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Government supports Solar Impulse with CHF6m

This content was published on Feb 18, 2015 The Swiss government has funded the Solar Impulse aircraft project to the tune of CHF6 million over the past eight years.

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Medicine has lost ground in race against germs

This content was published on Feb 18, 2015 It all started with a minor cough. As it worsened over the next days, IT specialist Thomas* went to see his general practitioner. “He diagnosed an atypical pneumonia,” Thomas recalls. When the inflammatory values visibly deteriorated, the doctor prescribed an antibiotic. “But even after five days there was no improvement – on the contrary,” Thomas…

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HSBC Swiss branch charged with money laundering

This content was published on Feb 18, 2015 The prosecutor announced that following recent public revelations about the HSBC Private Bank – a Swiss subsidiary of a leading British bank – a criminal case has been filed against the bank and unknown persons for money laundering. Regardless of the criminal liability of its employees, the bank can be prosecuted if it failed to…

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Breaking the radicalisation cycle

This content was published on Feb 18, 2015 Global efforts to counter violent extremism continue to intensify with a high-level summit in Washington this week. Outside of international talks, are grassroots approaches the answer? A new Geneva-based agency thinks so.

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Birkenfeld to testify against UBS in France

This content was published on Feb 18, 2015 UBS was indicted in France last year on charges of aiding and abetting French tax cheats. The bank was ordered to pay a €1.1 billion (CHF1.16 billion) bond, which gives a hint at the size of fine it may eventually have to pay if found guilty. Zurich-based tax lawyer Milan Patel believes that Birkenfeld’s testimony…

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Court action delays evaluation of Gurlitt art collection

This content was published on Feb 17, 2015 The museum confirmed on Tuesday that no progress could be made in reviewing the collection while a claim by Gurlitt’s cousin, Uta Werner, was pending in a Munich district court. Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of Nazi art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, died in April 2014, naming the museum the sole heir to the collection of more…

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Anything-goes Carnival: Playing with the Swiss image

This content was published on Feb 17, 2015 Brazilian Carnival offers a chance to draw attention and tinker with Swiss clichés.

A drug addict injects medically controlled heroin

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When Zurich was known for its ‘Needle Park’

This content was published on Feb 17, 2015 The Platzspitz is a park in Zurich adjacent to the Swiss National Museum and the main railway station. In an attempt to confine the sprawling use of drugs, the authorities decided in 1987 to allow the use and sales of drugs in the park. Thus Zurich’s Platzspitz became one of the biggest open drug scenes…

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Tales from the soup kitchen

This content was published on Feb 16, 2015

Fur trade gets the hairy eyeball

This content was published on Feb 16, 2015 Fur trim and coats are trendy, but are consumers aware of the grim conditions for most of the animals involved?

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