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Coming through! Swiss sets world record for skiing backwards

This content was published on Feb 28, 2017 The previous record of 128.7km/h was set by Norwegian skier Anders Backe in 2012.

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Tougher rules rejected to crack down on violence

This content was published on Feb 27, 2017 Monday’s parliamentary session includes a motion to increase punishment for those who attack police and other officials.

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Authorities rebuked over restrictive asylum policy

This content was published on Feb 27, 2017 A report by the Centre for Human Rights Studies at Zurich UniversityExternal link concluded that keeping asylum seekers from moving about freely has no proper legal basis under the Swiss constitution. The Federal Anti-Racism Commission ordered the expert report after asylum seekers were increasingly denied access to public swimming pools or sent away from playgrounds…

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Horse dead, jockey hospitalised in St Moritz

This content was published on Feb 27, 2017 A crack in the ice on the frozen lake of St Moritz has proved fatal following an accident at the annual White Turf International Horse Races.

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Swiss addresses attractive for global mail fraud

This content was published on Feb 26, 2017 Mailing fraudulent letters to vulnerable populations such as the elderly has become a multimillion-dollar business with strong ties to Switzerland, according to a report in the SonntagsZeitung newspaper. Often, the letters promise wealth based on a psychic evaluation, calling on the recipient to send smaller amounts of money in exchange for a larger sum that…

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On the map: Two Swiss cities seek global attention

This content was published on Feb 26, 2017 Here are some of the stories we’ll bring you the week starting February 27.

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The world’s a better place when it’s upside down

This content was published on Feb 25, 2017 The Aletsch glacier, today roughly 23km long and up to 900 metres deep, is Switzerland’s largest glacier and is shrinking rapidly. While glaciers across Europe have been receding since the 1870s, the process has accelerated since the early 1980s – a phenomenon many scientists attribute to global warming.

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A carnival bridging two towns

This content was published on Feb 25, 2017 Once a year a carnival connects the Swiss and German sister towns of Laufenburg. Napoleon split the town in two in around 1800.

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CHF35 million corruption settlement for printing press firm

This content was published on Feb 24, 2017 The Office of the Attorney General on Friday confirmed an earlier report of the settlement in Der Spiegel. The subsidiary, KBA Notasys, had been accused of not doing enough to prevent corruption by “foreign agents”. The incidents involved orders originating from Brazil, Nigeria, Morocco and Kazakhstan. The company raised the alarm itself after discovering irregularities…

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Eight held over attacks at Swiss mosque

This content was published on Feb 24, 2017 Nine adults and a 17-year-old had been arrested on Tuesday for physically attacking and detaining the two Muslims inside the mosque and threatening their families back in November 2016. The victims are believed to have given information to journalists about an imam who called for non-practising Muslims to be killed. One person has since been…

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