Cluster: Swiss Identity

The man making sure asylum kids go to school

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 Migration educator Pascal Fèvre gets the children off to school and supports their families as part of efforts to integrate them in Swiss society and help them to learn French. Around 3,000 young asylum seekers arrive in Switzerland every year, and 500 of them are with their families in reception centres in canton Geneva. In…

Education

One in five Swiss teachers feels overwhelmed

This content was published on Oct 26, 2014 According to the survey, administered to 600 teachers across Switzerland by the Pedagogical University of Northwest Switzerland, female teachers seemed to be at higher risk of burnout. Teachers with between 21 and 25 lessons per week felt particularly overwhelmed and dissatisfied with their work, and suffered often from symptoms of depression. The survey found no…

Culture

Pope’s Swiss Guards show devotion to food

This content was published on Oct 26, 2014 David Geisser’s mission was not only to guard the Pope, but in his spare time, to find out the favourite meals of prominent members of the church, and then recreate them to the best of his abilities in the Swiss Guard canteen for inclusion in a unique cookbook. Two years later, ‘Papal Swiss Guard: Buon…

Culture

Is playing the alphorn good for your health?

This content was published on Oct 26, 2014 The alphorn is one of the largest wind instruments. It’s composed of a long wooden conical tube bent at one end. Traditionally it was built with the wood of a young pine tree which had grown curved on the hillside. Today’s alphorn makers prefer to carve and shape better quality woods. Originally the instrument was…

Demographics

Germany grapples with assisted suicide

This content was published on Oct 26, 2014 Germans who come to Switzerland for assisted suicide have created controversy at home. With a proposed law before the German parliament, the right-to-die debate is headed for a grand finale.

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‘There’s a lot of Nazi-looted art in Switzerland’

This content was published on Oct 25, 2014

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Saas sheep threatened with extinction

This content was published on Oct 25, 2014

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Key witness testifies in UBS tax evasion trial

This content was published on Oct 23, 2014 Liechti, a former head of the wealth management division for the Americas at UBS, told the court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Thursday that his former boss put profits above the law and ignored the risks for the bank and advisors. Weil who oversaw the Caribbean operations, signed off on his plan to move client…

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American professor denied Swiss citizenship

This content was published on Oct 23, 2014 A rejected naturalisation request in Einsiedeln has triggered a heated debate. The district council rejected Irving Dunn’s request for Swiss citizenship, even though the retired chemistry professor has lived and worked in the country for over 40 years and raised his children here. Had Dunn lived in another community, his request might have passed. There…

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Banker arrested in Hoeness tax evasion case

This content was published on Oct 23, 2014 A banker from the private bank Vontobel has been arrested in connection with German football coach Uli Hoeness’s tax evasion activities.

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