Cluster: Swiss Identity

Disabled still face barriers ten years after law

An uphill struggle: the disabled in Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 27, 2014 The situation for people with disabilities is still not completely satisfactory, ten years after an anti-discrimination law came into force. The disabled are more exposed to the risk of poverty, a study has found.

History

‘Sociable’ hermit lands dream job

This content was published on Jun 25, 2014 One of Europe’s most sought after jobs has been filled with the appointment of a 51-year-old Bernese woman as hermit at Verena Gorge in canton Solothurn. A key duty will be to welcome the multitude of visitors that flock to the protected site. Sister Benedikta, otherwise known as Franziska Sigel, beat off competition from 118…

Culture

Quatre «C», quatre regards sur Cuba et l’Amérique latine oooOriginalooo

This content was published on Jun 25, 2014 Réalisée à partir de nombreux tirages originaux, de publications, d’articles de presse et d’un livre inédit sur la femme cubaine, l’exposition (à voir jusqu’au 24 août) dépasse les frontières de l’île – où Chessex vécut de 1961 à 1975 – et présente aussi des images de ses pérégrinations en Amérique latine. Pour l’occasion, le Musée…

Shaqiri silences the doubters with his Manaus hat-trick

Demographics

Swiss banish the ghosts of 2010 at World Cup

This content was published on Jun 25, 2014 Switzerland’s media has applauded the performance of the national football team, which progressed to the last 16 of the World Cup with an impressive 3-0 victory over Honduras – courtesy of a hat-trick from striker Xherdan Shaqiri.

Culture

Print is mightier than the e-reader – for now

This content was published on Jun 24, 2014 As e-books grow in popularity around the world and experts predict printed books will become close to obsolete in 20 years’ time, why has the Swiss e-book market been so slow on the uptake?

Education

Teachers enjoy high pay and low unemployment

This content was published on Jun 23, 2014 Hardly any new teachers (0.7%) were unemployed a year after receiving their graduation diplomas, the Swiss Federal Statistical Office said on Monday. In comparison, their peers with master’s degrees from technical institutes or bachelor’s degrees from applied science universities had higher levels of unemployment: 3.9% and 3.6%, respectively. The overall unemployment rate in Switzerland in…

Culture

‘The Expo deals with a central issue for humanity’

This content was published on Jun 22, 2014 Martinelli, a diplomat from Italian-speaking Ticino, has a long career behind him as a Swiss ambassador to Italy, the European Union in Brussels, China (scene of the last Expo of 2010) and the United Nations in Geneva. He was appointed Commissioner General to the Expo in 2012. In an interview with swissinfo.ch he outlines his…

Demographics

High-octane deals propel brands into pole position

This content was published on Jun 21, 2014 Paul Denman’s did, too. The director responsible for media and sports at Arbuthnot Latham, a UK private bank, was excited to see Mr Coulthard racing in a car that sported the wealth manager’s logo on its side. The picture of Coulthard in a 1960s car – the first to be built with a monocoque chassis…

Culture

Just how well do we listen?

This content was published on Jun 21, 2014

5-2 World Cup defeat: ‘nightmare’, ‘disgrace’, ‘scalping’

This content was published on Jun 21, 2014 “Ridiculed and embarrassed”, was the headline in the Tages-Anzeiger, which said the Swiss had been given “a football lesson in French”. “[The Swiss team] wanted to show how good they were; they talked themselves up and looked at their opponents as equals. In the end, they were just loudmouths, ridiculed and made complete fools of.…

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