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A controversial Swiss-Iranian gas deal is still causing a stir a few weeks after it was signed. The deal, worth up to €22 billion, is being criticised yet again, this time by the New York-based Anti-Defamation League. The Jewish association has posted ads in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times as well as [...]
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The Catholic bishop for Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva in western Switzerland has asked forgiveness from victims of paedophile priests, after several cases of abuse came to light. In the most widely publicised case, a Swiss priest was moved to France by superiors who knew he had already sexually abused at least one child.
UPDATE: a priest [...]
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The Swiss National Science Foundation has launched a new research programme (NRP 58) taking a closer look at the changing religious landscape. The researchers have three years and 10 million Swiss francs to reach their conclusions. If you can’t wait that long, swissinfo has already done the legwork with this special dossier.
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