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Study finds increased paediatric cancer risk near motorways

This content was published on Nov 3, 2015 Researchers from the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) looked for relationships between proximity to a Swiss motorway and the number of cancer cases registered in children between 1985 and 2008. They found that children growing up within 100 metres of a motorway had a 47% to 57% higher risk of contracting leukaemia. Despite…

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UBS also under scrutiny over FIFA

This content was published on Nov 3, 2015 “UBS has, and reportedly numerous other financial institutions have, received inquiries from authorities concerning accounts relating to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and other constituent soccer associations and related persons and entities,” UBS said in its third-quarter financial report on Tuesday, without giving further details. “UBS is cooperating with authorities in these inquiries.”…

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Swiss receive average marks in language survey

This content was published on Nov 3, 2015 Switzerland just barely maintained the designation “good knowledge”. It ranked behind neighbouring Austria (10th place) and Germany (11th), as well as Portugal (13th) and Romania (16th). But it performed distinctly better than its other neighbours Italy (28th) and France (37th). The survey, carried out for the fifth time by EF, measured the English knowledge of…

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The long road to stopping FGM

This content was published on Nov 3, 2015 In Switzerland it’s estimated that 14,700 girls and women have experienced or are threatened with FGM. Most come from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Egypt. The practice is a human right violation and a criminal offence in Switzerland. The Federal Office of Public Health and the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) support various prevention and awareness measures…

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Second FIFA official extradited to US

This content was published on Nov 3, 2015 José Maria Marin, former president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, was turned over to two American police officers on Tuesday. They accompanied him to New York, according to the US Justice Department. Appearing in court later the same day, Marin pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against him, and was released on bail. Marin’s…

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Why so many Swiss OAPs live below the breadline

This content was published on Nov 2, 2015 That’s according to the pensioner’s group Pro Senectute, and the recently-published Global AgeWatch Index, which draws on data from the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Labour Organization and the Gallup World Poll. This is despite that fact that the alpine country has the third highest gross national income per capita in the world.…

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What future for Francoprovençal?

This content was published on Nov 2, 2015 Although Swiss multilingualism is protected by law, native speakers of a patois spoken in pockets of western Switzerland are dying out. Sociolinguist Jonathan Kasstan looks at efforts to keep Francoprovençal alive by passing it onto adult learners.

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Task force wants travel ban for Swiss jihadis

This content was published on Nov 2, 2015 The Swiss intelligence services are monitoring 70 Swiss alleged to have travelled to conflict zones to join jihadi groups.

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Lunch with Sepp Blatter

This content was published on Nov 1, 2015 But on May 27, 15 minutes after he woke up, his morning routine was broken by a phone call. Swiss police, acting on extradition requests from the US Department of Justice, launched a raid on Zurich’s Baur-au-Lac hotel and arrested seven senior FIFA officials on suspicion of taking more than $100m of bribes between them. …

A mosaic of post-war life

This content was published on Oct 31, 2015 “Photo Mosaic Switzerland” is a mirror of social change which tells in fragments the history of Switzerland.

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