Cluster: Swiss Identity

Julie Andrews honoured in Gstaad

This content was published on Jun 6, 2014 Andrews, 78, best known for appearing in the musical films Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965), attended the event on Friday – only the tenth time such honorary citizenship has been bestowed. Other recipients include violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. Andrews first came to Gstaad in 1968 with US director Blake Edwards,…

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A fresh start in Nigeria, brought to you by Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 6, 2014 Thousands of asylum seekers have come to Switzerland from Nigeria in the past decade, often with all their family’s hopes on their shoulders.

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Swiss population to hit 8.5 million by 2019

This content was published on Jun 5, 2014 The Federal Statistics Office said on Thursday that there would be 8.524 million residents in five years. According to the mid-term predictions of 2010, this figure would have only been reached by 2023. At the end of 2013, Switzerland’s permanent resident population was 8,136,700. Overall the population should rise by 6.7% between 2014 and 2023,…

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Sporting activity continues to grow

This content was published on Jun 5, 2014 “Sport Switzerland 2014”, released on Thursday, surveyed 10,652 people aged 15-74. Previous surveys had been carried out in 2000 and 2008. The latest edition found that the trend was for people to do either a lot of sport or none at all: the percentage of people working up a sweat at least once a week…

Culture

Universal Expos from past to present

This content was published on Jun 5, 2014 Since 1851 there have been many Universal Expositions all round the world. These huge events, in which Switzerland has almost always participated, represent important meeting points for humanity to reflect on global challenges and consider innovative solutions.

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Genocide denial case will be re-examined

This content was published on Jun 3, 2014 Dogu Perinçek, the head of the left-wing Turkish Workers’ Party, was accused by the Swiss of racial discrimination after he called the genocide “an international lie” during a public speech in the city of Lausanne in July 2005. Under the Swiss penal code any act of denying, belittling or justifying genocide is a violation of…

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Swiss recognise new Palestinian government

This content was published on Jun 3, 2014 “Switzerland has consistently underlined that Palestinian unity is a necessary condition for a just and lasting peace and the creation of an independent, viable, contiguous and democratic Palestinian state,” the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) announced Tuesday. Fatah and Hamas, which both back the new Palestinian National Consensus Government, had governed separately since 2007.…

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Former FC Bayern Munich president starts jail term

This content was published on Jun 2, 2014 His lawyers say he is serving his time at Landsberg am Lech prison in southern Germany. At the opening of his trial earlier this year, Hoeness was charged by prosecutors with evading €3.5 million (CHF4.3 million) in taxes from trading profits. However, the amount spiralled during the four days of the court case. Investigators put…

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Flying high

This content was published on Jun 2, 2014 swissinfo’s Simon Bradley hitches a ride at the Château-d’Oex international balloon festival to find out why the region’s low-lying, snow-capped valleys and unusual weather conditions make for such ideal flying. (Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch)

A Brazilian boot camp in Basel

This content was published on May 31, 2014 Dias began playing football when he was ten in Santos, a district of São Paulo. During his career he played in many countries, including Switzerland. But a football school doesn’t appear overnight. First of all he was legally obliged to form an amateur club for adults and to take part in a local league, starting…

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