Cluster: Swiss Identity

Aspiring film stars stick to the script

This content was published on Jan 24, 2013 “For me, acting was love at first sight. Even as a young girl, I watched spellbound the actors on stage and dreamed of being up there with them,” Marie Leuenberger, 33, told swissinfo.ch. “I love stepping into people’s clothes and trying to decode their personality. Sometimes I seem to be able to express myself better…

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Nuns admit to past mistakes in children’s homes

This content was published on Jan 23, 2013 The excessive punishment doled out by some sisters was mainly due to the “systemic misery” of the homes, where both children and carers experienced hardship, the commission of experts found in its review of the decades from 1928 to the 1970s. The commission, mandated by the Ingenbohl Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross two…

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Finding the right identity

This content was published on Jan 23, 2013 The expression “transgender” is used to describe the gender identity of people who are born with a clearly male or female body, but who feel they belong to the other sex, or that they are half-way between the sexes, or that they are part one and part the other. Many – but not all –…

Do we need a third gender?

This content was published on Jan 23, 2013 People who consider themselves transgender or are intersexual are two minority groups that have a hard time finding their place in today’s society. Since 2011, Australian passports have been issued with three genders: male, female or X, which covers indeterminate, unspecified or intersex. Should this solution become more widespread, in particular for administrative purposes?

Swiss given poor marks for diet

This content was published on Jan 22, 2013 People aren’t adequately aware of the importance of a balanced diet, according to the report, which is published every seven years. Since the previous report in 2005, the consumption of ready-made and convenience food – which contain high amounts of fat, salt and sugar – had greatly increased, it said. Overall, the use of fat…

Culture

Sion takes home heritage prize

This content was published on Jan 22, 2013 Specifically, the city, which is home to 31,000 people, was lauded for preserving its strong modernist architectural heritage when planning new public spaces and revitalising its historic downtown area. The Wakker prize has been awarded annually since 1972 by the Swiss Heritage Society. It recognises communities that demonstrate special care and effort in undertaking urban…

Culture

Biel author dies after 50-year career

This content was published on Jan 21, 2013 Steiner, the son of a civil engineer, was born on October 26, 1930, in Biel. During his life he traveled extensively in Europe, America and Africa. Early on, after breaking off training as a pharmacist, he became a teacher. In 1953 he took on a position as a teacher in a reform school in Aarwangen,…

History

Transplant rates vary from region to region

This content was published on Jan 21, 2013 Swiss TV visited Lausanne’s University Hospital to find out more about the ‘Latin organ donor programme’ (PLDO) running in 17 hospitals in western and southern Switzerland. (RTS/SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Armstrong confesses and clears cycling union

This content was published on Jan 18, 2013 Questions had swirled over whether a $125,000 (SFr117,000) donation Armstrong had made to the UCI was cover-up money to sweep a positive test for the illegal blood-boosting EPO hormone under the rug in 2001. The test, which was conducted as part of the 2001 Tour of Switzerland by the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses (LAD)…

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ARGERICH by Stéphanie Argerich

This content was published on Jan 18, 2013

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