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Boat crash on Lake Zurich causes injuries

This content was published on Apr 21, 2016 The ship ‘MS Albis’, which carries passengers around the lake, collided with the jetty at Küsnacht, a wealthy commune on the edge of the lake known as the gold coast. The Albis is one of 12 boats regularly operating on Lake Zurich, which includes two steamboats. According to the Lake Zurich Navigation Company (ZSG), damages…

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Switzerland: A pioneer for a humane drugs policy

This content was published on Apr 20, 2016 Human beings and not drugs, need to be at the centre of drugs policy – so said the Swiss health minister, Alain Berset at a UN special session.

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Police detention of over 500 people declared legal

This content was published on Apr 20, 2016 The court in Lausanne heard the complaint of three men who were herded up by police, bound with plastic ties and detained in Zurich on May 1, five years ago. They were taken to a police barracks with hundreds of others to determine their identity and were later released without charge. They were then barred…

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US pays Basel pharma firm to develop new antibiotic

This content was published on Apr 20, 2016 The company Basilea Pharmaceutica signed the agreement with BARDA, the US government’s biomedical research and development authority, to work on phase three of developing the antibiotic drug ceftobiprole. Initially, the pharmaceutical company will receive $20 million for 18 months of research, during which time the necessary permits for using the drug in the US will…

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More doctors to be trained at Swiss universities

This content was published on Apr 20, 2016 It’s investing CHF100 million to offer additional places for students in human medicine. The aim is to turn out up to 1,300 doctors of medicine per year, a quarter more than at present. Universities – including those that do not currently have medical faculties – are now competing for the government cash. There is a…

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Insulting foreign leaders is also punishable in Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 19, 2016 An old German law has allowed for a talk show host to be prosecuted for making fun of Turkey’s president. Switzerland also has a similar statute on the books that’s been put to use.

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Swiss freeride world champion dies in avalanche

This content was published on Apr 19, 2016 According to a report, Balet was the second person to go down a narrow rocky slope but triggered a one-kilometre avalanche which swept her away above the Valais resort of Orsières. She was wearing an avalanche detector, airbag and helmet. When the rescue team arrived, she had been freed from the snow. But “despite an…

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Lawyers scrutinise books in Panama Papers wake

This content was published on Apr 19, 2016 The recent Panama Papers scandal has prompted the body that self-regulates Swiss lawyers to check up on members that have dealings with politically exposed person (PEPs) or offshore trust funds.

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Swiss immigration continues to slow

This content was published on Apr 19, 2016 Government figures released on Tuesday showed that net immigration for the January to March period fell by 15,027 people, or -34.5% down on the same period last year. The total number of people arriving fell by 9.7% in the first quarter, while those leaving rose by 11.5% compared with 2015, according to the State Secretariat…

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Nepali films ready for the big stage after civil war

This content was published on Apr 19, 2016 Most people in Nepal would prefer to forget the dark decade from 1996 to 2006. The Maoist-influenced Communist Party of Nepal had declared an all-out “people’s war” against the government, plunging the country into a state of chaos and terror. The armed insurgency was fought in the Nepali countryside where the rebels made the most…

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