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Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève shows off competition's final selection

With the winners from the 72 magnificent timepieces to be announced on November 14th, the latest edition of the "watchmakers' Oscars" is a blend of ancient art and innovation...at a price.

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Swiss company's approach to plastic recycling 'like unmaking pasta

“Our process is putting the pasta into the reactor, and it comes out as water and flour, the original pasta ingredients. Then we can make pasta — well, plastic — again.”

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Switzerland bans paedophiles from working with children for life

Switzerland has announced it will ban all convicted paedophiles from working with children for life.

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Switzerland imposes lifetime ban on paedophiles from working with children

Judges will be obliged to impose the measure on almost all those convicted of sexual offences against vulnerable victims.

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Switzerland launches electronic organ-donation register

"The foundation's priority was to increase safety and security, to make it easier for families to access their relatives' wishes," Dr Immer, President of the Swiss National Foundation for Organ Donation and Transplantation, told Euronews

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Switzerland is also negotiating its relationship with the EU

Currently relations between Switzerland and the EU are based on more than 100 bilateral agreements struck since 1972.

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Swiss canton votes to ban burqa in public

St Gallen becomes the second Swiss canton to ban the full-face veil in public.

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Swiss female politicians reveal battle with online abuse

Many female Swiss politicians are forced to deal with online verbal abuse every day. Euronews spoke to three Swiss women working in politics about their personal experiences with harassment online.

Living

153-year-old watchmaker Zenith sets sights on millennials

The luxury Swiss brand is modernising its mechanical watches to appeal to younger customers.

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This map shows 'how snow is disappearing from Switzerland'

Snow covering an area twice the size of Luxembourg has been lost in Switzerland over the last two decades, researchers say.

Living

The rise of the Swiss spa

We take a look at why these Alpine retreats are a cut above the rest

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Watch: Flagging a problem? New ambassador's prop gaffe on first day

They share a border, language and good diplomatic relations but are things going to go sour between the Germans and the Swiss?

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Ban killer robots to stop ‘truly dystopian scenarios’, say campaigners

Campaigners say killer robots and other autonomous weapons systems should be banned before it’s too late.

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Swiss share salary info on new site aiming to end pay discrimination

We've all wondered how much our bosses or coworkers make. Now, in Switzerland, there may be a way to find out.

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Watch: Onlookers catch glimpse of waterspout in Zurich

Although the weather on the lake remained at 23°C, air temperature measured only 9°C, which led to the creation of the vortex over the water.

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Watch: Waterspout spotted on Lake Zurich, Switzerland

The waterspout formed after a drop in temperature in the region.

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Watch: Paragliding Acro World Tour finals in Switzerland

Held on the shores of Lake Geneva, around 29,000 spectators observed the thrilling finals.

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World War Two plane crash site revealed by melting glacier

A melting glacier in Switzerland has uncovered the crash site of a World War Two plane that came down in the alps

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WATCH: Mudslide pummels through Swiss village

A mudslide struck the village of Grugnay (Valais canton) in Switzerland on Tuesday night (Aug 7th)

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Heatwave: Thousands of dead fish pulled from the River Rhine

Heatwave: Thousands of dead fish pulled from the River Rhine. Water authorities in Switzerland are struggling to save a number of species, most notably Grayling fish due to the rising heat affecting oxygen levels.