Cluster: Swiss Identity

Former UBS trader appears in London court

This content was published on Sep 10, 2012 The trader involved has been charged by the British authorities with false accounting and fraud by abuse of position. The trader pleaded not guilty in January. He is risking a 10-year sentence if found guilty of fraud. The judge said Monday that he would begin hearing evidence in the case on September 14. The criminal…

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Casino growth leaves a bitter aftertaste

This content was published on Sep 9, 2012 As a nation, the Swiss are very partial to a flutter: in 2011, lotteries, betting and gambling earned the gaming industry over SFr1.7 billion ($1.78 billion). Gaming represents a highly lucrative source of income. Last year, taxes on casinos yielded SFr360 million francs to the federal coffers, while SFr60 million were turned over to the cantons.…

Culture

Club owners and authorities search for solutions

This content was published on Sep 9, 2012 The heavy, thud-thud-thud bass line reverberates off the walls of the M2 metro and other buildings in the central Place de l’Europe. At the open-air festival in the square, Red Bull and Coke flows and hands reach high into the air as Norwegian DJ Todd Terje warms the crowd with his disco beats. “We come…

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Pharmacist rediscovers edible healing herbs

This content was published on Sep 9, 2012 Besides their exotic names – and in many cases pretty flowers – what are edelweiss, alpine rose, cowslips and eyebright good for? (swissinfo.ch/SF)

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A road to remember over the Susten pass

This content was published on Sep 8, 2012 With its 26 bridges and tunnels it was regarded at the time as one of the most beautiful roads in Europe. It is integrated perfectly into the landscape, with few curves and many lay-bys where motorists can stop and admire the stunning views. The 17th century mule track, the old pass road of 1817 and…

Demographics

Roughing it to find work in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 5, 2012 Although the increase seems dramatic, it’s still not a mass phenomenon, underline Swiss authorities. Many unemployed live in precarious situations, camping for example, like Nicolas and Victor. If they stay for less than three months, they don’t even need a short time permit. One third of these people work in construction, six per cent in…

Culture

Open season in the Alps

This content was published on Sep 5, 2012 Rony Frank believes hunting is in his blood. “It’s a disease. A passion. An addiction. It’s three weeks right in the middle of nature,” he tells swissinfo.ch. He and his brother Röbi come from a hunting family in the Domleschg, the valley through which the lower branch of the young Rhine flows. “We all hunt,”…

Finding meaning in the hunt

This content was published on Sep 5, 2012 “Hunter and hunted form a circle,” says Herbert Schönhart, who has hunted in Graubünden among other places, and who finds the sport a profound experience. “You are hunting, but you could be hunted. You are face to face with death. Hunting means getting in touch with your own transience.” It is also metaphor for so…

The last hunt

This content was published on Sep 5, 2012 For 33 years Hürlimann worked as a station master for the Swiss Federal Railways. Every autumn he left his wife and two sons for several weeks. In September 1943 he shot his first chamois but after 63 years his hunting days were finally over: “It’s a mercy that I’m still so sprightly at this age.…

Cleaning up Switzerland’s internet sites

This content was published on Sep 4, 2012 “Error: the webpage cannot be displayed”. It’s not uncommon to get this kind of message when surfing on the web. So you check that the address has been typed correctly and try again, but the page still does not come up. Annoying? Yes, but it might be for your own good. There are a number…

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