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Swiss women score best BMI figures in Europe

This content was published on Apr 1, 2016 Swiss women buck a worrying weight trend by scoring the best BMI marks in Europe, according to a study.

Culture

Basel Carnival competes for spot on heritage list

This content was published on Mar 31, 2016 A Swiss bid for the United Nations to recognize the Basel Carnival as a globally important cultural phenomenon.

Demographics

Relationships and marriage popular

This content was published on Mar 31, 2016 More than three-quarters of people in Switzerland between the ages of 18 and 80 are in a relationship.

Demographics

The Eiger: a deadly climb

This content was published on Mar 31, 2016 50 years ago, the Eiger mountain saw an accident that shocked the climbing world. Hear about that moment from a journalist, a climber who survived, and from the son who lost his father.

Strange lights at the sci-fi museum

This content was published on Mar 31, 2016 The world’s only science fiction museum is in Yverdon-les-Bains in western Switzerland, and it currently features a spectacular light exhibition that tries to build bridges between the sci-fi genre and art. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

Culture

Historic landmark passes to artist’s hands

This content was published on Mar 30, 2016 A Swiss local artist signed papers to take ownership of a 12th century castle that is an important tourist destination.

Demographics

The pensioners who revive old recipes

This content was published on Mar 30, 2016

Demographics

Bullying at school: breaking the silence to prevent suffering

This content was published on Mar 30, 2016 School has become a nightmare for 5-10% of schoolchildren in Switzerland, who suffer in silence and experience long-term consequences.

Demographics

Search suspended for US speed-flyer missing in Alps

This content was published on Mar 30, 2016 Harrison FastExternal link, 28, from Boulder, Colorado, was speed-flying in the Jungfrau region in the Bernese Alps when the six-person group he was with lost sight of him and alerted the authorities. Christoph Gnägi, a spokesman for Bern cantonal police, said on Tuesday that extensive air and surface searchers were undertaken for three days. He…

Demographics

Swiss to recognise homeopathy as legitimate medicine

This content was published on Mar 29, 2016 Homeopathy, holistic medicine, herbal medicine, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine will acquire the same status as conventional medicine by May 2017 when it comes to health insurance. After being rejected in 2005 by the authorities for lack of scientific proof of their efficacy, complementary and alternative medicines made a comeback in 2009 when two-thirds of…

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