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IOC runs away from courageous decision

This content was published on Jul 25, 2016 “The IOC’s decision exposes its president’s ‘zero tolerance’ doping policy as lip service. A believable anti-doping plan would involve the opposite policy,” wrote the German language Tages-Anzeiger paper on Monday. The Olympics body especially came in for harsh criticism for outsourcing the decision on Russian athletes to individual federations. In its announcement on Sunday, it…

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No blanket ban for Russia at Olympics

This content was published on Jul 24, 2016 In an announcement on Sunday, the IOC said it will leave it to the governing bodies of individual sports to take a decision on each Russian competitor. The athletes will have to fulfill certain stipulations set out by the IOCExternal link. The IOC came to this conclusion for the Olympic Games after a report from…

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Attorney General’s office denies corruption

This content was published on Jul 24, 2016 The Schweiz am Sonntag newspaper obtained documents about the procurement process at the Attorney General’s Office, using a Freedom of Information request. It writes that the Attorney General’s Office awarded contracts for IT and consulting work almost without exception to the same companies, without inviting other firms to tender for the work. According to the…

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Memorial service held for famous Swiss clown

This content was published on Jul 23, 2016 A funeral service for the beloved Swiss clown, Dimitri has taken place in southern Switzerland.

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Newborn left in Swiss baby-hatch

This content was published on Jul 23, 2016 A baby has been left in one of Switzerland’s ‘baby boxes‘ at a hospital in Einsiedeln, canton Schwyz.

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Swiss press reflect on ‘summer of fear’, ‘week of terror’

This content was published on Jul 23, 2016 The German-language newspaper the Tages-Anzeiger responded in an opinion piece to the “summer of fear”. Like many other news organisations around the world, the paper reflected on the number of incidents to have taken place in the last few weeks – Nice, the Würzburg axe attack, the police killings in Baton Rouge and the politicians…

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The Olympic bells – made in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 23, 2016 The Olympic Games do not immediately conjure up images of bells, but they are frequently heard heralding the start of the final lap in running and cycling races. The watchmaker Omega, the official timer of the Olympic Games 2016, has ordered 21 bells for Rio. The bellmaker is a small family business founded in the…

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Expat life, a foot in two worlds

This content was published on Jul 22, 2016 It’s a Sunday morning. UK-born Maggie Gerber rings the bells of Wengen’s English Church and then stands ready to welcome all who come through the open door. As church warden for the past 20 years – one of her many local hats – she extends a ready smile, a firm handshake, and to those she…

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The changing face of Swiss film consumption

This content was published on Jul 21, 2016 Nine out of ten people in Switzerland watch films on television, with three-quarters doing so at least once a week, revealed the study on Swiss cultural habits in 2014, published on Thursday. Two-thirds of respondents used formats such as DVD and Blu-Ray to do so. Cinema, on the other hand, remains a young person’s form…

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Swiss seize Monet and Van Gogh paintings in 1MDB case

This content was published on Jul 21, 2016 A spokeswoman for the Federal Office of Justice said the paintings were Vincent van Gogh’s La maison de Vincent à Arles and Claude Monet’s Saint-Georges Majeur and Nympheas avec Reflets de Hautes Herbes. She was confirming a report by the Neue Luzerner Zeitung newspaper. “The operation is not over yet so we will not comment…

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