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SNB chairman Thomas Jordan remains conservative amidst growing global economic optimism(Keystone)
Sometimes its agonies grab world attention. Almost three years ago, in January 2015, the Swiss National Bank rattled global markets when it unexpectedly abandoned its official cap on the franc’s value against the euro — sending the currency sharply higher.So what does the world need to know about the affluent Alpine state right now? The SNB’s latest policy meeting last week in Be was low profile. The main policy interest rate stayed at the historic low of minus 0.75 per cent set after the 2015 “Frankenschock”. It still regarded the franc as “highly valued”, and would intervene if necessary in foreign currency markets to prevent its appreciation, further expanding its SFr813bn balance sheet.But its post-meeting caution was striking. Outsiders might have expected some cheer. The franc has fallen 5 per cent on a trade-weighted basis since midyear. The Swiss economic recovery is gaining momentum, and prices have moved out of the dangerous deflation zone. Like the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank, the SNB could reasonabl
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Mountain rescue forces in front of the collapsed rock face.
Helpers are searching through a completely destroyed house. After the catastrophe, the area looked like warzone.
Clearing the area was complicated by the vast number of unexploded munitions.
The train tracks in the area were also destroyed.
100 buildings were destroyed or damaged and more than 200 people were made homeless.
In the following days, a large number of parcels filled with clothes, shoes and other items were delivered to help the people in the area. Additionally, donations of at least CHF 120,000 were made.
A funeral ceremony in which the condolences of the cabinet were expressed to the victims of the catastrophe.
Historic black-and-white picture gallery
The detonation injured several people and killed nine, among them f
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An undisturbed pile of rocks can provide a habitat for a few species.(Flurin Bertschinger/Ex-Press/BAFU)
Switzerland may have been quick to join the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversityexteal link in 1992, but it’s lost momentum over the past three decades. For example, participating countries have agreed to set aside 17% of their land for conservation by 2020. With only about 7%, Switzerland is still far behind the target – and almost hopelessly so, says Markus Fischer, president of the of the Swiss Biodiversity Forumexteal link’s scientific advisory council, which coects scientists with policy-makers.Fischer says 30% of Switzerland’s surface area is needed to save all species. Despite the country’s small size, it boasts 240 diverse habitat types. Yet Switzerland has a long red listexteal link of threatened species.
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In this monthly series we introduce you to some of Switzerland’s most iconic species.
A recent govement reportexteal link revealed that half of Switzerland’s natural habit
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swissinfo.ch: You were bo in Italy as a Swiss abroad. Does someone in your family come from Switzerland?Laura Gibilras: I was a Swiss abroad because my mother was bo and grew up in Switzerland. She met my father on a trip to Italy and they fell in love. I know – very romantic!swissinfo.ch: What relationship do you have with Switzerland?L.G.: I’ve always had a special relationship with Switzerland. When I was still living in Italy, I used to spend two holidays a year at my grandparents’ home in Switzerland. From the age of 12, I visited the youth camps for
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We started our day at the Turtma Hut with headlamps on, negotiated crevasses on both the Brunegg and Turtma glaciers, climbed 1700 meters to the summit of the Bisho, and finally skied some much deserved powder until reaching the Tracuit Hut, where perhaps the day’s ultimate reward came. There we discovered what may be the Alp’s best dining room, best enjoyed with fresh torte and a coffee.At work and playWe are fortunate to call the mountains our workplace and still marvel at what we get to do on any given work day, be it in the Alps or Himalaya. After all these years, the passion we have for life as mountain sport athletes and photographers hasn't faded. Experiencing the Alps on so many levels keeps us
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More than 80% of the foreign population living in Switzerland is from another European country. Immigration from Germany, Italy and, to a lesser extent, France has a long history. The graphic below looks at 166 years of immigration in Switzerland.
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At the end of the 19th century, railway network expansion led to the first wave of migrants to mode-day Switzerland. At the time, immigration had been almost exclusively from neighbouring countries.The post-war economic boom also resulted in an upsurge in jobs. Between 1951 and 1970 Switzerland experienced a significant influx of migrants. It stagnated in the 1
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Besides adding an interesting layer of taste, tea also helps digest cheese(swissinfo.ch)
The proof of the pudding lies in the eating. With this in mind, swissinfo.ch embarked on a gourment adventure of tasting several combinations of Swiss cheeses with Chinese, Japanese and Indian teas. At the Länggass-Tee tea shop in Be, we leaed first hand that Gruyére cheese is tough to match with teas, Japanese teas are rich in “umami” taste like cheese and Chinese Oolongs pair well with almost all Swiss cheeses.
It all began on a Swiss Alp a little over 30 years ago. Fabiee Effertz, a social worker from Belgium, quit her job to graze cows on Alpine pastures in the world famous cheesemaking Gruyère region of weste Switzerland. Effertz spent five seasons (May to October) leaing the ins and outs of the trade, which obviously included how to make cheese. “My grandparents were farmers and made cheese but I had lost coection to that world. Only when I came to Switzerland was I able to renew the link,” she says. When she retued to Belgium she opened an artis
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The entrance area of the library and documentation centre at the United Nations Palais des Nations building in Geneva(Imogen Foulkes)
The UN Libraryexteal link is in Block B of the Palais, part of the original magnificent League of Nations building. I have worked here for more than ten years, but every day I am reminded that the ambitions which led to the creation of the League are reflected in its size: the Palais is huge, bigger than Versailles, with miles of corridors, thousands of offices, and twists and tus that can be quite mystifying. Don’t enter, a colleague once joked, without a compass, a sleeping bag, and plentiful supplies of food. I think of that as I head for the library…well, head implies a certain purposeful direction, which is lacking in me today. Wishing I had left a useful trail of breadcrumbs behind me, I realize I know neither where I am, nor how to get back to where I started. Luckily rescue is at hand, when a helpful gentleman asks if I am ‘going to see Amanda?’ ‘Yes’, I gratefully nod, and several magnificent art deco doors and a couple of corridors later I am there, where librarian Amanda Howla
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It tus out it's not the beautiful views that take his breath away, but the intricate train timetables he finds on the platforms. Diccon explains why he loves them, and what happens to them in December. (Diccon Bewes for swissinfo.ch)
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On April 9, 1917, Lenin and his comrades set off from Zurich main railway station. A group of Russians gathered to heckle those on board, angry they had negotiated with the German enemy to secure their passage. In 2017, the Thorgevsky and Wiener theatre ensemble recreated the scene.
The revolutionaries headed for Russia did not want to appear to be colluding with the Germans, and so insisted the train carriages were declared extra-territorial. Zurich main train station, as it looks today from inside a carriage.
The former First World War German military headquarters in Berlin. The Germans hoped Lenin's presence in Russia could add to the chaos and instability weakening the country at the time.
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Skiers enjoyed early snow at Crans-Montana, canton Valais, on December 3(Keystone)
For the second year in a row, the high-altitude resort of Saas-Fee is offering an 80% discount by marketing a cut-price crowd-funded season pass (CHF233) aimed at boosting domestic demand; so far it has sold over 77,000 “WinterCard” ticketsexteal link. Last year, the figure was 75,000, which generated a +15% increase in the number of nights people spent there in accommodation. “The entire valley benefited last year,” declared Claudine Perrothon, in charge of public relations for Saas-Fee. “There was an increase in the number of people skiing, and business for the hotels, apartments and shops.” Their scheme appears to have inspired others. Right now, everyone is talking about the new single season “Magic Pass”exteal link, offering 1,000 kilometres of skiing in about two dozen big and small resorts across weste Switzerland and parts of the Beese Alps. It was sold at a huge discount of CHF359 when it was launched in the spring, and when the offer closed the resorts had sold enough passes to account for almost of their average winter tur
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When the Fritschis arrived in the US, getting initial health coverage locally was difficult and expensive, but also a necessity.(D. Fritschi)
People who move their permanent residence to another country are no longer obligatedexteal link to take out basic health insurance in Switzerland, although there are exceptions to this rule. Those moving on a temporary basis and holding on to Swiss residency, however, can continue with their Swiss health coverage. To illustrate these basic rules, let’s look at a couple of cases sent in by our readers, along with coverage options for those moving to the United States.A Swiss pensioner
Health care in Switzerland and the US: In this ongoing series, swissinfo.ch will answer questions from readers about the two systems and their intersections. Ask a question of your own at the bottom of this story.(swissinfo.ch)
Someone receiving a state pension who moves to a country outside the European Union or European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) zone falls under the category of people no longer subject to Swiss health insurance law. So they mus
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Sexual harassment at work is now being talked about in Switzerland(Keystone/Gaetan Bally)
Although a govement commissioned study found that 28%exteal link of women in Switzerland experience sexual harassment over the course of their professional lives, rarely do these cases grab headlines in the same way the Harvey Weinstein scandal and subsequent cases have in the United States. However, the Buttet affair and recent allegations against professor Franco Morettiexteal link alongside the global #metoo social media campaign have helped bring, what has largely been viewed as a private matter into the public consciousness.What should you do if you experience sexual harassment in a workplace in Switzerland? What practical resources and legal chaels are available to you and how effective are they? Swissinfo.ch answers key questions about employee rights and employer responsibilities with respect to sexual harassment in the workplace.1. To what extent is sexual harassment a problem in Switzerland? How pervasive is it? “It is definitely an issue here,” says Franciska Krings, professor of organisational behaviour at the U
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The production of artificial snow uses a lot of natural resources and energy. Some ski resorts have been using a different technique to try and make artificial snow production more efficient in terms of both natural resources, and money.Gstaad, for example, is now using a snow depth measuring system. Every time a snow groomer (the truck that prepares the pistes) drives over the snowy surface, the depth of snow is measured, and the data sent back to a database.Drivers can see the information on the spread of snow on screens inside their cabins, and can react, based on how deep the snow should be. They then focus artificial snow production on specific areas. The management of snow levels has meant the resort has not had to produce as much snow as it used to.
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Historic scene: Tim Wilson proposes marriage to his partner in the Australian Parliament. He said yes.(Getty Images)
In 1913, Canberra was founded as the capital in this region which expands over 2,300 square kilometres. This is where the federal govement of the country of 25 million people has its seat and where the two houses of the national parliament conduct their sessions.Recently, the House of Representatives witnessed history being made. Tim Wilson was standing at the speaker’s desk, but the representative of the ruling liberal party did not talk about same-sex marriages, as listed on the agenda.Instead, Wilson dropped a bomb. “Ryan Patrick Bolger, do you want to marry me?” Wilson looked at the audience, where his partner Ryan was sitting. Ryan did not hesitate for a second. He said ‘Yes’ and with that, accepted possibly the most political marriage proposal ever made.Parliamentarians acknowledged the surprising move with raging applause; many were even moved to tears."Thank you, dear citizens, for this most beautiful Christmas present,” said a representative of the opposition Labour Party, referring to the recent
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Alpine salamanders thrive in karst areas and high mountain ravines. They are most commonly found in the Alps from elevations of 1,000 metres. (Imago)
Mainly active at night, Alpine salamanders feed on insects, spiders, larvae, woodlice, snails and worms. (Imago)
Alpine salamanders generally mate between late spring and early summer. (123RF)
Upon birth, baby salamanders are fully developed. (Alpensalamander.eu)
The Alpine salamander is a protected species in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. (Imago)
gallery of salamanders
Whereas other amphibians typically lay eggs or larvae, female Alpine salamanders give birth to one or two fully-developed juveniles after a two-to
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The past 20 years have seen increased confrontation and more unstable alliances in the Swiss parliament(Keystone/Anthony Anex)
The trend of a polarising Swiss political landscape has existed for around 20 years, since the spectacular rise of the rightwing Swiss People’s Party. In the 1990s, the smallest (at the time) of the four parties in govement began leaning further to the right and wiing broader support from voters with its anti-EU and xenophobic stance. These gains were above all at the expense of the two large centrist parties, the Radical Party and the Christian De
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Candy girls: an advert for Suchard chocolate from 1893(Apic/Getty Images)
François-Louis Cailler(Nestlé)
The $100 billion (CHF100 billion) global chocolate industry has certainly come a long way since the days, some 3,000 years ago, when inhabitants of central and southe America would gather around the fire with a bitter, grainy drink called “xocolātl”.While it’s true that Europeans have been drinking chocolate since the 17th century, chocolate as we know it today is largely thanks to a handful of 19th-century Swiss confectioners and entrepreneurs, many of whom remain household names around the world. Let’s meet some of the main figures in this Chocolate Revolution and their claims to fame. 1819: Queen Victoria is bo, James Monroe is in the White House … and the world’s first mechanised chocolate factory is opened. François-Louis Cailler (1796-1852) converted a former mill near Vevey, overlooking Lake Geneva, thus establishing the oldest brand of Swiss chocolate still in existence. Cailler had spent four years in Turin as a chocolatier’s apprentice and when he retu
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Cryptocurrencies were partly created as a challenge to fiat money issued by banks and central banks.(Keystone)
Cryptocurrencies traded peer to peer rather than being settled through banks have so many uses that it is impossible to know how much demand is driven by criminality. One thing is clear: banks face growing rivalry from a shadow payment system that ranges from cryptocurrencies to electronic platforms including Alipay and mobile wallets such as M-Pesa in Kenya.
The old way to transfer money without having to go through a bank is cash, which is obstinately persistent. Despite the expansion of credit, debit and contactless cards, nearly everyone uses cash regularly. The drug smuggler who launders money across borders in high-value banknotes is an outlier; most cash loyalists find comfort in its familiarity and reliability.While cash transactions used to be the mainstay of banks’ services to individuals and small businesses, this is fading as they concentrate on electronic payments, encouraged by regulators. A dispute has broken out between UK banks and independent operators of free cash machin
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In the view of the crypto community, consumer power will force the traditional banking system to accept a transition to decentralised currencies.(Keystone)
However, they are likely to run into quite some resistance from the traditional financial players in Switzerland.The likes of SCX Exchange, Swissborg, Smart Valor, Melonport, Lykke and Crypto Finance appear to be timing their arrival to catch a wave that has propelled bitcoin through the $10,000 (CHF9,900) and $15,000 barriers in a matter of days.They will join the “old” guard, Bitcoin Suisse and Bity, which have been servicing the Swiss crypto market for the past four years. The new players promise to bring competition with new funds and exchanges, wealth and asset management services and a gateway to alteative investments for the person on the street.“The more alteatives you have, the better it is for the ecosystem,” Lucas Betschart, president of Bitcoin Association Switzerland, told swissinfo.ch.‘Double standards’Some disruptors come with bold claims. “Our vision for the future of financial markets is where an ‘average’ person has the same power as the largest ba
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"Together" is a portal for leaing about life in Switzerland through quiz games, receiving local news in seven languages and asking questions that will be included in the app (swissinfo.ch)
“Together” is a smartphone app from swissinfo.ch and the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation that can be downloaded for free on the Appleexteal link and Google Playexteal link stores in seven languages: English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic. It allows users to test their knowledge of Switzerland, lea new information and challenge other players in more than 20 quiz categories ranging from jobs to Swiss landmarks and sports.Users can also access more information about any of the questions and categories with
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The loneliness foreigners often experience in Switzerland is like a bad neighbor: surprisingly fun to complain about and always getting in the way. Many foreigners describe Switzerland as extraordinary in terms of safety, beauty, infrastructure, healthcare, education and work-life balance. But they also report having trouble making friends here.The holidays are an especially hard time to be lonely. Switzerland during the Christmas season is a magical place, unless you are lonely. If you are lonely, the coziness can feel like someone else’s Facebook posts - another reminder that while others have tight social circles, you are an outsider.It can be hard to make friends as an adult, even in your own country. Work, children, life get in the way. People move; friendships fade. You can wake up at 43 and realize that if you have an extra ticket to a game, you’re not actually sure who you’d give it to.I know loneliness well. I worked for a large law firm right after law school. I remember feeling so out of place that my stomach hurt. In my late twenties, I moved to a new city for a new job. I asked one of my co-worke
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Today, about 90% of Switzerland’s natural ponds are in the mountains, with only 5-10% on the plateau, where human activity is most intensive. Most ponds found in lowland areas are artificial.(Beat Oertli, HES)
Only 12 kilometres to the east of the bustling city of Geneva at the Lullier Horticultural School, a cattail-shrouded pond blends in so perfectly with the bucolic surroundings that the eye passes right over it. But as Beat Oertli, a professor of aquatic ecology at the University of Applied Sciences of Weste Switzerland (HESSO) explains, this pond isn’t just part of the landscape: it’s been strategically placed to protect a natural stream that lies downhill from one of the school’s fruit orchards.“This is not a nice-looking pond, but its function isn’t to look nice,” Oertli says. “We’ve constructed it to protect the stream, because here at our school we use some fertilisers. All the rainwater flows into the pond first, where it is naturally filtered. Research shows that ponds like this can trap and degrade about 70% of pesticides that enter it within a year.”
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Monday In an interview with swissinfo.ch, Inteational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer looks back at 2017, and dares a glimpse into 2018. He weighs in on the refugee situation in the Middle East, and Europe’s role.
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Tuesday How can Switzerland solve the conflict between preserving its crucial water resources and maintaining a healthy agricultural sector? We look at why ponds may hold the key.
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WednesdayHow did a country without a single homegrown cocoa bean become one of the world’s leading chocolate manufacturers? A look at how the history of chocolate as we know it is the
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In the book, author Simone Müller describes how young women at the time fought bravely against the confines of Swiss society and for more vocational possibilities.When the Second World War broke out, a mass repatriation scheme took place and many hundreds of the women were brought back to Switzerland. Two of the people mentioned in the book are Myrtha Parsons-Biederma, who's 90 and lives in Shepperton near London, and Mina Rui-Oppliger, aged 98, who lives in Laufen, Basel Country. Myrtha arrived in Britain in 1947 as an au pair. She says, "There was nothing going on at home. That's why I was so interested in everything that was different. Something had to happen."Like Mina, Myrtha travelled by train through France and then crossed the English Chael by boat, which
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The vault of a bank with client safety deposit boxes in Switzerland(Keystone)
“We had a Swiss client who needed a lawyer in Tehran urgently. Within an hour, we had enlisted the help of a colleague in Dubai who was able to recommend one he knew well,” Gagnebin recalls at Rothschild’s sleek offices in a smart Zurich suburb. “Being a Swiss banker, a lot of it is still about soft factors.”Gagnebin’s career shift underlines the pressures that the Swiss banking sector is facing. Even a decade ago, clients from all over the world flocked to Switzerland to find a discreet home for cash that they wanted to hide from the taxman.These customers did not worry about the retus on their portfolios and profits were easy. “Clients told you ‘don’t call me, or anything’,” recalls one banker.Thanks to the US-led global clampdown on tax evasion, however, the days are long gone when Swiss bankers could prosper by simply assisting rich clients hide assets.Instead, they face a world where tougher bank regulations, ultra-low interest rates and low financial market volatility have shrunk profit margins. The fastest-growing client groups are far f
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Patient diplomacy: UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a meeting with the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) in early December(Keystone)
But we are used to it: this is the cold hard slog of covering the Syria talks. Lots of waiting, with very little outcome. The Syrians themselves could say the same thing, only, I would hope, more loudly, and more angrily.After a while, the Syrian opposition team sweeps in; a few nods to the cameras, a couple of shouted questions, a couple of bland answers about being united, and then they are gone. Not to negotiate face to face with the Syrian govement team, of course not, that has never happened in all the years of this appalling war. No, they are off to talk to the UN’s long suffering special envoy, Staffan de Misturaexteal link.
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Geneva is known as a hub for dozens of inteational organisations, the United Nations and over 250 non-govemental agencies.
Once again, the process seems headed for the rocks. The Syrian govement is not even here. Emboldene
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The president of the Inteational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer inspects the scene of the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrike that hit historic buildings in the old city of Sana’a, Yemen in 2015(Keystone/EPA/Yahaya Arhab)
The list of trouble spots is long for the Inteational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which is active in over 80 countries. In an interview with swissinfo.ch, ICRC President Peter Maurer looks back at 2017, and dares a glimpse into 2018. swissinfo.ch: Was 2017 a particularly bad year for the ICRC? Peter Maurer: No. The situation did not escalate in 2017, however, it did not ease either. It’s the development of the past five years that causes reason for conce. Wars are extremely cruel, they violate inteational humanitarian law and are increasingly waged in cities. Aleppo in Syria and Mosul in Iraq are good examples of this development. The fact that the political causes of conflicts increasingly combine with violence driven by criminals, terrorists and interethnic tensions is an especially explosive mix. swissinfo.ch: How has this deteriorating situation emerged over the past five ye
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Photo Gallery about the harvest and preparation of Mistletoe.
In fact, the healing power of the plant was already known to doctors around the time of Hippocrates, in ancient Greece. However, it wasn't until 1917 that co-founder of anthroposophical medicine Ita Wegman first used it in Zurich as a treatment for cancer, after her colleague Rudolf Steiner had first realised its cancer-specific healing potential.Ever since, mistletoe has become an increasingly recognised component of complementary cancer treatment, especially in Europe (though it is not yet approved as part of palliative care in the United Kingdom or United States). Here are some of the features that make it so special. It lives from its treeMistletoes are flowering plants, but they don’t form a root and they are wholly dependent on food from the host tree. Their leaves are permanently green, but not optimised for photosynthesis. The material and quality of mistletoe is thus shaped by the mother tree, without which it could not exist.It grows slowly, but beware of toxins!Mistletoe bushes grow very slowly. Rather than forming roots and a rapid wealth of leaves, they form fascinating pharmacological and toxic substances:
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