Cluster: Swiss Identity

Swiss universities ranked in top 100 worldwide

This content was published on Aug 15, 2014 The federal institute of technology ETH Zurich scored highest among Swiss universities, taking 19th place in the list and moving up one rank from the previous year. It was also the only institute in the top 20 that was not in the US or UK. The University of Zurich ranked 56th, improving its position by…

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Immigration vote: picture is grim for Swiss films

This content was published on Aug 15, 2014 How Switzerland’s exclusion from the European Union’s culture programme hurts Swiss film distribution.

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Changing how we keep in touch

This content was published on Aug 15, 2014 Letters are history: but how much have emails and text messages changed what people write when communicating? (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)

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When the bill isn’t right

This content was published on Aug 14, 2014

Investigations opened into train derailment

This content was published on Aug 14, 2014 Two of the eleven people injured when a passenger train in eastern Switzerland was partially derailed by a landslide on Wednesday have now left hospital. Meanwhile, the Graubünden cantonal authorities have opened a probe into the accident.

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Loss of life averted as train derailed by landslide

This content was published on Aug 13, 2014 Some 140 people were on board the train, operated by the Rhaetian Railway company. Eight Swiss, two Japanese and one Australian are among the injured. Their injuries are not life threatening. The remainder of the passengers walked to safety from the crash site. The accident happened on Wednesday afternoon in a steep wooded valley near Tiefencastel…

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Swiss notch up train travel record

This content was published on Aug 12, 2014 The Japanese were tops when it came to the number of train journeys made, however: 69, versus 53 for the Swiss, the Swiss information service for public transport, LITRA, reported on Tuesday. Using statistics for 2013 released by the International Union of RailwaysExternal link (UIC), LITRA added that third place for journeys went to Luxembourg…

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Polanski pulls out of Locarno Film Festival

This content was published on Aug 12, 2014 French-Polish director Roman Polanski, wanted by the US for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, will not attend the Locarno Film Festival.

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Train crash kills three in central Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 11, 2014 Three people are dead after a train and a van collided in canton Nidwalden in central Switzerland on Monday morning.

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Restoring the magic of the Letzigrund athletics track

This content was published on Aug 11, 2014

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