped in Mali set free

This content was published on May 16, 2017 Unidentified gunmen abducted the team assessing the human rights situation in the central Mopti region on Monday, according to an ICRC spokesman. Local authorities said on Tuesday that the team has been set free and no ransom money was paid. Authorities said that the fact that the kidnapped workers were locals may have aided in their…

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Legal marijuana could earn millions for Swiss state

This content was published on May 16, 2017 Some 130 firms have registered with the Swiss federal authorities to sell legal pot that could generate CHF30 million ($30.2 million) in revenue.

Culture

Giacometti lover ‘re-imagined’ in Swiss Pavilion

This content was published on May 16, 2017 “Flora” is based on the artists’ research into the largely unknown American artist Flora Mayo, who studied in Paris in the 1920s at the same time as Swiss sculptor and artist Alberto Giacometti. The two became lovers. The 57th International Art ExhibitionExternal link at the Venice Biennale 2017 opened on Saturday and runs until November…

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Wil mosque attracts thousands of visitors

This content was published on May 16, 2017 Thousands of curious visitors made the trip to a new mosque in Wil in northwest Switzerland, which was inaugurated last weekend.

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Expressing the unfettered lifestyle

This content was published on May 15, 2017 Psychedelic chalets and sexual liberation – these were some of the motifs of the Swiss pop art movement that a leading museum has resurrected.

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Poverty up to 7% among Swiss residents

This content was published on May 15, 2017 The number of people living in relative poverty in Switzerland is on the increase, but it is still below the European average. Latest figures published on Monday by the Federal Statistics Office show that about 570,000 people live below the poverty threshold, including some 145,000 who have a paid job. The office said the rate…

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Controversial murder trial reopens in Geneva

This content was published on May 15, 2017 The trial of a convict suspected of killing his therapist has reopened, highlighting concerns about the rehabilitation of prisoners in Switzerland.

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Elderly Swiss crosses arctic wilderness with false leg

This content was published on May 15, 2017 A Swiss mountain guide in his sixties has become the first person with a prosthetic leg to complete a 150-km (93-mile) trek across East Greenland. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)

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