Cluster: Swiss Identity

Universities demand cash for foreign students

This content was published on Oct 21, 2012 The Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities (Crus) will recommend the measure next week as a means to alleviate the growing financial burden on many institutions, according to the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. Universities want an international arrangement similar to a current inter-cantonal system that spreads the cost of higher education across the country. A…

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“Progress” destroys idyll

This content was published on Oct 21, 2012 In the early 1970s the A3 motorway connecting Basel and Zurich was built. Places Sabine went to play with her friends disappeared, along with their names. Sabine continued to take pictures and used a portfolio of them as part of her successful application to an art school in Zurich. Today she works for a Swiss…

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Minister presents human trafficking action plan

This content was published on Oct 18, 2012 Human trafficking “occurs in secret” in Switzerland, Sommaruga told the conference in Bern on Thursday. “We don’t see it. We’re hardly aware of it.” But according to the foreign ministry it is a very real problem, as evidenced by criminal investigations in Zurich in recent years. The plan sets out 23 specific measures to be…

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Enamelled watches make a comeback

This content was published on Oct 15, 2012

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Treating eating disorders in Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 15, 2012 Described variously as addictions and diseases, eating disorders afflict 3.5 per cent of the Swiss population at some point in their lives, with 1.1 per cent currently suffering from a disorder, according to a 2012 survey of 10,038 people aged 15 to 60 in Switzerland. The study, conducted by researchers from Zurich University and commissioned by…

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How I tamed my anorexia

This content was published on Oct 15, 2012 She told swissinfo.ch that accepting help was what saved her life. She’s now a student in one of Switzerland’s most prestigious art colleges, learning how to illustrate fiction.(Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)

How do you take it?

This content was published on Oct 14, 2012 Clever marketing, offering us choices we never knew existed, has been a huge success in countering a long-term decline in coffee sales and consumption.

Rise in domestic violence deaths

This content was published on Oct 13, 2012 4,471 cases of violence were investigated in Switzerland in 2011. In canton Thurgau alone, police were called out 720 times. This reflects a global problem. In the 27 European states, it’s estimated that one to two women are victimised daily. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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Doors of perception

This content was published on Oct 13, 2012 Whether collected by himself or found on the internet, whether presented as originals or thoroughly retouched and greatly enlarged, Rigolini’s photographs invite us to examine the way we see and perceive images. Surrogates, part of his Concept Car exhibition, is being shown simultaneously at the Swiss cultural centre in Paris and the Musée de l’Elysée…

EU peace prize highlights achievements

This content was published on Oct 12, 2012 “In the pursuit of such objectives as peaceful coexistence, support for people in need, combating poverty, and respect for human rights and democracy, Switzerland and the EU share a whole series of values that are common to the peoples of Europe,” says the message from the foreign ministry, quoted by the Swiss News Agency. This year’s Swiss president,…

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