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Geneva hits the road to seduce Swiss

This content was published on May 19, 2015 Geneva is on an expensive roadshow to celebrate joining the Swiss Confederation 200 years ago – and to try to kill off some enduring clichés.

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What do the Swiss think of Geneva?

This content was published on May 19, 2015 Geneva is on an ambitious CHF2-million ($2.1 million) bus tour of all 26 cantons, organised by the Geneva authorities and largely funded by private donors, to celebrate signing up to the Confederation on May 19, 1815. One of the main aims of the tour is to try to put an end to some of the…

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Fewer new STD infections in Switzerland

This content was published on May 18, 2015 New cases of HIV and syphilis have gone down in Switzerland, according to the Federal Office of Public Health.

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Workers’ group calls for more paternity leave

This content was published on May 18, 2015 Fathers in Switzerland should get more time off when their children are born, finds employee federation Travail Suisse.

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Switzerland good first refuge for asylum seekers

This content was published on May 17, 2015 According to figuresExternal link released by the European Union’s statistical office on May 12, the proportion of asylum seekers admitted provisionally into the country in 2014 is 71%, compared to an EU average of 45%. This makes the alpine nation one of the most generous European countries in terms of offering a safe first refuge.…

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Milan expo, Geneva roadshow and Federer hologram

This content was published on May 17, 2015 Swiss Day at the Milan Expo 2015, 200 years of Geneva joining the Swiss Confederation, Roger Federer hologram, Swiss university rankings, and EU scrutiny of tax breaks to Swiss companies

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The language learning debate

This content was published on May 17, 2015 Language learning in Switzerland is linked to wider political debates over immigration and education. An online poll shows strong support for giving priority to national languages in school and in the workplace. Recently, several cantons have been embroiled in disputes over whether to introduce the teaching of English before another Swiss national language in primary…

Home is where the stage is

This content was published on May 17, 2015 At the end of 2013, Sophie Hunger took a time-out in San Francisco. After more than six years of touring and 250,000 albums sold, the 32-year-old Swiss singer-songwriter had had enough of the spotlight. At the time she was determined to never return to the stage. But once in California, moving from one Airbnb to…

Romansh culture as you’ve never seen or heard it

This content was published on May 16, 2015

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Solar impulse pilots prepare for worst case scenario

This content was published on May 15, 2015 The plane flies from the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing in a 120-hour flight to Hawaii. It’s the longest leg of the round-the-world trip. The team have waited several weeks for optimal weather conditions. They need as much sunlight as possible to adequately charge the plane’s solar cells in-flight. The Solar Impulse project was launched…

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