The films Sister and More Than Honey took home the top awards at the 16th annual Swiss Film Awards on Saturday evening, held in Geneva for the first time.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Internationally_acclaimed_films_win_top_honours.html?cid=35309676

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Switzerland is home to several crowdfunding platforms generating millions of francs from peer-to-peer financing.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Swiss_join_the_crowdfunding_craze.html?cid=35258938

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A Swiss-led team of astronomers has reported what may be the first-ever observed formation of a new planet, 335 light-years away. There, a cloud of gas and dust is believed to be developing into a gas giant planet, similar to Jupiter.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Observers_spot_first-ever_live_planet_formation.html?cid=35115082

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An expectant mother arrives at hospital, anxious and about to give birth – but none of the staff speaks her language. To address such problems, the Swiss have initiated a round-the-clock telephone interpretation service.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Telephone_interpretation_to_the_rescue.html?cid=35081530

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Swiss industrial design has for decades been recognised for its robust functionality and simple elegance. But the playfulness and imagination of a new generation of designers is leading to a fresh outlook on Swiss design.http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Swiss_design_moves_from_functional_to_fun.html?cid=33580278

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Cleanliness is commonly considered a Swiss trait, but is Switzerland really as clean as it seems? On a day in early autumn, tourists meander through Bern’s old town. A man cleans a storefront window. A rubbish truck bumps over cobblestones.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Switzerland_comes_clean_on_its_obsession_.html?cid=33472792

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Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner, professors of architecture and urban design at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), have been awarded the Golden Lion at this year’s Venice Biennale.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Zurich_professors_win_at_Venice_Biennale.html?cid=33418018

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At stake in the third of four scheduled nationwide ballots this year are:
Tighter and uniform anti-smoking regulations, tax breaks for elderly home owners and the promotion of musical education.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/specials/september_23_vote/index.html?cid=33180952

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Riding to the top of the 1,900-meter Mount Stanserhorn with the wind in your hair, the blue sky above you and a fantastic 360° panorama: that was the concept of the new cable car to replace the one from Kälti to Stanserhorn.

Check it out on your next trip to Switzerland.

http://www.stanserhorn.ch/en/travel/cabrio/

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Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chappatte is the first non-American to be awarded the Thomas Nast Prize since its creation over 40 years ago by the Overseas Press Club of America. swissinfo.ch caught up with him in New York.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Cartoonist_garners_American_praise.html?cid=32584398

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