Cluster: Swiss Identity

Tourism hard hit by fewer Europeans

This content was published on Dec 5, 2012 Between May and October of this year, 19.3 million overnight tourist stays in hotels were registered, a fall of 2.5 per cent, or 499,000 fewer overnight stays. May and October were the best months of the season and July the worst (down 7.2 per cent), according to the Federal Statistics Office report released on Wednesday.…

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Thun player bribed to throw match

This content was published on Dec 5, 2012 The Swiss Football Association and Fifa suspended him for life in 2011, and he was fined 15 000 francs by the federal prosecutor. He is now back home in Senegal. In an exclusive interview with Swiss television, he talked about his role in the scandal. Three players from FC Gossau and FC Thun, accused of…

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Swiss move to show corruption a red card

This content was published on Dec 5, 2012 A Federal Sports Office report released on November 7 concluded that existing anti-corruption measures taken by Swiss-based sports organisations were “insufficient” and “more robust action” was needed. The 70-page report said governing bodies had to put their houses in order via harmonized, binding good governance systems, but the state must also adapt legal structures so…

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FIFA reforms face resistance – and huge support

This content was published on Dec 5, 2012 After a series of scandals, FIFA President Sepp Blatter brought in Basel-based law professor Mark Pieth as chairman of FIFA’s Independent Governance Committee (IGC). The 13-member IGC, composed of senior anti-corruption and legal experts working alongside football stakeholders, is approximately one year into its mandate. Pieth’s panel submitted a first round of proposals in March to…

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Link to us

This content was published on Dec 3, 2012 Link your website to swissinfo.ch and give your visitors direct access to www.swissinfo.ch, the Swiss news and information platform available in ten languages. Here is the information you need: URLs Link to swissinfo.ch home page:http://www.swissinfo.ch

Swiss documentary wins European Film Award

This content was published on Dec 2, 2012 The award was given by 2,700 industry professionals from across Europe who make up the European Film Academy. In the film, von Stürler follows two shepherds, 28-year-old Carole and 53-year-old Pascal, who must herd their flock 600 kilmetres through harsh Alpine regions. With only a few animal skins and a canvas tent for shelter, they…

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Taking aerial photography to new extremes

This content was published on Dec 1, 2012 The drone was used at the last international Lauberhorn ski races and recently flew up to very high altitudes in the mountains of Pakistan. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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More is at stake than just finding a cure

This content was published on Nov 30, 2012 “You do not recover from HIV,” said Enos Bernasconi, deputy head of internal medicine at Lugano’s regional hospital. “But most people who follow a course of treatment with antiretroviral drugs can lead a normal life and have children.” The Swiss HIV Cohort Study, which brings together large-scale epidemiological data, has shown that in 90 per…

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HIV sufferers learn why it’s good to talk

This content was published on Nov 30, 2012 On the floor of Ma San San’s modest home, there’s hardly anywhere to sit. Some 15 people, most of them women, have huddled round a wooden post supporting the roof. They wait in silence. For fortysomething Ma San San and her guests, Sunday is the most important day of the week: it’s when they can…

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Discovering the secrets of a remote valley

This content was published on Nov 30, 2012

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