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President of Locarno Film Festival defends burka ban

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 In Switzerland, people show their face and shake hands, Solari said in an interview on Tuesday with newspaper Blick. “Whoever comes here should abide by our rules” he added. The case of two teenage Muslim brothers at a school in Therwil who refused to shake the hand of their teacher before and after class –…

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Ode to unity in four languages

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 For more than two years, the Zurich-based Swiss Society for the Common Good (SSCG) has been trying to do just that. After a contest in which 24,000 people voted on more than 200 entries submitted in the country’s four national languages, the winning text premiered at the August 1 Swiss National Day celebration on the…

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Swiss tennis nightmare in Rio continues with Wawrinka

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 “I’m very sad because after Beijing and London I would have liked to experience my third Olympic Games in Brazil; unfortunately that will now not be possible,” the 31-year-old from Lausanne said in a statementExternal link issued by his management company and published by the Swiss Tennis Federation on Tuesday. “I wish all Swiss athletes, whom I…

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Former Queen of Romania dies in Swiss hospital

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 The royal house said her body would be flown from Switzerland to Romania on Thursday and lie in state for two days ahead of the funeral in the central Romanian city of Curtea de Arges. Correspondents say she will have the most lavish royal funeral in Romania since the death in 1938 of Queen Marie.…

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Main offender in 2009 Munich attacks to pay damages

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 The Swiss man, now 24, must also pay for any future health problems of the plaintiff, a 53-year-old businessman from North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, who almost died after the beating by three Swiss 16-year-olds on a school trip. The three were convicted of attacking three unemployed men in a Munich park, one of whom was…

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The little mountain that attracted giants

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 Even Queen Victoria was carried to the 1,798 metre-high summit. In a diary entry made during her 1868 visit, she apparently scribbled, “We are amused”. It was exactly 200 years ago, on August 6, 1816 to be precise, that an inn was opened on the slanting peak, the first ever lodging of its kind on…

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Major party offers migrants naturalisation help

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 Non-Swiss who live in the country and want to become naturalised can currently apply with various types of permits, but this will change from January 1, 2018, when only those with C permits (long-term residents) will be eligible to apply to become Swiss. The leftwing Social Democrats say they want as many people as possible…

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Switzerland to send 105 athletes to Rio

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 “We are leaving for Rio with very ambitious athletes,” Ralph Stöckli, head of Swiss OlympicExternal link, told reporters on July 26. In total, 105 athletes will be making the trip to Brazil this summer for the Summer GamesExternal link from August 5-21, the biggest Swiss Olympic delegation since the Atlanta Games in 1996 when 115…

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On the image offensive at the Olympics

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 For many Brazilians, Switzerland is the place where corrupt politicians stash their money. The Swiss are trying to change that.

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‘Olympics will provide some relief to Brazilians’

This content was published on Aug 2, 2016 Regli, who has been in his post for nearly three years, says Rio will benefit from the summer Olympics, which are due to open on August 5. “The Games are a wonderful platform to present the country to potential investors,” he says. Beyond that, the two-week event will also provide some relief to people in…

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