Snail's pace of Brexit negotiations vexes Swiss firms

Swiss firms are waiting to see which Britain Theresa May leads out from the shadows of negotiations(Keystone) While Switzerland is not involved in Britain’s divorce from the European Union, many

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Autumn shows its most colourful side

This content was published on October 20, 2017 12:04 PMOct 20, 2017 - 12:04 The high-pressure system over central Europe is coming to an end, and with it, the unusually warm autumn days and clear skies.Many Swiss spent the first

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Foreigners arriving in Switzerland more likely to be highly skilled

(Keystone) The demographics of Switzerland’s immigrant workforce are changing; unlike during the post-war decades, most new arrivals today are university educated. Swissinfo.ch takes a look at th

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Swiss engineer takes on killer landmines

Swiss engineer, Frédéric Guee, has dedicated half his life to making machines that clear land mines. He has now developed what he believes is the best minesweeper in existence. (SRF/swissinfoexteal link.ch) Guee is the director of the non-profit Digger Foundationexteal link in Tavaes in the Jura region, which has produced an armoured 12-ton, remote-controlled precision machine for cl

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Paediatric palliative care still hard to find

Paediatric palliative care ensures support for children with incurable illnesses, and for their families.(Getty Images) In Switzerland, support services for children suffering from incurable diseases, and for their families, have been slow to develop. Change is on the way, but one of the few Swiss specialists in the field says there is much to

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Taveyae: far from the madding crowd

The picturesque hamlet of Taveyae in the Vaudoise Alps is a place frozen in time. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)Above the clouds at 1,649 metres (5,400 feet), it’s a listed historical monument, with its timber chalets and wooden shingle roofs. Its residents have to manage without mains electricity. To guarantee the long-term future of the hamlet and its environment, the locals teamed up with the Vaudoise Le

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Here’s what (the new) Swiss ten-franc note will get you

The new CHF10, unveiled with much fanfare(Swiss National Bank) Crisp, yellow, and adoed with train tracks and watchmaking supplies, the new CHF10 banknote will soon be in circulation across Switzerland. But what can you buy with it? Revealed by the Swiss National Bankexteal link on Wednesday, the banknote is the third in the new series tha

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Are Swiss aid workers taking too many risks?

Following the recent abduction of a Swiss aid worker in Sudan, Swiss Public Television SRF asks whether it is safe for individuals to work in crisis countries, or should it be left to larger organisations? (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Reports say Margrit S. was abducted on Saturday in Sudan’s northe Darfur region. She’s lived in the country for years and built a children’s ward and midwifey school in Nort

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Remembering Che in Switzerland, 50 years after his death

This content was published on October 9, 2017 11:00 AMOct 9, 2017 - 11:00 An exhibition of never-before-seen images of Eesto Che Guevara has visited some dozen Swiss towns, as part of a celebration organised by the Swiss-Cuba Association to mark a half-century since the revolutionary’s death.The “¡Che vive!” (“Che lives!”) exhibition features photos dating from the period f

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Translators, entrepreneurs, and caregivers

(Keystone) Here's a selection of the stories we will be bringing you the week of October 9. (Thomas Ke/swissinfo.ch) MondayEighteen-year-old aspiring actress Runa Wehrli identifies as bisexual and has found acceptance from her family and artistic community. But as she explains as part of

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From Switzerland to a hut in New Zealand

(swissinfo.ch) Having left his native Broye in canton Fribourg 15 years ago, Raphael Knopf, 38, has since found happiness in the antipodes. Knopf has built his home in the wilds of New Zealand’s North Island, where he cultivates organic honey in harmony with the savage nature of his adopted country. swissinfo.ch: Why did you leave Switzerland?

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Swiss baby hatches rest on a minefield of politics, religion and social justice

A total of 21 infants have been deposited in baby boxes since the scheme was introduced in 2001(Keystone) In the last four years, three new mothers have made the long winding walk from Olten railway station or bus stand to the local hospital – the Kantonsspital Olten.A small, slightly-hidden alcove at the centre of the hospital’s sprawling gar

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‘I fall in love with a person and not a gender’

At 18, Runa Wehrli is immersed in an "open and tolerant" artistic environment, and dreams of becoming an actress.(Thomas Ke/swissinfo.ch) Loving a person rather than a man or a woman: this is Runa Wehrli's philosophy. At 18, she defines herself as bisexual and speaks about it openly. Her friends and family have accepted her orientation, but

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Take a 3D plunge into 19th-century Geneva

An aerial view of Geneva in 1850 from the new immersive online 3D platform(Geneve 1850) You can now travel back in time to 1850 and walk the cobbled streets of Geneva and its imposing mediaeval defences thanks to a new online cityscape. Future educational applications are plaed using the 3D model’s open source data. Officially launched on Tu