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Suffering expat women in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 4, 2015 Language problems, therapy sessions and illicit sex fill the pages of Jill Alexander Essbaum’s Zurich-based novel Hausfrau. Typical expat experience?

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A peek behind closed doors

This content was published on Jul 4, 2015 How do the young Swiss live? Swiss Photographer Joëlle Lehmann spent six months documenting the lives of 15- to 36-year-olds.

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Population growth pushes births to 24-year record

This content was published on Jul 3, 2015 The number of births has been steadily increasing since 2005. In 2014, it was 2,600 more than the previous year – an increase of 3.1%. Such demographic growth is currently unique in Europe, the statistical office said, pointing out that the birth rate has collapsed in southern Europe in particular as a result of the…

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How photographing Montreux went from lax to exact

This content was published on Jul 3, 2015 In over three decades of photographing the Montreux Jazz Festival, two Swiss photographers have amassed thousands of images.

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Immigrants in Switzerland are well integrated, says OECD

This content was published on Jul 2, 2015 Immigrants moving to Switzerland integrate quite easily, especially into the job market. But poverty levels and training possibilities are problematic, an international study finds.

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Power shortage, pandemic seen as greatest risks to Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 2, 2015 In its 2015 risk analysis report, the Swiss government has named an electricity shortage as the biggest risk facing the country, followed by a pandemic and a heat wave.

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The challenge of being a part-time dad

This content was published on Jul 2, 2015 Numbers of men working part-time have increased steadily in the last decade, but today they account for just 16 per cent of all working men. For sociologist Dietmar Wetzel, the gap between people’s goals and what they do in practice is unsurprising. He claims that it’s normal for people to give answers in surveys that…

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How NGOs see FIFA funding

This content was published on Jul 2, 2015 Since the FIFA corruption scandal broke, a number of organisations receiving support from the football body, including Interpol and the Nobel Peace Center, have cut ties with the organisation. Are non-profits in Switzerland thinking of doing the same?

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US requests FIFA extraditions

This content was published on Jul 2, 2015 Six of the seven officials were arrested by police at an early morning raid at a Zurich hotel prior to the start of the world football organisation’s congress. An official press release from the Federal Department of Justice said the extradition request was “based on the arrest warrants issued on 20 May 2015 by the…

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