Cluster: Swiss Identity

Qualified immigrants face job discrimination

This content was published on Nov 8, 2012 Even those who earned degrees in Switzerland face job setbacks, the study concluded. It shows that highly qualified immigrant workers have an especially hard time finding good work at social institutions, non-profits and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), where they tend to work in positions for which they are overqualified. On the other hand, multinational companies are…

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Humanitarian aid not getting through in Syria

This content was published on Nov 8, 2012 “We are in a situation where the humanitarian situation due to the conflict is getting worse. And despite the fact that the scope of the operation is increasing, we can’t cope with the worsening of the situation,” ICRC president Peter Maurer said in Geneva. According to Maurer, the ICRC, which has up to 30 foreign…

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Group says Red Cross aid is being diverted

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 “When the regime attacks one of our medical facilities, whether it’s a hospital or something else, they load up everything they can carry, and they burn the rest,” Tawfik Chamaa, a Geneva-based doctor and UOSSM spokesman said at a media conference in Geneva on Wednesday. He pointed out that millions of lives were at risk:…

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Cabinet tackles reform of medication

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 Interior Minister Alain Berset, whose portfolio includes health matters, said pharmacies could be allowed to sell patients some prescription drugs without formal approval by a doctor. Under the bill, chemists could sell all kinds of non-prescription medication. Pharmacists are medical experts who deserve the confidence of patients to hand out medication without a doctor’s prescription…

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Making men’s part-time jobs socially acceptable

This content was published on Nov 6, 2012 To make part-time jobs socially acceptable, männer.ch and the Federal Office for Gender Equality kicked off on Tuesday a campaign that shows that “real men can have a part-time career”. The campaign logo’s “T” is a close cousin of the “S” superman wears on his superhero suit. This is no coincidence say the campaign’s backers,…

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Many Swiss doctors choose to work abroad

This content was published on Nov 5, 2012 Of those who go, more than half intend to stay abroad for at least a year, with just over 42 per cent expecting to stay for several years, the report says. More than 21 per cent intend to stay between six months and a year, and nearly 18 per cent for less than six months.…

Culture

Calanca – deserted villages in an alpine valley

This content was published on Nov 4, 2012 The decline of agriculture and the farming way of life started very early in the Italian-speaking Calanca valley, and there are few others where the consequences are as dramatically evident, as can be seen in the photos taken by Oliver Gemperle over a period of six years. (Pictures: Oliver Gemperle)

Culture

Something beginning with S

This content was published on Nov 3, 2012 These pictures provide a first glimpse of his ongoing project which looks not only at the biographical connection of the two photographers but also the current issue of significant German emigration to Switzerland. (All pictures by Andreas Herzau)

“A breath of fresh air wouldn’t do any harm”

This content was published on Nov 1, 2012 Longchamp, who has been a close and often critical observer of the church’s evolution, currently oversees the Swiss Jesuit magazine Choisir, which was founded the same year the council was launched by Pope John XXIII. swissinfo.ch: You were in your 20s during the council. What was your experience of it? Albert Longchamp: The council began…

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Seeking change in the Catholic Church

This content was published on Nov 1, 2012 Vatican II was opened by Pope John XXIII in October 1962 and it was closed three years later by his successor, Pope Paul VI. The Council was something very new: it changed the liturgy and the Church’s relationship with other religions. (RSI/swissinfo.ch)

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