http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/index.html en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:36:41 GMT Copyright2013, swissinfo. 60 http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/In_terms_of_sex_ed,_schools_do_their_own_thing.html?rss=true&cid=36177180 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:00:39 GMT Spirits are high at a Basel secondary school: today they’re going to talk about sex. Whether it’s a typical lesson is hard to say as Switzerland has no federal guidelines on the topic – a problem, say many, and one that may not be resolved soon. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/In_terms_of_sex_ed,_schools_do_their_own_thing.html?cid=36177180&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Teacher_makes_her_own_sex_educational_models.html?rss=true&cid=36067334 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:00:39 GMT Sexual education expert Yasmin Roth makes her own models of genitalia from fabrics. For her they're more suitable for teaching than the more common plastic versions. For Roth, though, sexual education should go beyond explaining the mere physics. (Photo: swissinfo) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Teacher_makes_her_own_sex_educational_models.html?cid=36067334&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/US_tax_bill_rejection_fails_to_ignite_press.html?rss=true&cid=36208750 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:39:00 GMT After spending the past few weeks commenting every twist and turn of a controversial draft law allowing Swiss banks to help the United States to crack down on suspected tax cheats, the media were at a loss for words after it was rejected by parliament. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/US_tax_bill_rejection_fails_to_ignite_press.html?cid=36208750&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Swiss_parliament_kills_divisive_US_tax_bill.html?rss=true&cid=36198434 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:42:00 GMT Parliament has thrown out a draft law enabling Swiss banks to hand over confidential data to the United States for cracking down on suspected tax cheats. However, it called on the cabinet to find legal means to resolve the standoff. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Swiss_parliament_kills_divisive_US_tax_bill.html?cid=36198434&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Montreux_Jazz_archives_gain_UNESCO_status.html?rss=true&cid=36203158 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:22:00 GMT A vast collection of live concert footage and audio spanning the entire 46-year history of the Montreux Jazz Festival - featuring the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin and Prince - has been given UNESCO heritage status. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Montreux_Jazz_archives_gain_UNESCO_status.html?cid=36203158&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Parliament_re-instates_medical_practice_limits.html?rss=true&cid=36201624 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:18:12 GMT Parliament has green-lighted renewed limits on the number of healthcare specialists who may operate in the country. For three years starting July 1 new medical practice licenses will be restricted in some regions and costs reigned in. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Parliament_re-instates_medical_practice_limits.html?cid=36201624&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Privacy_officials_raise_concerns_over_Glass.html?rss=true&cid=36198568 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:10:00 GMT The Swiss data protection commissioner and government privacy officials from a handful of other countries have written to Google to raise privacy concerns about its wearable computing eyewear, Glass. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Privacy_officials_raise_concerns_over_Glass.html?cid=36198568&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Former_UBS_trader_charged_in_Libor_case.html?rss=true&cid=36191744 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:12:13 GMT City of London police have charged a former UBS trader with eight counts of conspiracy to defraud, as part of the investigation into the manipulation of the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, uncovered last year. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Former_UBS_trader_charged_in_Libor_case.html?cid=36191744&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Expanding_Switzerland_s_Health_Valley_.html?rss=true&cid=36154100 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:00:30 GMT Backed by billionaires, a major new biotech research initiative in Geneva dubbed ‘Campus Biotech’ looks set to shift Switzerland’s ‘Health Valley’ up a gear. Coming after major job losses in the region, it is receiving a cautious welcome. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Expanding_Switzerland_s_Health_Valley_.html?cid=36154100&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Meteorite_raises_anti-littering_awareness.html?rss=true&cid=36186792 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:24:34 GMT A six-metre-high, 35-tonne ball of rubbish has landed in the Plaine de Plainpalais in central Geneva, where it will remain until the end of the month. The city authorities want to draw attention to the problem of littering. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Meteorite_raises_anti-littering_awareness.html?cid=36186792&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Government_condemns_alleged_US_snooping.html?rss=true&cid=36182682 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:13:32 GMT The Swiss government has described the systematic internet monitoring allegedly practised by the US intelligence service, NSA, as an “excessive infringement of the private sphere”, whose protection is guaranteed by the federal constitution. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Government_condemns_alleged_US_snooping.html?cid=36182682&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Halting_a_desert_with_the_Great_Green_Wall_.html?rss=true&cid=36123378 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:00:00 GMT Advancing deserts are not unstoppable. By planting trees, it is possible to redevelop the soil and create an ecosystem that is more favourable for agriculture. The Swiss association Sylla Caap is convinced of this and in the savannah of Senegal has started building a Great Green Wall. (Luigi Jorio, swissinfo.ch) (Photo: swissinfo) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Halting_a_desert_with_the_Great_Green_Wall_.html?cid=36123378&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/I_never_imagined_writing_would_pay_the_bills.html?rss=true&cid=36117988 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:00:00 GMT At the age of 12, Angelia Maria Schwaller from the sleepy village of Überstorf in canton Fribourg discovered the internet. She sought out likeminded people on forums to learn from and exchange ideas with. Her passion – poetry. (Photo: Filipa Cordeiro, swissinfo.ch) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/I_never_imagined_writing_would_pay_the_bills.html?cid=36117988&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/audios_podcast/Performance_in_art,_and_art_in_performance.html?rss=true&cid=36146016 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:00:04 GMT Art is many things to many people, from buskers on the streets of Art Basel to controversial banned photographs in the Facebook era. And for some American singers, it means re-discovering their Swiss roots through music . (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/audios_podcast/Performance_in_art,_and_art_in_performance.html?cid=36146016&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/A_nation_s_landscape_in_pictures.html?rss=true&cid=36141604 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:00:40 GMT Pictures of Switzerland normally include its idyllic countryside, lakes and buildings. However, an exhibition at the Swiss Foundation for Photography in Winterthur is showing works by seven photographers that show a different and topical view of the country. (Photo: Nicolas Faure) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/A_nation_s_landscape_in_pictures.html?cid=36141604&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Old_utopian_ideal_revived_on_Swiss_streets.html?rss=true&cid=36104780 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:00:26 GMT It is arguably one of the most unusual political ideas launched in decades and campaigners for an unconditional basic income for all say they have already collected enough signatures to force a vote on their utopian proposal. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Old_utopian_ideal_revived_on_Swiss_streets.html?cid=36104780&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/The_global_ambitions_of_Art_Basel.html?rss=true&cid=36080906 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:01:03 GMT Art Basel opens in Switzerland following the launch weeks earlier of its first Asian edition in Hong Kong. With Art Basel Miami Beach now in its tenth year, swissinfo.ch looks at the brand’s expansion and how experts view the change. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/The_global_ambitions_of_Art_Basel.html?cid=36080906&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/The_long_road_from_Guantanamo_to_Switzerland.html?rss=true&cid=36108370 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:00:00 GMT Illegally imprisoned for eight years, three former inmates of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have found refuge in Switzerland. Three others fell foul of administrative hurdles in Bern. swissinfo.ch looks at where they are now. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/The_long_road_from_Guantanamo_to_Switzerland.html?cid=36108370&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Swiss_entrepreneurs_are_failing_to_dream_big_.html?rss=true&cid=36053756 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:00:20 GMT Switzerland does not lack talent when it comes to innovation and promoting new ideas. But the country’s young entrepreneurs have trouble leaving their comfort zone and striking out in the world, according to global competition specialist Stéphane Garelli. (Photo: stephanegarelli.com) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Swiss_entrepreneurs_are_failing_to_dream_big_.html?cid=36053756&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Minister_pushes_for_more_asylum_reforms.html?rss=true&cid=36094414 Sun, 9 Jun 2013 18:20:00 GMT Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga says voters’ approval on Sunday of the latest reform paves the way for the introduction of faster and more humane asylum procedures. She pledged Switzerland would uphold its humanitarian tradition. (Photo: Keystone) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Minister_pushes_for_more_asylum_reforms.html?cid=36094414&rss=true http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Are_Swiss_watches_Swiss_enough.html?rss=true&cid=35998950 Fri, 7 Jun 2013 09:00:00 GMT Moves are underway to increase the “Swissness” in manufactured products in Switzerland. One sector where the Swiss-made label is being hotly debated is the watch industry. (Photo: swissinfo) http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Are_Swiss_watches_Swiss_enough.html?cid=35998950&rss=true