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Google Street View to include Zurich station interior

This content was published on Sep 14, 2016 The pilot project will begin on September 15 with Zurich’s main train station. The offering will allow users to see the station, its levels and its shops in detail while using Google Maps. The current Google Street View offering for Zurich Main Station is limited to areas around the station, as shown below. During the pilot…

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More accurate alcohol breath testing introduced

This content was published on Sep 14, 2016 The current breathalyzer apparatus has until now proved less reliable, resulting in the need for blood tests to give more accurate data in many cases. But tests with a new system have shown much improved accuracy. The new breathalyzer will be rolled out in stages across cantons from October 1. Drivers will be subjected to…

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Law clarified on moving house as a divorced parent

This content was published on Sep 13, 2016 Since July 1, 2014, couples who split up automatically have shared legal custody of their children and have an equal say when it comes to making decisions about the children. Previously, mothers were usually awarded sole custody. The Federal Court was reacting to a case involving the unmarried parents of a six-year-old girl. After separating,…

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Bonfol’s last container

This content was published on Sep 13, 2016

Swiss reflect passion behind Olympic nod

This content was published on Sep 13, 2016 Who sticks to indoor walls, when there are Swiss Alps and sunshine beckoning nearby? Sport climbers, in urban settings, whose ranks are swelling.

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Balzan Prizes 2016 awarded to Italians and German

This content was published on Sep 12, 2016 This year’s winners are Piero Boitani from the Sapienza University of Rome for “comparative literature”, Reinhard Jahn from the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen for “molecular and cellular neuroscience”, and Federico Capasso from Harvard for “applied photonics”. The prizes, regarded as among the most prestigious in the world, are named after Italian journalist…

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Knabenschiessen: Celebrating sure shots in Zurich

This content was published on Sep 12, 2016 Every September, Zurich teenagers prove their marksmanship skills in a target shooting competition dating back to the 16th century.

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One of three Iraqis jailed in terror case released

This content was published on Sep 11, 2016 The 32-year-old man had been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for helping the Islamic State group. He was released on Wednesday after appealing to the Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne, the highest court in Switzerland, Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitungExternal link reported on Sunday. The case highlighted the challenges that European authorities face…

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Death in the mountains, an unsettling topic

This content was published on Sep 11, 2016

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Swiss will look to Malta for help with EU dealings

This content was published on Sep 10, 2016 Schneider-Ammann, the Swiss economics minister who also holds the yearly revolving presidency among the seven-member cabinet of ministers, met with Malta’s leaders on Friday and Saturday. Malta, the tiny Mediterranean island nation south of Italy, will hold the EU’s rotating presidency during the first half of 2017. After his meetings with Malta’s President Marie-Louise Coleiro…

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