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Swiss National Bank still investing in arms makers

This content was published on Sep 6, 2015 The bank’s portfolio includes investments in manufacturers of controversial weapons like cluster bombs and mines despite pledging in 2013 to distance itself from such companies. It blames the discrepancy on specialist firms that handle its investments. According to German-language paper “NZZ am Sonntag”, the SNB holds CHF550 million ($565.5 million) worth of shares in US…

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Indian motorbike a hit with Swiss ‘silver riders’

This content was published on Sep 6, 2015 It’s a sunny Sunday morning in Herisau, the capital of the small rural canton of Appenzell Ausser Rhoden. The sleepy silence at the train station is suddenly shattered by the roar of motorcycle engines. The intruders are not to be feared. They are ordinary, grey-haired riders on vintage-looking motorcycles with “Royal Enfield” etched on the…

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Buskers brighten the streets of Bern

This content was published on Sep 5, 2015 What’s it like to be a busker in Bern? Listen here and find out.

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Libellules – the other side of the tracks in Geneva

This content was published on Sep 5, 2015 Award-winning Swiss photographer Christian Lutz spent three months documenting life in Libellules, a poor multicultural district in central Geneva.

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Tour bus collision leaves 41 injured

This content was published on Sep 4, 2015 Forty-one people were injured in central Switzerland when a British tourist bus and four trucks were involved in a collision on Friday, police said.

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FIFA reform head promises concrete proposals in Bern

This content was published on Sep 3, 2015 “By October I think we will be discussing the first draft documents of reform,” François Carrard told a news conference on Thursday at the Bellevue Hotel next to the Swiss parliament. Carrard’s panel began its work this week trying to help FIFA restore credibility by ensuring its operations will no longer be tainted by corruption.…

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‘Death to gays’ bishop escapes church rebuke

This content was published on Sep 3, 2015 The Swiss Bishops' Conference has distanced itself from controversial comments on homosexuality by Bishop Huonder.

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Swiss freeze millions amid probe of Malaysian fund

This content was published on Sep 3, 2015 Both Swiss and Malaysian authorities are conducting inquiries concerning the fund, whose advisory board is chaired by Prime Minister Najib Razak. The fund has been dogged by controversy over its $11 billion (CHF10.7 billion) debt and alleged financial mismanagement. “On August 14, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office opened criminal proceedings against two executives of the Malaysian…

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Rejected asylum seekers with nowhere to sleep

This content was published on Sep 3, 2015 As is happening in other countries, grassroots organisations are doing their part to help refugees or migrants arriving in European countries. In Lausanne, a group of activists have taken over an abandoned school so refugees would have a roof over their head. City authorities opposed the action and have filed a criminal complaint. In Geneva…

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US and Swiss prosecutors to update on FIFA probes

This content was published on Sep 1, 2015 Federal prosecutors from the United States and Switzerland heading investigations of corruption in international football are due to meet in Zurich later this month and hold a joint news conference.

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