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Wawrinka pulls out of Rio Olympics due to back injury

World number four Stan Wawrinka hbecome the latest high-profile tennis player to withdraw from the up-coming Rio Olympics.

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Aussie rowers up the creek without a paddle

The Australian rowing team are a last minute substitution for the Rio Olympics, but are having to use a borrowed boat as their's is still back in Australia.

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Federer to miss Rio Olympics

Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Rio Olympics and will miss the end of the season in order to recover from knee surgery.

Cult

A fusion of legends and prodigies at Montreux Jazz Festival

Montreux this year includes veterans Randy Weston and John McLaughlin, new talent Alina Engibaryan and electro stars Petit Biscuit.

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Reggae made in Switzerland à la Jaba & Friends

Jaba, who lives in the French speaking area of Switzerland,has been making Jamaican inspired sounds for over two decades.

Sport

France seals Euro 2016 Group A while Albania shock the Romanians

On Sunday the group stage for the host nation ended.

Switzerland

Switzerland ends bid to join European Economic Area - after 24 years

A week ahead of the UK referendum on EU membership, Switzerland has done some clarification of its own on its relationship with Europe.

Cult

A White House in Basel: Ai Wei Wei installation looms large at Swiss art event

Ai Wei’s Wei’s temple-like ‘White House’ is one of the main attractions of Art Basel’s Unlimited section, a space focusing on big art, featuring massive sculptures and paintings, video projections, la

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Euro 2016: Opening wins for Switzerland and Wales, England held by Russia

Switzerland beat Albania 1-0 Wales beat Slovakia 2-1 England draw 1-1 with Russia Swiss survive scare to win opener Switzerland beat competition debutants Albania 1-0 to get their Euro 2016 Group

Switzerland

Swiss advocates of basic income for all claim moral victory, despite crushing defeat

Swiss voters may have overwhelmingly rejected the proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for all, but for some that doesn’t necessarily mean the debate is…

Switzerland

Landmark Swiss vote on a guaranteed basic income

Exit poll suggests they have rejected a plan to give everyone 2,200 euros a month, whether working or not

Switzerland

Swiss vote for money for nothing

The EU says it is pondering a pilot scheme for a bloc-wide basic income for all, and this weekend the Swiss actually get to decide on the idea in one of their referendum votes, the first country to vo

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FIFA lawyers accuse Blatter, Valcke and Kattner of profiteering

Lawyers acting for FIFA claim disgraced former president Sepp Blatter, ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke and his former deputy Markus Kattner wrongly profited by some 70 million euros over the past f

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Santander's Madrid HQ raided in tax evasion probe

Police have raided Spanish bank Santander's headquarters in Madrid as part of an investigation into possible tax evasion.

Switzerland

World's longest and deepest train tunnel opens in Switzerland

Switzerland's Gothard tunnel has opened. It is world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

Switzerland

The long road to build the new Gotthard rail tunnel

1999: kick-off for a mammoth Swiss project that was to last 17 years.

World News

All you need to know about the Universal Basic Income

Switzerland will become the first country to hold a national vote on whether to introduce a Universal Basic Income (UBI).

Switzerland

The Gotthard Base Tunnel, a project of unprecedented scale

An unprecedented feat of engineering will be unveiled to the world on June 1, 2016: the Gotthard Base railway tunnel.

Switzerland

Rare 'Unique Pink' diamond dazzles buyers with record-breaking auction sale

The “Unique Pink” has broken all records for any jewellery auction.

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Imagining the worst for Europe's riskiest assets

Europe has a wealth of sensitive high-value facilities that could spell disaster if they failed in, say, an earthquake or flood. And what if both happened simultaneously? And vital equipment malfuncti