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How Graubünden integrates asylum seekers in the job market

This content was published on Oct 3, 2016 Only a third of all asylum seekers accepted by Switzerland have found work after seven years. Canton Graubünden is doing better than average with over 40% of refugees integrated into the job market. Part of the reason is Graubünden’s job coaching project. Job coaching is unique to the canton. The programme provides refugees with coaching…

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Trial for prison therapist’s murder begins in Geneva

This content was published on Oct 3, 2016 Two years ago, the suspect was serving a 20-year sentence for two rape convictions when his therapist, a 34-year-old woman, accompanied him alone to an arranged horse-riding therapy session. She was later found dead in a forest near Geneva. The suspect is believed to have slit her throat with a knife that he requested they…

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Swiss authorities open Syrian war crimes investigation

This content was published on Oct 3, 2016 The latest investigation against a person currently in Switzerland who is suspected of war crimes in Syria was opened in August and was first reported by the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. According to the report, it is the second such investigation opened in Switzerland related to the Syria conflict. No further details were provided about…

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The crowd isn’t always a reliable partner

This content was published on Oct 3, 2016 The arts are one of the major beneficiaries of crowdfunding in Switzerland. But that isn’t to say that every project is successful – far from it.

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Power line collision caused military helicopter crash

This content was published on Oct 2, 2016 Military investigators have identified the cause of the crash, that happened near to the Gotthard Pass in central Switzerland, but still do not know if the collision was caused by pilot error or other factors. The military authorities had earlier played down the chances of mechanical error while investigators said there appeared to be nothing…

Education

Corporate cash ‘boosts university’s global appeal’

This content was published on Oct 2, 2016 In an interview with the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, economics faculty head Ernst Fehr said that Switzerland’s largest bank had paid for three of the new professors and had played a role in securing a fourth. Third party funds, such as the non-profit Jacobs Foundation, had helped to finance the other appointments. The new names…

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Popular Air Force display cancelled after fatal crashes

This content was published on Oct 1, 2016 The display was called off following a military helicopter crash earlier this week, which killed the pilot and co-pilot and injured a flight assistant, and an accident on August 29 that claimed the life of an F/A-18 fighter jet. The Super Puma helicopter came down in the central Swiss Alps on Wednesday after dropping off…

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Jewish family demands Picasso painting compensation

This content was published on Oct 1, 2016 A German-Jewish businessman, Paul Leffmann, was forced to sell the artwork “The Actor” at a cut price in order to finance his escape from Italy to Zurich in 1938, according to legal documents filed in New York on Friday. The painting ended up in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which the petitioners claim failed…

Culture

Episode 6: The Swiss alphabet

This content was published on Oct 1, 2016

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Ticino: Nostalgia vs reality

This content was published on Oct 1, 2016 Power lines, street lights, road signs, TV antennae, concrete walls, parking spaces as well as new roads and building have transformed the picture-postcard landscapes of the past. Steinegger attempts to showcase this transformation of Ticino over a relatively short span of time. In his book “Ticino – ieri e oggi” he doesn’t just document the…

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