Cluster: Swiss Identity

A new Federer is on the way

This content was published on Dec 27, 2013 “Mirka and I are very happy to share the news that Myla & Charlene will be big sisters in 2014,” he announced on twitter in English. He gave no further details. The twins Myla and Charlene were born in July 2009. Federer and his wife, herself a former professional tennis player, met at the Sydney…

First three lines of the anthem in German, French, Italian and Romansh

This content was published on Dec 27, 2013

Culture

The story behind a Swiss Christmas tale

This content was published on Dec 25, 2013 To my surprise, its author was not a native Swiss but a 53-year-old Canadian, Nancy Walker-Guye, who moved to Switzerland over 30 years ago. “It was Christmas Eve. Large snowflakes fell and the roofs of the houses in the mountain village were covered with a thick blanket of snow. Niculin sat next to his parents on…

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Charlemagne’s Europe

This content was published on Dec 24, 2013

Why Charlemagne’s legacy lives on in Zurich

This content was published on Dec 24, 2013 It is a cold winter’s morning and a crowd of visitors are staring up at Charlemagne’s statue, on the church´s south tower. He is seated, with a sword in his hand to represent justice and war, with a golden crown upon his head. He seems to be gazing out over Switzerland´s financial capital. “In fact…

Culture

Charlemagne follows a deer to Zurich

This content was published on Dec 24, 2013

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Khodorkovsky grateful for Swiss advocacy

This content was published on Dec 23, 2013 Responding to a question from swissinfo.ch, Khodorkovsy said, “I am grateful to Switzerland because it was the first country where the case against (my oil company) Yukos was investigated by legal authorities in detail, and they – at the highest level – reported that it is a political issue. And that Switzerland will not deliver…

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Petkovic to coach national football team

This content was published on Dec 23, 2013 The 50-year-old Petkovic, known as Il Dottore (The Doctor), currently coaches top Italian club Lazio but has been in negotiations with the Swiss Football Association for weeks. Although some newspapers said the appointment of the former coach of Young Boys Bern was a done deal last month, Petkovic only signed his contract on Monday. His…

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Sochi: resort or eternal building site?

This content was published on Dec 23, 2013 The Olympic Games in Sochi promise to be the most compact ever – or at least, that is what the organisers are saying. It is compact in that it consists of two clusters: one on the coast and one in the mountains, where the main venues have been built. Holding the Olympics in Sochi is…

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The Winter Olympics under Sochi’s palm trees

This content was published on Dec 23, 2013 For anyone visiting Sochi for the first time, there’s one important thing to realise: the area known as “greater Sochi” stretches for some 140 kilometres along the coast. Its traffic snarl-ups amaze even Muscovites, who are no stranger to jams themselves. And Adler, the site of the international airport, is not a separate town, as…

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