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“I believe it's a one-off”
Zurich :: Switzerland | 24 days ago
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Switzerland is still not a priority target for jihadists according to the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS), although it cannot rule out that these organisations could recruit potential terrorists or find support for their activities. [...] Grass
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Mountain relief – the art of alpine lavatories
Bern :: Switzerland | 1 month ago
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Full screen April 13, 2013 Everyone can get caught short but what do you do at 3,500 metres when there isn't a pub to nip into? One solution is to use a mountain loo, which, as Swiss journalist Marco Volken discovered, can come in all shapes and
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Kevin Spacey Hosts IWC Gala in Switzerland
Geneva :: Switzerland | 4 months ago
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Eager to attend the evening's festivities, Kevin tweeted, "Looking forward to the @IWC watch fair in Geneva next Tuesday." However, in addition to fulfilling his hosting duties, the 53-year-old actor also took time out to enjoy the beauty of
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Titlis Cliff Walk: Don't look down! World's 'scariest' and highest suspension bridge opens 1,5000ft above a glacier in the Swiss Alps
Zurich :: Switzerland | 5 months ago
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Engineers have spent the past five months building the Titlis Cliff Walk, Europe's highest suspension bridge at 9,000ft above sea level. The structure, which cost 1 million, is 330ft long but just 3ft wide and sits a vertigo-inducing 1,500ft above a
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Big Deal: Big Deal: Selling a ‘Hot Spot' to the Beau Monde
Zurich :: Switzerland | 6 months ago
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The billionaire Egyptian developer Samih Sawiris, right, is building an exclusive resort in Andermatt, Switzerland, that he hopes will appeal to the international market. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Mr. Sawiris hopes the project will appeal to the
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Cowbells and snowballs in the Alps
Zurich :: Switzerland | 7 months ago
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Getty Images ''It was 18 years since I had been to Switzerland and I really wanted to see the scenery of the Swiss Alps again. "We travelled by coach to Lauterbrunnen and caught a cable car to Grutschalp, then the clog train and then by cable car up
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Swiss Photographer Focuses on Homeland during Exhibit at West Chicago's Gallery 200
Zurich :: Switzerland | 7 months ago
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and, to Swiss born photographer Britta Renwick, that includes everything from the sweeping vistas of the Swiss Alps to a sweet bowl of strawberry ice cream, and everything in between. She interprets Switzerland,
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Swiss quality leveraged at highest altitudes
Brussels :: Belgium | 9 months ago
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The Swiss men and women paid to do the work lead customers up and down peaks that are prone to avalanches and rock falls...The world was reminded of the dangers of mountain climbing this summer when an avalanche on a peak in the Mont Blanc massif
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S Korean, Austrian killed in Swiss Alps
Bern :: Switzerland | 10 months ago
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He and two compatriots had reached the mountain's summit on Friday and were descending its west face. The other two climbers were rescued unscathed by helicopter on Saturday morning...After his parachute opened, he crashed into the side of the
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Competing to carry tourists up the Alps
Zurich :: Switzerland | 10 months ago
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But the railway now faces competition from a shiny new rival on the opposite mountain, the Stanserhorn. There are 500 mountain transport companies running nearly 1,800 different types of lifts in the Swiss Alps. With operating costs so high and the
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