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Helping women break into a man’s world None of the top 20 companies in Switzerland has a female CEO and women are largely underrepresented in boards of directors. As Women’s Day is marked, businesswoman and networker Barbara Rigassi tells swissinfo.ch why the situation is so and how women can make it to the top. 06.03.2010 - 17:47 Teens stand trial over Munich attack The German trial of three Swiss teenagers accused of brutally attacking randomly selected people in Munich last summer is set to begin on Monday. 06.03.2010 - 10:33 Sawmills worry axe may fall over wood shortage A strong franc and a weak market are chipping away at the Swiss timber industry. Sawmill owners say they fear a looming wood shortage and possible layoffs. 03.03.2010 - 08:26 Giving up on pesticides “would affect yields” Although pesticides are destroying biodiversity in European fields, farmers continue to use them. In Switzerland the government aims to limit their use. 02.03.2010 - 13:17 Arson attacks turn up heat on Basel police Fifty-eight fires, reward money, false trails and clueless police – what sounds like a Hollywood crime drama is in fact Switzerland’s worst-ever case of arson. 01.03.2010 - 13:50 Chile steps up quake rescue effort The race continues to help the millions affected by the devastating earthquake that rocked Chile on Saturday, killing more than 700 people. 27.02.2010 - 10:56 Should thin people pay less health insurance? A proposal that sees those with a healthy lifestyle – basically the thin and the fit – benefiting from lower health insurance premiums has triggered controversy. 24.02.2010 - 21:00 Experts sound alarm over toxic accidents at home More than 50,000 household chemical accidents happen each year in Switzerland despite products having warning labels, a study has found. 20.02.2010 - 19:53 How we get our heads round languages Two languages take up no more space in the brain than one, and even with a late start you can still become bilingual, a neurologist tells swissinfo.ch. 19.02.2010 - 22:29 Questions raised over foreign student influx Students from abroad are flocking to study in Swiss universities, but the development has raised concerns in some quarters. 19.02.2010 - 14:14 Galloping in a winter wonderland Thoroughbreds thunder past kicking up clouds of ice from the manicured frozen racetrack. A gemstone’s throw away, jet-setters in ankle-length fur coats sip champagne. 14.02.2010 - 12:32 Germans experience tide of xenophobia It has not been easy for Germans in Switzerland of late – right wingers think there are too many of them, and furthermore, Berlin may well buy stolen Swiss bank data. 08.02.2010 - 21:08 “Ghost” chalet scam targets rich Verbier skiers A stunning luxury six-bed holiday home for rent in the heart of Verbier. The catch? The SFr12,300 ($11,400)-a-week house, Chalet Lumière, does not actually exist. 08.02.2010 - 07:47 Healthcare recruitment "harms poorest nations" The high proportion of foreign healthcare workers in Switzerland could have catastrophic consequences for developing countries, says an international health expert. 04.02.2010 - 15:19 Guantanamo detainees to require special therapy The three Guantanamo detainees that Switzerland has accepted to resettle will need special therapy to help them integrate after years in prison. 03.02.2010 - 13:12 The hills are alive with the sound of sirens On Wednesday Switzerland reverberated to the sound of more than 8,000 sirens as the country carried out its annual test of the devices.

Travel & Culture

The organ that went back to the future The organ in Zurich’s Grossmünster cathedral has just celebrated its 50th birthday – young in organ terms, but in its day it changed the way the wind blew. Literally. January 31, 1960 saw – and heard – the inauguration of the fourth instrument to grace Zurich’s largest church. But it was how the keys, valves and pipes were all connected that had everybody talking. 05.03.2010 - 10:34 The new breed of summit explorers When Manny first told me he was planning to climb a mountain in the Swiss Alps, I had to smile. After all, he is a stuffed toy. 03.03.2010 - 12:58 Swiss artist sparks controversy in Vienna Basel artist Christoph Büchel has set the cat among the pigeons at a contemporary art venue in Vienna where part of his project is the installation of a real sex club. 02.03.2010 - 21:38 Swiss musicians keep eyes on the prize The Swiss music industry has rolled out the red carpet for the third time to celebrate the best acts of 2009, but for many bands success still means making it abroad.

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