The high life – cannabis, managers’ salaries and Brussels blood pressure

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Here are the top stories we’re following in the week of June 22, 2015:

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Monday

Cannabis: a dangerous drug for some, a miracle medicine for others. In an extended multimedia analysis, swissinfo.ch tells the stories of four people – a grower, a pharmacist, a doctor and a patient – who point out the virtues but also the limits of the controversial plant.

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Monday

Trade union group Travail Suisse will hold a press conference on managers’ salaries – a red rag to those on the political left in Switzerland (and elsewhere). What is the situation two years after voters backed giving shareholders greater say over fat-cat pay but rejected a cap on executive salaries?

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Tuesday

Two people die every week in Switzerland for want of a donated organ. Despite this shortage, parliament doesn’t want to change the current system, where only those who have given explicit consent are considered donors. Swisstransplant will give the results of its latest donor drive.

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Tuesday

The free movement of people – never have so few words caused so much friction between Bern and Brussels. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) will reveal the effects of free movement on the Swiss job market last year.

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Friday

Job sharing is slowly catching on in Switzerland. We give an in-depth analysis of the developing situation in the country with the second-largest proportion of part-time workers in Europe (after the Netherlands).

What you may have missed last week: