Cluster: Swiss Identity

Switzerland treads cautiously on embryo law

This content was published on Aug 22, 2013 In the area of medically assisted reproduction in general, Switzerland tends to have much stricter legislation than what was adopted 10 to 20 years ago by most European countries. Because of the demands of the direct democracy system – the necessary seal of approval from voters – Swiss parliamentarians must try to seek consensus solutions.…

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‘Pink Panther’ escapee captured in France

This content was published on Aug 21, 2013 Police detained the suspect, a 47-year-old man born in Montenegro with Macedonian and French nationalities, at his home on Monday, despite trying to flee out of a window when police arrived. A former member of the French Foreign Legion, the suspect is wanted in several countries. Switzerland recently issued two international arrest warrants for him.…

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Natural disasters cost insurers $17 billion

This content was published on Aug 21, 2013 A report issued on Wednesday by the Zurich-based company said that $20 billion of the total losses were covered by the global insurance industry – lower than the $21 billion in the first half of 2012 and also below the average of the past ten years. Of the losses covered, $17 billion were caused by…

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Swiss residents travel 90 minutes every day

This content was published on Aug 20, 2013 Every year, Swiss residents travel almost 20,500 kilometres, or halfway around the earth – half of that distance by car. They travel about 6,900 kilometres abroad, according to a new publication entitled Mobility and Transport 2013. The sum of all the distances covered on road and rail by residents and foreigners in Switzerland was 122…

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British police stop family seeking suicide aid

This content was published on Aug 19, 2013 Sussex police confirmed that the two individuals from the Chichester region of southeast England were arrested on August 8 because it was believed they were planning to fly with their 71-year-old husband and father to the Swiss clinic based in canton Zurich. “Both were released on bail until October 8 while authorities investigate the case,”…

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Waterways boost trade for Roman invaders

This content was published on Aug 19, 2013 Avenches, formerly known as Aventicum, was the Roman capital of Switzerland in the first few centuries AD with control over a vast territory. Artifacts found in the region, and now on display as part of the ‘Between lakes’ project, show that the lakes and rivers served as key transport routes between Gallo-Roman sites. (Julie Hunt,…

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Alphorn players set new world record

This content was published on Aug 18, 2013 Against the spectacular backdrop of the Matterhorn and 28 other peaks above 4,000 metres, 508 musicians from Switzerland and abroad dressed in traditional Swiss costume played a specially composed piece by Gilbert Kolly on Saturday. The gathering of alphorn players beat the previous 2009 record in the same place by 142 participants. A group of…

Culture

Golden Leopard goes to Catalan director Serra

This content was published on Aug 18, 2013 The continuity of the festival was praised by the critics, although they found the line-up lacked big highlights. The Swiss films on show were very well received, praised for thier quality and diversity. Albert Serra is the enfant terrible of Catalan film and the success of Historia de le Meva Mort (Story of My Death) in…

Culture

‘Thinking and acting joyfully is all part of the same thing’

This content was published on Aug 18, 2013 But for this feminist, with a degree in ethnology and a trainer in psychodrama, what counts is resilience and joie de vivre. “I felt I was privileged, and ‘special’. My parents came from different countries. Every year we would go to Valencia or Barcelona. We would eat paella and tortillas,” de Fries recalls. Born in…

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Locarno film festival awards announced

This content was published on Aug 17, 2013 Historia de la Meva Mort, one of 20 films competing in Locarno, tells the story of the Marquis Casanova and his manservant, who cross paths with Count Dracula in the final days of Casanova’s life. The Golden Leopard is worth CHF90,000 ($97,000). The jury’s special prize at the 66th festival went to the Portuguese documentary…

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