Cluster: Swiss Identity

‘People’s energy has no secrets’

This content was published on Dec 15, 2013 “When I’m connected to someone medially, I become that person. I’m able to experience their feelings, anxieties, and suffering. It’s like being able to tune in to the exact right radio frequency,” says Irondelle. The 38-year old is wearing jeans and a simple long-sleeved shirt. Her appearance is not remotely out of the ordinary, and…

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‘Without a network you quickly run aground’

This content was published on Dec 14, 2013 Wyder spoke to swissinfo.ch as he prepared to step down at the age of 65, after 25 years in his dream job. “Just as I was when I began, I am still leading a small NGO that represents the interests of Swiss outside of the country. The diversity of our activities is enormous – you do a…

Demographics

It started with a cow

This content was published on Dec 14, 2013 Trauffer manufactures more than 200 different wooden figures: horses, donkeys, Saint Bernard dogs, crocodiles, ducks, flag-throwers and even the Holy Family. However, it all began in 1938 with the cows, which remain even today the company’s best-selling figurines. They never fail to bring a smile to a child’s face, especially at Christmas time. Nowadays there…

Swiss give another CHF5 million to Syrian victims

This content was published on Dec 12, 2013 The money will be used to fund winter programmes run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and by the UNHCR in Syria. It will also provide Save the Children in Jordan with material assistance to get through the winter. Since the conflict began in March 2011, Switzerland has provided CHF55…

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Whisky imports treble in 20 years

This content was published on Dec 12, 2013 The Federal Customs Office said on Thursday that between 1992 and 1998, imports were stable at around 1.4 million litres a year. This then doubled in 1999 with the introduction of a uniform tax rate on spirits, which reduced tax on imports. Since then, imports have increased to 4,019,000 litres in 2012. Thanks to Scotland,…

Demographics

Promoting cultural diversity in Swiss hospitals

This content was published on Dec 11, 2013 The project had been launched as part of a comprehensive programme for health and immigration, to better manage Switzerland’s diversity in the health sector, and to offer fair treatment for all. Now experts are also examining to what extent health institutions have lived up to the policy of non-discrimination for all residents in Switzerland, regardless of their legal status, cultures…

Demographics

Novartis, J&J fined for delaying generic drug

This content was published on Dec 10, 2013 The European Commission said that Johnson & Johnson had paid Novartis for delaying the sale of a cheaper version of a painkiller, which had lost patent protection in July 2005, for 17 months. Johnson & Johnson was hit by a CHF13.1 million fine, while Basel-based pharma company Novartis will have to stump up CHF6.7 million.…

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How an ebay manager deals with stress

This content was published on Dec 10, 2013

Demographics

Helping executives deal with stress

This content was published on Dec 10, 2013 Occupational stress was first recognised as a problem in the 1960s, but it took a while to become mainstream. “Now companies approach us and say, ‘Can you give us advice?’” says Norbert Semmer of the University of Bern’s Institute for Psychology. “That would have been almost impossible 30 years ago.” A variety of factors are…

Culture

Russian tsar letters sold at Geneva auction

This content was published on Dec 10, 2013 The letters, which were previously valued at between CHF60,000-80,000, were sold to different buyers, the Hotel Des Ventes auction house said. Dating from the 19th century and written in Russian, French and English, they were sold by an American who had received them from the wife of an American captain and journalist who was on…

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