Read more about the article T-Rex Skeleton Auction Next Month
Photo shows a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, undated. For the first time in Europe and only the third time worldwide, a skeleton of an entire T. rex dinosaur of exceptional quality will be offered at auction in Zurich, Switzerland, on April 18, 2023. (Koller Auctions/Newsflash)

T-Rex Skeleton Auction Next Month

The skeleton of an entire Tyrannosaurus rex will go under the hammer in Switzerland next month with an expected price of more than GBP 7 million. The skeleton - named…

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Read more about the article Germans Increasingly Send Their Deceased’s Ashes To Switzerland To Get Around Burial-Law Red Tape
Image shows undertaker Berto Biaggi, undated photo. He owns a burial service company in the municipality of Gipf-Oberfrick, canton of Aargau, Switzerland. (Newsflash)

Germans Increasingly Send Their Deceased’s Ashes To Switzerland To Get Around Burial-Law Red Tape

Undertakers have revealed that the number of Germans asking for their deceased loved ones' ashes to be sent to Switzerland has dramatically increased in the past 10 years. Swiss funeral…

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Read more about the article More Than Half Exhibited Benin Objects In Switzerland Were Most Likely Looted By British Troops, Shows Research
Picture shows the Hip mask, from the Kingdom of Benin, undated. Eight Swiss museums are a part of the Benin Initiative Switzerland, to research the origin of their holdings from Kingdom of Benin. (Museum Rietberg, Rainer Wolfsberger/Newsflash)

More Than Half Exhibited Benin Objects In Switzerland Were Most Likely Looted By British Troops, Shows Research

Over half of the artefacts from the former African Kingdom of Benin that are exhibited in Switzerland ended up there after they were stolen by British soldiers in the 19th…

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Read more about the article Adorable Goeldi’s Marmoset Monkey Threatened With Extinction Finds New Home In Swiss Zoo
Image shows the Goeldi's marmoset monkey at the Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, undated photo. It was listed as 'vulnerable' on IUCN's List of Threatened Species. (Zurich Zoo, Enzo Franchini/Newsflash)

Adorable Goeldi’s Marmoset Monkey Threatened With Extinction Finds New Home In Swiss Zoo

An adorable monkey native to the Amazon that is threatened with extinction has found a new home in a zoo in Switzerland. Video footage from the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland…

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Read more about the article Seven-Year-Old Dies After Swallowing Button Battery
Image shows the city of Coimbra, Portugal, undated photo. A boy, aged 7, died after swallowing a button battery while on a holiday. (Newsflash)

Seven-Year-Old Dies After Swallowing Button Battery

A seven-year-old boy has died after swallowing a button battery while on holiday in Portugal. The family - from Payerne, Switzerland - had been spending the winter break in the…

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Read more about the article Nine Protected Tortoises Stolen From Pet Shop In Switzerland
Image shows the one of the endangered tortoises that were stolen from a pet shop undated photo. The incident happened in the municipality of Zuchwil, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (Polizei Kanton Solothurn/Newsflash)

Nine Protected Tortoises Stolen From Pet Shop In Switzerland

Swiss police officers have been looking for culprits suspected of stealing nine protected tortoises from a pet shop in Switzerland. The young leopard tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis) were reportedly stolen from…

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Read more about the article World’s Most Expensive Hotdog Makers Keep Price DOWN To Just GBP 221
Image shows the luxury hot dog that costs CHF 250 (GBP 221), undated photo. It can be bought at the Rudolf's Christmas market in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. (CEN)

World’s Most Expensive Hotdog Makers Keep Price DOWN To Just GBP 221

As fast food goes, these luxury GBP 221 hotdogs have to be one of the wurst Christmas bargains ever. But the maker of the world's most expensive hotdog claims the…

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Read more about the article 5,300-Year-Old Ice Mummy Died In Spring And Not Autumn As Previously Believed
Image shows the investigation of Otzi in South Tyrol, Austria, undated photo. The South Tyrolean Museum of Archeology is the exhibition venue of the "Man from the Tisenjoch". (South Tyrol Museum of Archeology, EURAC, Samadelli, Staschitz/Newsflash)

5,300-Year-Old Ice Mummy Died In Spring And Not Autumn As Previously Believed

New research has suggested that Otzi the 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceman did not die in autumn before being preserved under winter snow, and instead had died in early spring on a…

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Read more about the article Please Annex Our Village Frustrated Italians Beg Switzerland
Image shows the Italian village of Monteviasco, undated photo. Residents asked their village to be annexed to Switzerland after cable car that connects them to the rest of the world has remained broken since 2018. (Newsflash)

Please Annex Our Village Frustrated Italians Beg Switzerland

Stranded villagers in an Italian Alpine hamlet have asked Switzerland to annex them after four years of bungling by local politicians. The village's gondola lift has been out of action…

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Read more about the article Four Rescued Bears Meet For The First Time At Sanctuary In The Swiss Alps
Image shows bears Jamila and Sam relaxing, undated photo. Four bears met at the Arosa Bear Sanctuary in Switzerland for the first time ever on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (Stiftung Arosa Baren, VIER PFOTEN/Newsflash)

Four Rescued Bears Meet For The First Time At Sanctuary In The Swiss Alps

Four rescued bears have met together for the first time in a plush animal sanctuary in Switzerland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm4OhbIfdnU Stiftung Arosa Baren, VIER PFOTEN/Newsflash Bear siblings Jamila and Sam met two…

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