Doubling of cases of tick-borne encephalitis reported
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The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) has received 215 reports of tick-borne encephalitis in Switzerland since the beginning of the year.
Catching the last flight home during the Covid-19 pandemic
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An Indian national recounts her stressful return to her family in Switzerland aboard one of the last repatriation flights.
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Can the pandemic be separated from the economy? Columnist Daniel Warner writes that this and other important questions are now being raised.
Stranded Swiss to be brought back home from South America
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Two planes have been chartered from Edelweiss, part of Swiss International Air Lines, to fly to Lima and Bogota on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Arrangements are also being made for 100 citizens to be brought back from Costa Rica. “Over the last few days, the FDFA [foreign ministry], together with tour operators and travel…
Swiss media finds Trump impeachment gambit rather risky
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Swiss media tended to view the move as an understandable but risky gambit that could backfire on the Democrats in the divided nation. “The impeachment procedure against Trump is a dangerous strategy,” warns the headline of an op-ed written by Meret Baumann for the German-language NZZ newspaper. She notes that a recent survey suggests that only a third of the…
