Cluster: Swiss Identity

Huge colourless diamond goes for record

This content was published on May 16, 2013 The 101.73 carat “Winston Legacy” diamond, the centrepiece of the Magnificent Jewels auction, was bought on Wednesday by jewellery and watch firm Harry Winston, which in January sold its luxury arm to Swiss company Swatch for $1 billion. “Harry Winston acquired the most perfect diamond ever offered for sale at auction,” said Rahul Kadakia, head…

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‘It’s a terrible tragedy’

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Swiss ordered to define assisted suicide laws

This content was published on May 14, 2013 The issue came to light through the case of an 82-year-old Zurich woman who is suffering from a serious disease and would like to end her life. However, both a suicide aid organisation and cantonal authorities denied her a prescription for the deadly drug sodium pentobarbital on the grounds that her illness is not terminal.…

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Haifaa al-Mansour, a woman’s voice from Arabia

This content was published on May 14, 2013 Twelve-year-old Wadjda lives with her mother. Her father left them behind to find another woman who could bear him a son. The young girl dreams of owning a bicycle, but Saudi society frowns on women who ride them. So, Wadjda comes up with various strategies to get herself a bike. Finally, she decides to take…

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Czech money-laundering case opens

This content was published on May 13, 2013 The six defendants are accused of having bought up 97 per cent of the Czech Mostecka Uhelna Spolecnost (MUS) coal company’s shares and then manipulated stock prices to their advantage through offshore schemes. Today, MUS is part of the larger Czech Coal Group, which is serving as a plaintiff in the case. Although the company…

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Midwives make case against C-sections

This content was published on May 13, 2013 The Federal Office of Public Health recently published a report that neither criticised nor supported C-sections. But health care professionals in Stans, canton Nidwalden, are clearly against them. At the cantonal hospital, 29% of births are C-sections, around the national average. Birthing staff want to reduce that number. And at the nearby privately run birthing…

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Comely cattle head to pasture

This content was published on May 12, 2013 The event features elaborately decorated cattle and traditional Swiss dress. Although it looks old-fashioned, this was only the seventh time that the festival was held. The custom, however, is much older, and the subject is a common theme in local folk art.

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ʻMy life is much freer than if I worked in an officeʼ

This content was published on May 12, 2013 It’s a Friday afternoon on a café terrace across from the main headquarters of the post office. “Friday is a good day because we finish up early,” says Dominique Jaccot, as she removes her heavy grey and yellow jacket and sits down. The petite and energetic woman with long hair, purple-tinged glasses and a broad smile is 43…

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A colourful journey through Switzerland

This content was published on May 11, 2013 Simultaneously a work of art and a unique portrait of a genre, Between Red and White is an invitation to discover the colours of Switzerland. “I hope that the attention given our project will go beyond clichés,” Hadi Barkhat tells swissinfo.ch. “I’ve spent the past five years traveling back and forth between the United States…

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Firemen battle it out in the wet

This content was published on May 10, 2013

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