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Court drops case against bishop who denounced gays

This content was published on May 20, 2016 Pink Cross, the umbrella association for Swiss gay groups, announced on Friday that the cantonal court’s appeals body decided there was insufficient evidence to take up criminal proceedings against the 74-year-old bishop. The gay rights group will also have to pay costs and compensation amounting to CHF1,500 ($1,514). “The situation is unsatisfactory and demonstrates the…

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Underage asylum seekers to get better care

This content was published on May 20, 2016 Almost 3,000 unaccompanied minors – often aged 14 to 16 – came to Switzerland last year, and made a request for asylum. This compares with 795 for 2014External link. Their most common countries of origin are Eritrea, Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria. Under the Swiss federal system, it’s the country’s 26 cantons who are in charge of…

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Episode 3: Birchermuesli

This content was published on May 20, 2016 Swiss Birchermuesli

Parliament finds no evidence of PLO deal

This content was published on May 19, 2016 A journalist had claimed in a book that a former Swiss foreign minister had struck a pact with PLO representatives that assured Swiss diplomatic support in exchange for immunity from terrorist attacks. A Swissair flight was the victim of a bomb attack in February 1970, killing 47 passengers as it crashed just after take-off in…

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Federer pulls out of French Open

This content was published on May 19, 2016 The world number three has failed to recover from a back problem he sustained earlier this month. “I have been making steady progress with my overall fitness, but I am still not 100% and feel I might be taking an unnecessary risk by playing in this event before I am really ready,” he posted on…

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Swiss men have world’s longest life expectancy

This content was published on May 19, 2016 The World Health Organization (WHO) life expectancy statistics, presented Wednesday in Geneva, place Swiss men above Icelanders, who held the top spot in the report’s last edition in 2012. Boys born in Switzerland can expect to live to the age of 81.3 years, considerably above the world average of 69.1 years. Swiss women live to…

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Switzerland sends last of FIFA suspects to US

This content was published on May 19, 2016 The former head of the Nicaraguan football federation, who recently worked for the world governing body FIFA, pleaded not guilty to racketeering charges on Wednesday in New York. Earlier in the day, two US police officers took charge of him in Zurich and accompanied him on a flight to the US. Rocha, 65, was extradited…

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Geneva auction sees record diamond sales

This content was published on May 19, 2016 The sales were part of a record-breaking $175 million jewelry auction at Sotheby’s in Geneva on Tuesday. Nicknamed the Oppenheimer Blue, the blue jewel weighs in at 14.62 carats and was named after its previous owner, Sir Philip Oppenheimer. His family controlled the De Beers jewel company for 80 years. The previous record blue diamond…

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Defence firm says no sensitive data acquired in hack

This content was published on May 18, 2016 Several newspapers reported last week that hackers from Russia had broken into RUAG’s database and gained access to information about a secret special forces unit of the Swiss army, established for risky operations in foreign countries. However, on Thursday, RUAG said such information is not stored on the company’s computer servers and could not have…

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Asylum seeker detention ruled unlawful

This content was published on May 18, 2016 Switzerland’s highest court said that the man’s rights had been violated by the unreasonably long duration of his legal process, during which he was unfairly denied his right to liberty. There was insufficient evidence to suggest the man may have tried to evade the authorities and stay in Switzerland illegally, the court ruled. The asylum…

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