Cluster: Swiss Identity

Cameras watch over Geneva’s Pâquis district

This content was published on Oct 29, 2014 On October 15, 2014, the Geneva authorities announced that 23 CCTV cameras were in operation in part of the Pâquis district. Located between the lake and Cornavin train station, the district in the city centre is best known for its colourful blend of cultures, restaurants and shops, five-star hotels, relatively cheap accommodation and for being…

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Language vote would be ‘dangerous’ for Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 28, 2014 Any escalation in the current foreign language teaching controversy in Switzerland that leads to a vote would be dangerous and leave “difficult-to-heal” wounds, warns a prominent linguist.

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Swiss demand urgent help for Syrian refugees

This content was published on Oct 28, 2014 Burkhalter was speaking in front of representatives from 40 different countries at the international Syrian refugee conference in Berlin on Tuesday. “We have to act right now to ensure that thousands of people have a warm and secure place to stay,” he told delegates. Switzerland will deliver tents, heaters and blankets to Iraq this year.…

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Gender equality: Swiss fall out of WEF top ten

This content was published on Oct 28, 2014 The annual indexExternal link, first published in 2006 (when Switzerland came 26th), was led by Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. These were followed by Nicaragua, Rwanda (the only country in the world with more women in parliament than men), Ireland, the Philippines and Belgium. The United States came 20th, Britain 26th and Italy 69th.…

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Ebola vaccine trial to take place in Lausanne

This content was published on Oct 28, 2014 The Swiss medical authorities have approved the application for a trial with an experimental Ebola vaccine at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV). It will be conducted on 120 volunteer participants.

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Convictions up, especially for immigration offences

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 The number of convictions in Switzerland reached an all-time high last year, according to the Federal Statistics Office.

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Media quality in decline, say researchers

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 The 2013 Yearbook from the Zurich-based Research Institute for the Public Sphere and Society, published on Monday, found that shrinking financial means, job cuts and the ready availability of free information print – both online and in print – have had a damaging impact on quality in the Swiss media sector. Presenting the report’s main…

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‘Religion more likely to result in conflicts than in peace’

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 As part of the National Research Programme “Religions, the State and SocietyExternal link”, sociologists of religion from Lausanne and St Gallen have gauged the religiosity and spirituality of people in Switzerland. The final report, the most comprehensive study of this topic to date, is now available as a book in GermanExternal link. The researchers subdivided…

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Swiss hospitals, too much of a good thing?

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 For more than a century, patients at Saanen hospital enjoyed an idyllic view of the Bernese Oberland. Some of them could even see their homes from there. The hospital was a fixture in the district and no one could imagine life without it. But Saanen hospital was closed down two years ago, losing out to…

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Saanen hospital gone but not forgotten

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 Saanen Hospital served the district of Saanenland in the Bernese Oberland for more than a century until it closed in 2012. Two years on, the main buildings lie idle and a sense of injustice still prevails in the region. Doris’s Kaffestube, a café in the heart of Saanen village, is a meeting point most days…

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