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Exhibition traces origin of artworks

This content was published on Apr 6, 2016 The Kunstmuseum Bern is aiming to lead the way for Swiss museums in provenance research.

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Challenges posed by an ageing prison population

This content was published on Apr 5, 2016 With a total agricultural land area of 612 hectares, the minimum security prison Witzwil, located outside the Swiss capital, Bern, is also the largest farm in Switzerland. It takes a while to tour all the outbuildings, even for someone young and mobile. With the head of security, Christian Ambühl, I enter a barnlike structure full…

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School defends exempting Muslim students from handshake

This content was published on Apr 4, 2016 Last week it was reported that two Muslim students in a school in Therwil, a town outside Basel, did not wish to shake their female teacher’s hand along with the rest of the class because it went against their religious principles. In Swiss schools, teachers often greet students with a handshake before and after a…

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Understanding the daily challenges of multilingualism

This content was published on Apr 4, 2016 Speaking many languages in a multilingual country like Switzerland is certainly a blessing – but can it ever be a burden?

Culture

Multilingualism: speaking with one voice

This content was published on Apr 4, 2016 I’m waiting in the lobby of the west wing of the Swiss parliament for Graham Fraser, Canada’s Commissioner of Official LanguagesExternal link, to be ushered in by his Swiss counterpart, Nicoletta Mariolini. I’m curious as to what language the English and Italian speakers have chosen to converse in when they arrive. It’s French. Fraser is…

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How a Portuguese immigrant made it in Geneva

This content was published on Apr 4, 2016 Helena Rigotti, a Portuguese councillor for the city of Geneva, says that her success is down to a lot of hard work.

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Panama Papers put Putin funds in Zurich

This content was published on Apr 4, 2016 A leak from a law office in Panama has revealed a staggering amount of questionable banking activity around the world – including Switzerland.

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Inmates, internships and Iran

This content was published on Apr 3, 2016 Here are the stories we will be following the week of April 4.

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Swiss want more guns despite lower crime

This content was published on Apr 1, 2016 Switzerland is becoming safer. Police recently flagged up that crime rates fell by 7% in 2015, reaching a seven-year low. In 2014, homicide was actually at its lowest level in 30 years. Most homicides are carried out with sharp instruments like knives. Between 2012 and 2014 homicides and homicide attempts by guns decreased from a…

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Court releases defendants in Gazprom trial

This content was published on Apr 1, 2016 Two men accused of taking part in an alleged bribery scandal involving Russian energy giant Gazprom have been released by a Swiss court.

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