Canton of Solothurn

Switzerland: Muslims are welcome, if they're integrated and unobtrusive

Switzerland: Muslims are welcome, if they're integrated and unobtrusive 68% think you can be Swiss and Muslim, but 40% think that Islam isn't compatible with the values of a Swiss democracy. Muslims have a place in Switzerland,...

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Pigs learn to understand mirrors

October 9th, 2009 by Lin Edwards A domestic pig on an organic farm in Solothurn, Switzerland. Image: Wikimedia Commons (PhysOrg.com) -- A study of domesticated pigs has found that with just a little experimentation they can...

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EUROPE/GERMANY - Scalabrini-Fest of Fruits at the Centre of Spirituality in Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - Reactions of refusal against those who are foreigners, immigrants or refugees are increasing in Europe and the world, reaching the point of serious violations of human rights. "The encounter with the...

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Kontron takes majority of Digital-Logic

Board computer manufacturer Kontron AG (Eching, Germany) Has announced it has acquired a controlling interest in Digital-Logic AG (Solothurn, Switzerland). Through the move, Kontron hopes to realize synergy effects.

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Swiss set aside more land for nature

Switzerland will soon have more nature parks of national and regional significance, the Federal Environment Office announced on Friday. In total, the Environment Office looked at 11 applications submitted in early 2009 for the...

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Switzerland: a country of politicians

Citizens of Mümliswil, canton Solothurn, hold a communal meeting in a classroom in 1969 (RDB/SI/Reto Hügin) With 2,636 communes, 26 cantons and a federal tier of government, Switzerland very probably has the densest...

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Schools brace for swine flu

Back to school: Swiss pupils do not in fact have to wear masks (AFP) Sandwiches? Facemask?... On Monday ten of Switzerland's 26 cantons go back to school and it's business as usual. Different measures Switzerland's federal...

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International Location Marketing: Canton of Zug Joins Forces with Greater Zurich Area AG

The Canton of Zug is the latest member of the Greater Zurich Area AG, the Department for Economy of the Canton of Zug and the economic promotion agency Greater Zurich Area AG announced today. I warmly welcome the Canton of Zug...

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Tune In, Turn On and Cheer Up: Swiss Psychiatrist Fights Fear with LSD

A Swiss psychiatrist is treating severely ill patients with LSD to alleviate their fear of pain and death. Other psychedelic drugs are being tested on patients in the United States, Britain and Israel. Are psychotropic...

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Atel Transmission Ltd. removes cable scrap from the River Aare

Excavator on floating container retrieves 520 meters of high voltage cable (pressebox) Olten, 10.06.2009, From 10 June 2009, on behalf of Atel Versorgungs AG (AVAG), Atel Transmission Ltd. will retrieve two, more than 50 years...

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