Cluster: Swiss Identity

Three Swiss die in Bolivia bus crash

This content was published on Aug 31, 2014 The Bolivian state news agency, ABI, reported that the bus, which was travelling from Potosi to Oruro on a trunk road, had come off the road on Saturday morning near the province of Challapata and had turned over. The Bolivian driver was killed instantly. The Swiss victims were reported by local media to be aged…

Education

Foreign students stay away from Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 31, 2014 Two hundred foreign students will attend the University of Geneva, down from 300 last year, according to Le Matin Dimanche newspaper. A similar percentage drop has been seen at the University of Fribourg (137 to 85). Decreases of 10-15% have been reported by the University of Neuchâtel, the University of Lausanne and the federal technology…

Culture

Arab-Swiss cultural exchange goes digital

This content was published on Aug 31, 2014 A demonstration takes place in the middle of the night – but the protestors exude a magical aura in an otherwise ordinary world: dummy-like, yet alive, they chant political slogans in different languages until the camera shakes and darkness falls on the screen. The scene comes from a videoExternal link, “On stage”, by collectif_fact, Swiss…

Demographics

Nidwalden rejects French in primary schools

This content was published on Aug 30, 2014 A move by two German-speaking cantons to stop the teaching of French in primary schools has caused a storm of protest in western Switzerland. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)

Culture

Film posters – part of cultural history

This content was published on Aug 30, 2014 Founded in 1981 as a Zurich Autonomous Youth Centre project, Cinema Xenix has become a Zurich institution and a centre for debate on politics and issues affecting society. The around 300 posters for film series and retrospectives that have been produced over the past 30 years also reflect this unconventional spirit. Subjects include films from…

Culture

The subtle and moving art of Roman Signer

This content was published on Aug 29, 2014 “I like it when something happens,” muses Roman Signer, whose films, sculptures and installations reveal a deliberate self-irony. Some of the Swiss artist’s most recent and attention-grabbing works are now on show at the Kunstmuseum St Gallen.

Demographics

Cabinet defends controversial sexual campaign

This content was published on Aug 28, 2014 The Swiss government says that its LOVE LIFE information campaign against HIV is a success and has rejected allegations - particularly from conservative politicians - that the posters are too sexually explicit or even pornographic.

Demographics

Reports of assisted suicide ‘highly exaggerated’

This content was published on Aug 28, 2014 The latest media frenzy was triggered by a study published by the University of Zurich on August 21. Researchers calculated that the number of people travelling to the greater area of Switzerland’s largest city for assisted suicide doubled between 2008 and 2012. This means that in 2012, 172 people – including 77 from Germany and…

Demographics

Doping drug EPO protects brains of premature babies

This content was published on Aug 27, 2014 Premature babies are far more at risk than infants born at term of developing brain damage resulting in neurodevelopmental delay that may persist throughout their lives. A team of specialists in infant brain imaging from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of GenevaExternal link and the University Hospital of GenevaExternal link has shown that…

Demographics

Mental illness: Why getting back on the job is hard work

This content was published on Aug 27, 2014 Finding work for people with mental health issues can be a win-win situation for both employee and employer.

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