Cluster: Swiss Identity

Blues legend Johnny Winter found dead in Swiss hotel

This content was published on Jul 17, 2014 American blues rock star Johnny Winter, known for his slide-guitar solos and raspy vocals, was found dead on Wednesday in a hotel room outside Zurich, Swiss police said. He was 70. The Texas-born guitarist, vocalist and band leader began performing in his teens, and broke into national fame in 1968, when Rolling StoneExternal link magazine dubbed him the…

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Swiss funds to help flood-hit countries

This content was published on Jul 16, 2014 The foreign ministry said the Swiss delegation agreed to give financial help at an international donor conference in Brussels on Wednesday. In the short term, funding will be diverted from reconstruction projects that Switzerland supports in eastern Europe. The flooding in the western Balkans left 60 people dead and destroyed the homes and businesses of…

Visitors watching elephants in Zurich zoo

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How wild are you about zoos?

This content was published on Jul 16, 2014 Basel and Zurich zoos recently launched major new development projects. Although they claim to be more animal-friendly ...

Basel Oceanarium

This content was published on Jul 16, 2014 (SRF Schweiz Aktuell, swissinfo.ch)

ICRC and UN aid groups leave Libya

This content was published on Jul 16, 2014 A spokesman for the Swiss-led ICRC said the evacuation of about 10 members was necessary because of the deteriorating security situation and the closure of the country’s main airport. However, about 130 local ICRC workers will stay in Libya and the organisation is co-ordinating its aid efforts from neighbouring Tunisia. In June the ICRC temporarily…

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Number of people on poverty line remains stable

This content was published on Jul 15, 2014 Some 590,000 people living in Switzerland were below the poverty threshold in 2012, roughly the same number as in the previous year.

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The fast-track school term in an asylum centre

This content was published on Jul 15, 2014 “Bär, Bärrrrr.” Three children sit cross-legged on the floor of a classroom, looking at a picture of a bear with their teacher. Although they are learning how to say the German word for the animal, their mother-tongue is Arabic. These children could spend almost five months attending the special classes held near the Juch asylum…

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Buckling up still less common in the back seat

This content was published on Jul 15, 2014 The Swiss Council for Accident Prevention checked around 45,000 passengers in cars bearing Swiss plates at 73 locations in the months of April and June 2014. It found that overall, 94% of drivers and 93% of front-seat passengers were wearing their seatbelts, a 2% increase over 2013. Seatbelt wearing was highest on the motorway, remaining…

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Dual nationals turn their back on France

This content was published on Jul 15, 2014 Figures published by the French foreign ministry show that 113 people gave up their French nationality last year. That’s 42% up on 2012 and 111 more citizens than in 2010. The main reason for the sharp increase is pressure by Paris on Switzerland, according to a Swiss-based French parliamentarian, Claudine Schmid. Schmid has asked the…

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HIV cases fall, remain driven by gay men

This content was published on Jul 14, 2014 Eight percent fewer people in Switzerland were diagnosed with HIV in 2013 than in the previous year, representing a total of 575 cases. Between 2009 and 2011, the number of new HIV diagnoses declined steadily but rose again in 2012. HIV cases vary considerably from region to region: canton Geneva has 15.1 cases per 100,000…

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