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The forgotten underground world of Swiss bunkers

This content was published on Sep 1, 2016 What's it like to go inside what was once the biggest civilian bunker in the world?

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Concern over kids along Swiss-Italian border

This content was published on Aug 31, 2016 Authorities are turning back a growing number of unaccompanied children who are trying to cross over the border from Italy into Switzerland.

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Swiss pledge funds to stem migration from Africa

This content was published on Aug 31, 2016 The Swiss participation will boost international cooperation to tackle the roots of migration in the countries of origin and in transit states, according to the justice ministry. It also allows Switzerland to decide which projects it wants to support to complement Swiss aid programmes already underway, the statement added. At the Africa migration summit on…

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Third train attack victim, aged 17, dies of injuries

This content was published on Aug 31, 2016 Four other people were also injured in the attack. Three of them, also including a six-year-old girl, were kept in hospital. The 17-year-old who died on Wednesday had the most serious injuries. The attack occurred as the train was pulling into Salez station, near the border with Liechtenstein. The 27-year-old man used a knife and…

Culture

Jean Tinguely, the sculptor of machines

This content was published on Aug 30, 2016 The internationally-known Swiss artist died on August 30, 1991, at the age of 66. He was most famous for his whimsical kinetic sculptures.

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‘Ndrangheta trial ends with suspended sentences

This content was published on Aug 30, 2016 The trial at the Federal Criminal Court against the remaining five members of a Calabrese gang ended on Monday. As the main suspect had already been cleared at the end of 2014, the Office of the Swiss Attorney General was forced to drop the charge of participation in an organised crime group against all 13…

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More females and Swiss serving prison time

This content was published on Aug 29, 2016 There’s been a decline in the number of overall offenders serving prison sentences in Switzerland, and an increase in the numbers of female prisoners and those with a Swiss passport.

Education

Exchange student numbers and budget increase in 2016

This content was published on Aug 29, 2016 For the school year beginning in autumn 2016, more than 10,000 students signed up to take part in the offering by either coming to study in Switzerland or leaving the country to study elsewhere in Europe. According to the ch Foundation for Federal CooperationExternal link, this is the first time that more than 10,000 students…

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Three more climbers die on Monte Rosa massif

This content was published on Aug 29, 2016 Two of the climbers who died Monday morning were attempting to summit the 4,092 metre (13,425-foot) Pollux peak when they slipped on an ice sheet and fell several hundred metres. The other was on the way to the Castor peak in the same group of mountains. The three climbers killed Sunday died in a fall…

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Swiss wrestlers – and spectators – feel the heat

This content was published on Aug 29, 2016 Around 300,000 wrestling fans braved boiling temperatures for the triennial Federal Wrestling Festival.

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