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Swiss open criminal proceedings linked to 1MDB

This content was published on Aug 21, 2015 “The Office of the Attorney GeneralExternal link confirms that, on August 14, 2015, it opened a criminal procedure against two entities of 1MDB as well as against an unknown person,” a spokesman said in an email quoted on Reuters. The case involved “suspected corruption of public foreign officials, dishonest management of public interests and money…

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Swiss embrace public nudity for art’s sake

This content was published on Aug 21, 2015 “I think it’s funny!” laughs a woman in her 80s, standing by watching nude dancer, Foofwa d’Imobilité, as he moves fluidly around a large paved square. “But is he allowed to do that?” He is. The bilingual city of Biel/Bienne has supported the Body and Freedom FestivalExternal link with CHF10,000 ($10,500 ) and the city’s…

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Nude art festival

This content was published on Aug 21, 2015 Foofwa d’Imobilité dancing

A quarter of Swiss have multiple residences

This content was published on Aug 21, 2015 More than a quarter of the Swiss population now lives regularly in more than one place, reflecting the adoption of a more "nomadic" lifestyle.

Culture

Remembering Mattmark

This content was published on Aug 19, 2015 On August 30, 1965, the tongue of a glacier collapsed at the construction site of the Mattmark dam in canton Valais – destroying it and killing 88 people.

Church makes gesture for past child labour victims

This content was published on Aug 18, 2015 Up until the 1980s, tens of thousands of Swiss children were placed in foster care, often on farms, because their families were deemed by the authorities to be incapable of caring for them. They were sometimes beaten, malnourished, or sexually abused. The system was sanctioned by the state and the Catholic church. Unmarried teenage mothers…

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When overtaxed carers turn violent

This content was published on Aug 18, 2015

Demographics

Thai court sentences Swiss man to 3 years for blackmail

This content was published on Aug 17, 2015 Xavier Justo, a Swiss national who quit PetroSaudi International in 2011, allegedly possessed compromising information which he wanted to hand over in return for $2.5 million (CHF2.44 million). He was arrested in June on the island of Koh Samui, where he was living at the time. According to an official of the Bangkok criminal court,…

Demographics

Swiss gear up for possible 2026 Winter Games bid

This content was published on Aug 17, 2015 The champagne bubbles have only just settled after Lausanne was chosen to host the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, but already Swiss sports officials are looking ahead to a possible bid for the much larger Winter Games in 2026.

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Olympic dreams, Swiss-US energy innovation and life as a nomad

This content was published on Aug 16, 2015 Here are the top stories we’re following the week of August 17.

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