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Swiss Catholic Church sex abuse victims may seek reparations

This content was published on Jun 22, 2016 The fight against sexual abuse within the Catholic Church took a step forwards on Tuesday with the official launch of CECAR, a sexual abuse commission that is “neutral and independent of the authorities of the Catholic Church”. CECAR is the result of almost six years’ negotiations and agreement between victims’ groups, parliamentarians and the Swiss…

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When Switzerland opened its arms to POWs

This content was published on Jun 22, 2016 Based on agreements with the belligerent nations, who paid the costs, 68000 sick and wounded British, French, German, Belgian, Canadian and Indian prisoners were interned for several months in sanatoria and hotels. These were mainly located in Alpine tourist resorts, thus supporting an industry lying idle due to the great war. The programme underlined the…

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Federal Court to rule on explicit anti-HIV campaign

This content was published on Jun 21, 2016 A group of children and their parents have lodged an appeal with the Federal Court over the “Love Life” HIV prevention campaign, which they say shows “oversexualised” images that are damaging to minors. Supported by a Christian foundation, Zukunft Schweiz, the group includes 35 children aged 4-17. The 2014 campaign advertisements in question were shown…

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Red Cross proposal would address gay donor discrimination

This content was published on Jun 21, 2016 Swiss Transfusion SRC plans to submit the request for a change to Swissmedic, the federal authority responsible for approving medicines and medical devices, it said at a press conference on Monday. If the proposed change is accepted, it will go into effect in 2018 at the earliest. Blanket, definitive exclusion of homosexuals as blood donors…

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Herzog & de Meuron revisit the Tate Modern

This content was published on Jun 20, 2016 In 2000, the Herzog & de MeuronExternal link architecture firm converted the former Bankside Power Station in London into what is now known as the Tate ModernExternal link museum. With 4.7 million visitors in 2015 it’s one of the most visited contemporary art museums in the world. In June 2016, the extension was opened by…

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‘I hope Puma doesn’t make condoms’

This content was published on Jun 20, 2016 The goalless draw, which allowed both Switzerland and France to advance to the knockout phase, was not excessively rough or dirty, yet three times in the first half Swiss players had to go to the sidelines to swap their torn tops. “This was a very unfortunate incident and Puma apologises to the Swiss federation and…

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Deadly silence

This content was published on Jun 20, 2016 What remains of the boat that sunk on October 3, 2013 off the coast of Lampedusa, leaving 366 victims? A year after the tragedy, photographer Francesco Zizola accompanied a team of divers to the wreck site.

Taking action against falsified residence applications

This content was published on Jun 19, 2016 “In most cases, this involves citizens from third states, for whom visas are required,” according to Alexander Ott, head of the city of Bern’s office of resident services and foreign police. Involved are countries such as Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, Turkey, Russia, China, and Brazil. Not only passports but also tenancy and employment contracts are falsified,…

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Hitting the road with a horned hybrid

This content was published on Jun 19, 2016 A strange creature called Steinbockovich has been spotted around Switzerland.

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Infantino’s FIFA is a ‘return to the Blatter Middle Ages’

This content was published on Jun 18, 2016 “We have to stop the self-regulation of Fifa,” Pieth told RTS. “They are clearly not able to regulate themselves. States need to intervene, not just Switzerland on its own, but perhaps states from within the OECD [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] or the Council of Europe.” Pieth is a criminology professor at Basel University who was…

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