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Insects cause 40 serious accidents a year

This content was published on Jul 19, 2016 The current hot summer in Switzerland is being enjoyed not just by people but also by wasps, bees and mosquitos. The organisation is therefore advising people to take precautionary measures, such as not drinking out of cans. The smallest insects cause the biggest problems, SUVA said on Tuesday. Wasps, bees and ticks cause some 20,000…

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No early release for convicted IS supporter

This content was published on Jul 19, 2016 The Federal Police Office on Tuesday ordered the 32-year-old man be detained pending his deportation, according to public radio and television SRF. The announcement came just hours after the court in Bellinzona decided that the man could be released from prison by July 21, having served two-thirds of the 3.5-year sentence it handed down on March…

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The changing attitude to collecting artefacts

This content was published on Jul 19, 2016 Set among the pretend foliage, speckled light and sounds of jungle habitats lie everyday objects and ceremonial items. Recorded monkey screeches, bird squawks and even illegal logging can be heard, reminding visitors of the life and struggles of the Amazonian populations. This is Amazonia – The Shaman and the Mind of the ForestExternal link, where…

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The dying art of professional mourning

This content was published on Jul 19, 2016 Jayalakshmi Gopalan is an Oppari performer, a dying southern Indian tradition of singing at other people’s funerals. She has been invited to Switzerland to perform at the Belluard Bollwerk International festival in Fribourg where she shared her talent with swissinfo.ch. Gopalan comes from a family of astrologers who are not comfortable with her singing at…

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Found: India’s vanishing village folk traditions

This content was published on Jul 19, 2016 Discover how a Swiss dentist has made it a labour of love to document life-size terracotta statues from rural Indian traditions that could soon disappear. During his trips to southern India Stephan Gottet would stumble upon sacred groves and shrines packed with hundreds of terracotta statues. By his next visit, they would be gone. The…

The pack took in the Nydeggstalden hill in Bern's old town as the city turned out to watch

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Tour de France fever strikes Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 18, 2016 They came, they saw, they cycled. Stage 16 of the Tour de France has arrived in Switzerland.

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Court extends prison for alleged jihadist

This content was published on Jul 18, 2016 Switzerland’s top criminal court has ruled that a suspected jihadist must remain in prison until he can stand trial.

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My life in Alaska

This content was published on Jul 18, 2016 Silvia Brugger has been been living in Alaska for 17 years. For nearly a decade she ran a hunting and fishing lodge north of Anchorage with her American ex-husband. Since their separation she’s been living and working in Anchorage itself – the biggest city in the USA’s most northern state. Still, she tries to get…

Foreign inmates fall through health insurance cracks

This content was published on Jul 18, 2016 The Tagesschau news programme aired evidence of a 61-year-old inmate in a Zurich prison who has been denied medical help to treat a restricted urethra because he does not have health insurance and the condition is non-emergency. He has fallen between the cracks for lack of Swiss residency or other temporary travel papers. Bruno Gravier,…

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After Nice, security concerns prevail

This content was published on Jul 18, 2016 Adding to the challenges are the increased safety concerns of hosting the modern-day spectacle only days after a 31-year-old Tunisian-born driver ploughed a 20-ton truck into a Bastille Day crowd along the southern French coastal city of Nice, taking the lives of at least 84 people including 10 children. The Swiss veteran racer Fabian CancellaraExternal…

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