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Women in film, Burkhalter in Cuba, and bugs in your food

This content was published on Aug 9, 2015 Here are the top stories we’re following the week of August 10.

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Swiss sense and Indian sensibility spark art exchange

This content was published on Aug 9, 2015 Shazeb Shaikh is busy preparing his signature cocktail which involves combining a spicy Indian lemonade called Jal-jeera with vodka. The exotic drink will be served to guests at a welcome function in his honour in Basel where Shaikh will be starting his three-month residency as a curator with the Atelier Mondial studio. His goal is…

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Young mother who killed children commits suicide

This content was published on Aug 8, 2015 The young mother who killed her two children on January 1 rather than see them return to care has committed suicide in prison, the Zurich cantonal authorities confirmed on Saturday.

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FIFA opens internal probe of alleged corruption

This content was published on Aug 8, 2015 Zurich-based FIFA says it has launched an internal investigation into corruption allegations which have rocked football’s world governing body. The investigation, carried out in parallel to American and Swiss probes, will reportedly be led by external lawyers.

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The posters that sold Switzerland to the world

This content was published on Aug 8, 2015 The poster festival “Weltformat”External link (world format) exhibits the work of Swiss artists who created the posters, and can now be seen at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne. The history of Swiss posters began with those made for tourism, even in the 20th century, the poster was regarded as an art form. They…

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5,000 deer in the line of fire

This content was published on Aug 8, 2015

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Swiss institute to fight Peruvian corruption

This content was published on Aug 7, 2015 The idea is to support the public authorities in Peru in introducing measures to achieve efficient governance and to prevent corruption. “It is a ground-breaking endeavour for us, as it is not only the only office in Latin America; it is the first foreign subsidiary anywhere in the world,” said Gretta Fenner, the institute’sExternal link…

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Coach driver in Sion crash cannot be prosecuted

This content was published on Aug 7, 2015 The coach was carrying 52 passengers from two Belgian schools when it slammed into a tunnel wall on the A9 motorway between Sierre and Sion in western Switzerland. Twenty-four more children were injured. Although the exact cause of the crash – one of the worst in Switzerland – remains unknown, investigators confirmed initial suspicions of…

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How to save mountain villages

This content was published on Aug 7, 2015

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Mammoth tusk found on Roche building site

This content was published on Aug 7, 2015 “We stopped work immediately and told the cantonal services about what we’d found,” Annette Lehmann, a manager at Roche, told the Luzerner Zeitung. The archaeological department was delighted: in addition to the 1.90-metre tusk, the workers had unearthed several bones, all in excellent condition, most likely belonging to the same animal. “For us, used to…

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