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Festival lights up Geneva

This content was published on Dec 24, 2016 Geneva is being shown off in a contemporary light thanks to art installations and projections alongside the traditional Christmas decorations.

UN approves Syrian war crimes investigation team

This content was published on Dec 22, 2016 “According to Switzerland, a just and lasting peace is only possible if violations of international law are consistently pursued and punished,” the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Thursday. The new UN resolution to establish with war crimes team was adopted with 105 votes for, 15 against and 52 abstentions. It…

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The bells of St Anna’s chapel

This content was published on Dec 22, 2016

Culture

Study: Less stereotyping – and political coverage – for women

This content was published on Dec 22, 2016 Can under-representation of female parliamentary candidates in Swiss news coverage be blamed on the media? Researchers say there's more to the story.

Culture

Long battle ahead to curb fake news

This content was published on Dec 21, 2016 Swiss and European experts caution that training machines to detect misinformation on social media is no easy task.

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Police say no terror links to Zurich mosque gunman

This content was published on Dec 20, 2016 Police say the man responsible for the shooting incident at the Zurich Islamic Centre on Monday evening was a 24-year-old Swiss.

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The hidden cost of economic growth

This content was published on Dec 20, 2016 The backdrop of the book is the Indian state of Chhattisgarh where the over seven million tribals make up a quarter of the population. Most are subsistence farmers and forest gatherers. But their simple way of life is under threat. Farm and forest land set aside for them are being acquired by the government and…

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The place where migrants get free language lessons

This content was published on Dec 19, 2016 Learning the local language is key to integration of immigrants. Should the state pick up the tab, as they're doing in one part of Switzerland?

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Individuals probed over terror financing

This content was published on Dec 18, 2016 Six criminal proceedings are underway for “support of a criminal organisation”. They include people with ties to a foundation in canton Geneva and an association in Bern, according to the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. The developments were cited in a report compiled by the Financial Action Task ForceExternal link, an inter-governmental body charged with fighting…

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Language lessons, fake news and gender bias

This content was published on Dec 18, 2016 These are the stories we are following in the week of December 19.

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