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Swiss donations for Syrian crisis swell to CHF20 million

This content was published on Sep 30, 2015 The Swiss public donate CHF20 million inside a month towards refugees from war torn countries.

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Fourth FIFA official faces extradition to the US

This content was published on Sep 29, 2015 The Federal Justice Office said on Tuesday that the legal conditions were fulfilled to hand over Li who was arrested in Zurich in May – together with six other FIFA officials – and has been held in custody since. The US submitted a formal extradition request on July 1 that is based on an arrest…

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Citizenship helps immigrants integrate says study

This content was published on Sep 29, 2015 The studyExternal link led by researchers from the University of Zurich surveyed 768 immigrants who were either narrowly accepted or rejected for Swiss citizenship through the controversial secret ballot system that was in place in some German-speaking municipalities between 1970 and 2003. Under this system, citizens in the same municipality could vote to accept or…

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Sepp Blatter defends actions to staff

This content was published on Sep 28, 2015 Three days after Swiss authorities announced that it was investigating the 79-year old, the five-term head of the world football body also defended, through his attorneys that payments made to Michel Platini, were “valid compensation and nothing more”. In spite of growing media pressure to quit, the statement said Blatter will not step down, and…

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Record breaking alphorn concert in Milan

This content was published on Sep 28, 2015

Education

Survey shows Swiss youth struggle with national language learning

This content was published on Sep 28, 2015 The 2015 Swiss Federal Survey of Adolescents found that fewer than a quarter of the young respondents living in the French-speaking part of the country found it interesting to learn German in school, with the feeling reciprocated in German-speaking Switzerland. And the low interest level translates into students’ skills. Just 23% of youth from the…

Education

Why children under 12 learn faster

This content was published on Sep 28, 2015

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Sommaruga represents Switzerland in New York

This content was published on Sep 27, 2015 Swiss president Simonetta Sommaruga is in New York City this weekend to support the adoption of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Culture

Over 400 alphorn players make music, history in Milan

This content was published on Sep 26, 2015 The Swiss made history today when 420 musicians gathered in the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, Italy, for the largest-ever alphorn concert performed outside of Switzerland.

Marc-André Perrin, teacher for migrant children

Education

Teaching migrant children, one day at a time

This content was published on Sep 26, 2015 Since last autumn 150 people have been living in the Schaffhausen transit centre in the Emmenthal. Among them, 20 children. Every day they travel to the school in the neighboring village, accompanied by three mothers. The children have come a long way: Eritrea, the Ukraine, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Syria. The refugee children are in…

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