Cluster: Swiss Identity

UBS whistleblower criticises banking’s ‘code of silence’

This content was published on Oct 4, 2014 Gibaud started working at UBS France when it opened there in 1999 and was head of communications until 2012, with particular responsibility for organising bank events in France. Upon learning of the alleged illegal nature of the bank’s activities in France, she was instrumental in revealing the scandal of tax evasion and fraud. Earlier this…

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UEFA celebrates 60th birthday with open door day

This content was published on Oct 4, 2014 The organisation was having an open doors day at its headquarters in Nyon, overlooking Lake Geneva, to celebrate its 60th anniversary. UEFA was founded in 1954 but didn’t actually move to Nyon, canton Vaud, until 1995. UEFA is one of around 65 international sport federations and organisations currently based in Switzerland. The first was the…

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Documentary shines light on H.R. Giger’s dark world

This content was published on Oct 3, 2014 Best known for his monster in Alien, Swiss artist H.R. Giger was ignored by the mainstream. A new film shows how he lived in the darkness.

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Swiss ICRC worker killed in Donetsk

This content was published on Oct 3, 2014 A Swiss ICRC worker has been killed in shelling in the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Ukraine and Russia blame each other for the incident. The Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed in statement on Thursday that Laurent DuPasquier, 38, who had been working as an administrator in the organization’s office in…

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Tribal tunes

This content was published on Oct 3, 2014 Listen to a few examples of Santal music here.

Swiss e-bike market could climb to 1.7 million

This content was published on Oct 3, 2014 Demand for electric bikes remains on the up and up. According to a study, some 233,000 e-bikes are regularly seen powering up Swiss hills and this number could rise to 1.7 million.

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CERN turns 60

This content was published on Oct 3, 2014 The business of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is fundamental physics: what is the universe made of and how does it work? Following the Second World War, a group of scientists and public administrators on both sides of the Atlantic decided to set up a research centre as a way of fostering peace…

Selling indie films to an Indian audience

This content was published on Oct 2, 2014 Despite doing well at international festivals, Indian indie films struggle to attract an audience in India.

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Photographing a feeling

This content was published on Oct 2, 2014 Armed with only a star chart and small flashlight who’s only function was dim red, I felt a little vulnerable in the pitch black night.

Five Swiss killed in a helicopter crash in France

This content was published on Oct 2, 2014 A helicopter that was travelling between Lausanne and Montbéliard in France crashed on Thursday morning. Five of the seven passengers – all Swiss – were killed, authorities said. Of the survivors, one person was taken to the hospital in Besançon while the other who was grievously injured, was transported to Switzerland by the Swiss air rescue service REGA. The passengers included six men and one woman and were between 45 and 63 years of age. The cause of the crash is still not known. According to eyewitnesses "the helicopter dropped like a stone," reported Pierre Schlatter, the mayor of Bart. "The helicopter was in the approach zone, just minutes from landing. It fell on a hangar only a few metres away from a house," he added. A local journalist on the scene tweeted this image, writing "Helicopter crash in Bart: extraction of the victims has begun." The EC 130 helicopter came down at 9:40am in the pavilion of a house in the commune of Bart, in the French department of Doubs, a few hundred metres away from the Montbéliard airfield. This was confirmed by local authorities.

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