WWF sounds alarm: wildlife populations are plummeting
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The WWF’s Living Planet Report 2024 found that the wild animal populations surveyed have shrunk by an average of 73% over the last 50 years.
Two decades after tsunami, Swiss tourists flock to Southeast Asia
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Twenty years after a catastrophic tsunami in Southeast Asia, the region is again a top destination for Swiss, including at Christmas.
Swiss forests better equipped for storms 25 years after Lothar
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Twenty-five years after Hurricane Lothar wreaked havoc in Switzerland, the country’s forests are now better prepared, experts say.
Media: Swiss medical services done abroad are billed at Swiss rates
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In Switzerland, some medical services carried out abroad are still billed at Swiss rates, despite costing less, RTS reports.
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Sophie Hediger, a member of the Swiss national snowboard cross team, has died in an avalanche in Arosa. She was 26 years old.
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Several Swiss films exceeded the 100,000 admissions mark worldwide in 2024 and received widespread praise at international film festivals.
Swiss Alpine resorts covered in white gold for Christmas
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Many areas at low altitudes in Switzerland are enjoying a blanket of snow. In the mountains, intense precipitation has delighted skiers.
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First case of BSE reported in Switzerland since 2012
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A case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has been reported in a farm cow in Einsiedeln, central Switzerland.
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Seven cows left for Bavaria, Germany, on February 1, and the Federal Veterinary Office expects other EU countries to lift bans on Swiss beef in the near future. In 1996, Germany, like many other countries, blocked imports of Swiss beef, beef by-products, dairy goods and cows. The ban was imposed after British scientists announced a…
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