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Dear readers,

In many places in Switzerland, the summer of 2022 turned out to be the sunniest and hottest since records began in 1886. The images of dry riverbeds are not something we want to get used to. The tremendous heat, however, had no warming effect on the frosty relations between Switzerland and the European Union (EU). One consequence of this frigid state of affairs is the unwelcome isolation that Swiss research is currently experiencing with regard to Europe. We explain the fallout from this in the latest “Swiss Review”. On the one hand, we have sweltering heat, and on the other a looming ice age. In view of such extremes, we wish you the golden mean – a mild autumn for those of you in the northern hemisphere, and a balmy spring if you’re down below the equator.

Best regards, Marc Lettau, Editor-in-Chief

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Swiss research increasingly isolated

Focus

With researchers leaving the country, professors reluctant to work at Swiss universities, and Swiss students feeling disadvantaged, research in Switzerland is increasingly isolated. Within the world of European research, Switzerland has become a “third country” without privileges.

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Flexing their muscles in Ebersecken

Report

Whereas Switzerland is not employing the best strategy in its tug of war with the European Union, the rope pullers from Ebersecken (LU) are absolute pros. We paid a visit to the strong women and men whose rope-pulling club has been the most successful in Switzerland for years.

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Confounding boom in oil furnaces

Nature and the environment

Switzerland is bidding farewell to oil heating systems for environmental reasons. Nevertheless, despite their obsolescence, an above-average number of new oil heaters have been installed in recent months. What is behind this apparent contradiction?

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“Fifth Switzerland” calls for decisive action

Politics

The Council of the Swiss Abroad is calling on the Federal Council to commit to maintaining the free movement of persons, as this impacts the daily lives of 440,000 Swiss Abroad living in the EU. Participants at the Congress of the Swiss Abroad in Lugano also expressed a clear opinion on other issues.

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Growing older – growing nostalgia

Science

A scientific survey on “transnational ageing” reveals that Swiss people over 55 have strong ties to Switzerland even when they live in another country. The results of the survey help us to better understand this growing population group.

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