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Swiss court backs Iran in decades-old oil row with Israel

This content was published on Aug 11, 2016 The Swiss Federal Court in Lausanne rejected an appeal, citing lack of due process, against an arbitration ruling last year. The verdict, dated June 27, was available on the court’s website. It also awarded Iran CHF450,000 ($460,000) in court costs and lawyer fees, Reuters news agency reported on Thursday. It remains unclear whether Israel will…

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Addressing the shortage of Swiss doctors

This content was published on Aug 11, 2016 Switzerland has by all accounts, a well-working, although very expensive, health system. At first glance, there would seem to be enough doctors. With 4.0 doctors per 1,000 of the population, Switzerland comes in at 7th on the 2013 OECD listings for the number of doctors per 1,000 of the population. This puts it on a…

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Swiss cyclist Cancellara strikes gold in time trial

This content was published on Aug 10, 2016 Retiring cyclist Fabian Cancellara has scored Switzerland’s first gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rio.

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Swiss insurers offer discounts for sharing health data

This content was published on Aug 10, 2016 Strict data protection laws in Switzerland have not dissuaded the first pioneers from testing the waters on participatory health data sharing. Currently, two companies – CSS and Swica – offer Swiss consumers the chance to lower their health insurance premiums by attaining physical activity goals monitored by wearable devices. CSS was the first to introduce…

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Top Swiss diplomat defends Turkish coup response

This content was published on Aug 10, 2016 In an interview with the Tages-Anzeiger and Der Bund newspapers on Wednesday, Rossier was asked whether he could accept the current situation in which Turks in Switzerland who don’t support Erdogan were being threatened by the Turkish government and affiliated organisations. “The tone adopted by some exponents is unpleasant,” Rossier admitted. “But it can’t be…

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Human-scented mosquito trap effective against malaria

This content was published on Aug 10, 2016 The trap used in the study, published in the journal The Lancet on Tuesday, attracts mosquitoes through a scent imitating human skin. The insects are then sucked into the trap by a solar-powered fan. Four researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) were involved in the study, the first of its…

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Swiss court denies ‘late’ Russian bid to freeze track ban

This content was published on Aug 10, 2016 Two-time Olympic pole vault gold medallist Yelena Isinbayeva and world 110-metre hurdles champion Sergei Shubenkov had applied to the Swiss Federal Court in Lausanne to delay application of an earlier ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) – also in Lausanne – which upheld the Russian team’s ban from the Olympic track meet.…

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Thurgau woman scores Switzerland’s first Olympic medal in Rio

This content was published on Aug 9, 2016 Gerber will take home the bronze medal in the 25 metre pistol shooting event, having beaten out Chinese competitor Zhang Jianjian 8-4 for the third place honour on Tuesday. She just made it to the finals, slipping into the seventh spot of the top eight in the qualifying round. She went on to place fourth…

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Swiss reporter honoured for prolific Olympics coverage

This content was published on Aug 9, 2016 Peter A. Frei has covered 24 Olympic games during the course of his career as a sports journalist.

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Fast internet to bring digital nomads to Alps

This content was published on Aug 9, 2016 This article on Switzerland you are about to read was actually written on the island of Bali, in Indonesia.

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