Switzerland
Lake Geneva spring clean nets 36,600 cigarette butts
Lake Geneva has been treated to its annual clean-up Keystone-SDA The annual spring clean of Lake Geneva saw 2,592 kilos...
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Sozialhilfe Schweiz: Gutschrift gilt nicht immer als Einkommen
«Wichtige Klarstellung» Die Schweizerische Konferenz für Sozialhilfe (Skos) weist auf Anfrage des Beobachters darauf hin, dass «die Unterscheidung zwischen Vermögen...
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The people losing their homes in French-speaking Switzerland
Switzerland’s push to meet its climate targets is colliding with a severe housing shortage. In French-speaking regions, large-scale evictions linked...
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‘Two-thirds’ of vegetables sold in Switzerland contain toxic substances
Veggies may be healthy, but a new analysis reveals that most of those on sale in Swiss stores are contaminated....
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Zurich airport traffic exceeds pre-pandemic levels despite conflicts
Zurich airport traffic exceeded pre-pandemic levels for the first time. Keystone-SDA Air traffic increased significantly at Zurich airport in April,...
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Rechte Miete Schweiz: Was gilt bei Ärger mit der Verwaltung
Das ist Ihr Recht: Eine Verwaltung muss für ihre Mieterinnen und Mieter erreichbar sein, damit sie auf Anfragen oder Notfälle...
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EN TERRAIN NEUTRE **** a film about Swiss neutrality
1 May 2026 There are too many releases this week, so I’ll try to make these reviews as short as...
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Swiss museum-goers in bikinis dive into Cezanne
A Swiss museum made a splash on Friday by inviting in the public in their swimwear to enjoy Paul Cezanne's...
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‘King of Switzerland’ achieves partial victory in tank dispute
"King of Switzerland" achieves partial victory in Bern court Keystone-SDA Jonas Lauwiner, the self-proclaimed "King of Switzerland", has won a...
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Wer den Kuchen teilt, isst zuletzt
Wie teilt man fair? Ein Gedankenexperiment von John Rawls liefert die Antwort. Doch der Kuchen-Test im Klassenzimmer zeigt, dass auch...
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