Cluster: Swiss Identity

Heroes of Everest: Swiss stand on top of the world

This content was published on Oct 13, 2014 In Switzerland, the mountaineers came to personify much more than their feat on Everest, impressive as it was. They also embodied a desire among the Swiss for a leading role in the technology boom of the post Second World War years. The climbers were seen as harbingers of a more open Switzerland – a country…

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Swiss praised for pioneering work on Everest

This content was published on Oct 13, 2014 The Khumbu Icefall is found at 5,486 metres on the Nepali slopes of Mount Everest not far above Base Camp. It is regarded as one of the most dangerous stages of the South Col route to Everest’s summit. swissinfo.ch: How do you rate the achievement of the Swiss in 1952 from a mountaineering point of…

Culture

Swiss show plucks Indian tribe from obscurity

This content was published on Oct 12, 2014 Intricately carved stringed musical instruments from India are attracting people to Museum Rietberg in Zurich.

Education

Is education the answer? Swiss look to Nobel winners

This content was published on Oct 11, 2014 Both of the prize winners this year recognised a “simple truth“ writes the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on Saturday, that is, that “children change the world”. “A Pakistani and an Indian, a Muslim and a Hindu, a 17-year-old schoolgirl and a 60-year-old man. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners are different in many ways. What…

Culture

Swiss films spotlight H.R. Giger…and direct democracy

This content was published on Oct 11, 2014 Two Swiss films shed light on Switzerland – from inside Oscar-winning artist H. R. Giger’s home where the shutters are permanently closed, to inside a Swiss ballot box collecting votes to automatically deport foreigners who commit crimes.

Culture

The Golden Age of the small screen

This content was published on Oct 11, 2014 The era of Swiss television began in 1953. An exhibition in Basel sheds light on a cultural phenomenon that became a fixture in almost every household, despite initial hesitation and suspicion.

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Training to be mermaids

This content was published on Oct 11, 2014

Swiss launch joint declaration against death penalty

This content was published on Oct 10, 2014 “The death penalty is incompatible both with human rights – in particular the fundamental right to life – and with justice systems aimed at rehabilitation rather than retribution.” according to a government statement on Friday. Switzerland is working on this issue at both the international level – namely in the framework of the UN General…

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The Swiss hotel crisis

This content was published on Oct 10, 2014 Many small hotels across Switzerland are fighting for survival because they’re too small to be competitive. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

Church bells charm and annoy their listeners

This content was published on Oct 10, 2014 Swiss church bells tell time, call people to prayer, and irritate some – leading to disputes over whether they should be silenced.

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