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Highly qualified and jobless

This content was published on Aug 12, 2015 In Switzerland, the number of highly skilled unemployed has almost doubled in the last ten years to 30,000 people. The number of people who are out of work and highly skilled has been on the increase in part because the labour force is becoming more and more qualified. In addition, more and more skilled labour…

Circus to end its elephant show tradition

This content was published on Aug 12, 2015 Switzerland’s leading circus, Knie, says it will stop using elephants in its shows, breaking with a long-standing tradition.

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World-class winter sports facilities in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 12, 2015 (Images: Keystone, RDB)

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Creepy-crawlies conquer Swiss menus

This content was published on Aug 12, 2015 Hoping to take advantage of this change – the commercial sale of insects as foodstuff is currently banned – is Christian Bärtsch. We are in his office in a complex for social entrepreneurs and innovators, located under the arches of a rail viaduct in the trendy Zurich district Kreis 5. There is nothing here to…

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Hospitals feel the ‘Angelina Jolie effect’

This content was published on Aug 11, 2015 Swiss hospitals have seen a leap in women choosing to test for a breast and ovarian cancer gene in what has been dubbed the “Angelina Jolie effect”. But in contrast to the United States, in Switzerland there is less of a move to follow the actress’ lead and have preventative surgery once the gene is found.

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Swiss lawyer to head FIFA reform task force

This content was published on Aug 11, 2015 Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) director general Francois Carrard has been appointed to head the new reform task force of the scandal-plagued global football body FIFA.

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Extraordinary expats

This content was published on Aug 11, 2015 Switzerland has been home to a number of international writers, actors, musicians, intellectuals and other notable people.

Organic farming keeps on growing

This content was published on Aug 11, 2015 The Federal Statistical Office said that overall in 2014 there were just over 54,000 farming operations in 2014, down 2.1% on 2013. The total surface area devoted to agriculture was stable at around one million hectares. “Although the number of agricultural businesses in total has dipped, the number of organic farms continues to rise (+2.4%),”…

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Christmas card takes 50 years to reach neighbouring village

This content was published on Aug 11, 2015 The intended recipient had died, but his son received the slightly yellowing card, on which a bunch of flowers had been painted, in his post on Monday, the Swiss News Agency reported on Friday. The Christmas card was in good condition, the son said; only the antiquated handwriting tipped him off that something was odd.…

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Fewer women travel to Switzerland for an abortion

This content was published on Aug 11, 2015 Whereas in 2008, foreign women were responsible for 6% of the total number of abortions carried out in Switzerland, by 2014 this figure had dropped to 3%. Since 2002, there have been around 11,000 abortions in Switzerland, although this figure has continued to decrease slightly for the past four years and remains comparatively very low…

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