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A child is not a commodity, says top Swiss court

This content was published on Jul 30, 2015 Switzerland’s highest court had annulled a decision which allowed two men in a registered partnership to both be considered the father of a child born in 2011 via assisted reproduction. The child was born in California to a surrogate mother through artificial insemination. The sperm of one of the men and the egg of an…

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Ticino’s policy on cross-border workers angers Italy

This content was published on Jul 29, 2015 The Italian foreign ministry said it summoned the Swiss ambassador to Rome, Giancarlo Kessler, to complain about a violation of the agreement on the free movement of people between the European Union and Switzerland. Kessler reportedly agreed to solve the issue, according to the Italian foreign ministry. Since April, Ticino authorities have demanded that EU…

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UEFA’s Michel Platini running as Sepp Blatter successor

This content was published on Jul 29, 2015 Platini was quoted on UEFA’s website, saying: “I am at one of those decisive moments, at a juncture in my life and in events that are shaping the future of FIFA”. Prior to Sepp Blatter’s re-election to the world football organisation in May, Platini, a former French football star, urged Blatter to step down when…

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Drinking drops through prevention measures

This content was published on Jul 29, 2015 The Zurich researchers, aided by the University Hospital of Lausanne, reported that “Legal regulations – such as the minimum legal drinking age and restrictions on the sale or advertising of alcoholic beverages – have a preventive effect on young consumers”. A survey was conducted on 5,700 young men with an average age of 20, half…

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Geneva doctor helps women hurt by childbirth

This content was published on Jul 29, 2015 For the past 20 years, Geneva doctor Charles-Henry Rochat has been treating women in the north of Benin who suffer from the complications of a difficult birth. They have obstetric – also known as vaginal – fistulas. These women should have had a caesarean, but because they are poor and live far from hospitals the…

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When the dream of motherhood turns into a nightmare

This content was published on Jul 29, 2015 The first female gynaecologist to practise in the town of Fribourg, where she opened her surgery 20 years ago this year, Monika Mueller Sapin has always been a humanitarian at heart. After qualifying in 1985 in Basel, she set off for Zimbabwe for six months to work as a volunteer doctor in a peripheral hospital.…

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Stress hormone helps addicts forget cravings

This content was published on Jul 28, 2015 Researchers from the University of Basel have found a possible remedy for heroin addiction in the form of cortisol – a stress hormone that occurs naturally in the human body.

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Putin says Blatter deserves Nobel Prize

This content was published on Jul 28, 2015 Putin made the comments in an interview aired by Swiss public television, RTS. The Russian leader also said he did not believe Blatter was personally involved in the corruption scandal surrounding football’s governing body. Blatter announced he was quitting his job as president of FIFA in June over a bribery scandal being investigated by the…

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