Cluster: Swiss Identity

IT firm’s clients include cantons and cities

This content was published on Feb 2, 2014 According to a report in the Sunday newspaper NZZ am Sonntag, the IT firm in question is based in Zug. Its clients include: cantons Zug, Zurich, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Graubünden and Appenzell Outer Rhoden; the cities Bern, Zurich and Lucerne; and dozens of towns. The company is suspected of bribing a SECO employee with VIP tickets and…

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Medical board calls for fewer mammograms

This content was published on Feb 2, 2014 “The mortality rate from breast cancer can be reduced slightly by means of the screening… (but) this desirable effect is offset by the undesirable effects. Specifically, with about 100 of 1,000 women with screening, erroneous results are produced,” said the board in a statement. In addition to causing psychological stress, these inaccurate readings mean additional…

Education

Why fewer school classes hit the slopes

This content was published on Feb 2, 2014

Culture

Actor Maximilian Schell dies at 83

This content was published on Feb 1, 2014 According to his agent, Schell died of sudden illness at a hospital in Innsbruck, Austria, during the early hours of Saturday morning. In a statement released on Saturday evening, Swiss Interior Minister Alain Berset described Schell as an “impressive and unique player” who helped give Swiss film an international face. Born in Austria, Schell grew up in Switzerland…

Demographics

Assisted suicide: dignified death, or euthanasia?

This content was published on Jan 31, 2014

Culture

‘My dream is to go to the Royal Ballet School in London’

This content was published on Jan 30, 2014 Why are there so many Japanese taking part? “This can be explained by the fact that in Japan there are many high level schools but no dance companies, whereas in Switzerland, the dancers are employed. As the Japanese have to leave their country to become professional, the competition is certainly the best way to break…

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Swiss name biggest-ever Winter Games team

This content was published on Jan 29, 2014 Swiss Olympic team leader Gian Gilli predicts the squad has the potential to bring home ten medals. Simon Ammann, a four-time Olympic champion in ski jumping, will carry the Swiss flag into the arena during the Games’ opening ceremony on February 7. The other returning gold medallists are cross-country skier Dario Cologna, Alpine skiers Didier…

Demographics

Swiss throwing away more food

This content was published on Jan 28, 2014 Half of the food thrown out – one-sixth of all Swiss waste – was still good enough to consume when it was thrown away. Overall, the Swiss got rid of 1.6 million tonnes of garbage in 2012, 8% more than the last time the study was carried out a decade ago. However, garbage produced per…

Culture

Jay Z accused of stealing Swiss music sample

This content was published on Jan 28, 2014 “In a way I’m flattered that a relatively young rapper takes a sample from an old man, a sample that is about 35 years old,” 78-year-old Spoerri told swissinfo.ch, speaking from his home in Zurich. “On the other hand I’m furious because it would have been so simple to clear the sample. All it would…

Culture

What’s in a Swiss name?

This content was published on Jan 28, 2014 Graf, whose name means Count – which does not, as he ruefully admits, mean that he has aristocratic forebears – is a linguist working on the Idiotikon, a specialist Swiss-German dictionary. swissinfo: What are the most popular surnames in Switzerland? Martin Hannes Graf: Popular is probably not quite the right word when talking about surnames because…

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