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Lowest number of murders since records began

This content was published on Mar 23, 2015 Switzerland committed fewer crimes in 2014, with the fewest number of murders recorded since records began in 1982.

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Facilitated naturalisation, a bitter pill?

This content was published on Mar 23, 2015 Some 8,000 Swiss residents per year are naturalised through the facilitated procedure, accounting for a quarter of all naturalisations. swissinfo.ch spoke to several applicants, two of whom are still awaiting a decision. The sample, though not representative, shows a system lacking in fairness and consistency. Some, like Kularp Saipopoo from Thailand, resident in a village…

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Switzerland’s Bollywood hotspots

This content was published on Mar 23, 2015 swissinfo.ch has created an interactive map featuring scenes from prominent Bollywood filming locations in Switzerland.

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The achievements of Hans Erni

This content was published on Mar 22, 2015 Erni, from Lucerne, was remarkable not only for his prolific volume of work, but also for his political engagement, which sometimes got him into trouble. At one stage, his communist sympathies began to lose him commissions. In 1938, he designed a series of banknotes. But they never came into circulation. He later distanced himself from…

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The colourful stalls at Swiss markets

This content was published on Mar 21, 2015 Whether it’s organic fruit or traditional produce, rare species, flowers and seedlings, fish or various breads, there is a vast and colourful array. Unlike the supermarkets, the farmers don’t just offer a few varieties of apples, but a big selection with names hardly anyone knows. Here you see that an apple is not just an…

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Ethiopian sentence for Geneva plane hijacker

This content was published on Mar 20, 2015 The man was found guilty of aircraft hijacking by an Ethiopian court on Friday. Switzerland had informed the Ethiopian government in May 2014 that a case had already been opened against the man, and that he would be tried in the Swiss justice system on criminal charges. He took full control of the airplane in…

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Geneva art broker denies defrauding art collectors

This content was published on Mar 20, 2015 Bouvier’s legal troubles have captivated the art world because of the global reach of his Geneva-based empire for storing and shipping fine art and expensive wine. Bouvier, in a statement provided to swissinfo.ch on Friday, described the claims against him as something of a personal spat with Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian billionaire and president of…

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Male victims are much less likely to seek help

This content was published on Mar 19, 2015 Sociologist Anne Kersten of the University of Fribourg investigated the ties between victimisation and gender, as well as the development and implementation of aid for victims in Switzerland. She evaluated statistics on state assistance provided between 1978 and 2011. Over the years, the study found, services for victims of violence have been based on the…

Metal sculpture in the form of a steaming dragon

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The smell of art

This content was published on Mar 19, 2015

Swiss condemnation of Tunisia shooting

This content was published on Mar 18, 2015 Sommaruga expressed her sympathies on behalf of Switzerland to the Tunisian government and the families of the victims, commenting that Switzerland has a “close relationship” with the republic. In a statement released by the justice ministry, headed-up by Sommaruga, she added that the Swiss stood in “solidarity with the Tunisian population, which has been affected…

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