Cluster: Swiss Identity

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…

Demographics

Organ shortfall being examined

This content was published on Sep 3, 2012 Although the number of donations has increased in recent years in the Italian and French-speaking parts of the country, rates in the German-speaking region are stagnating, Franz Immer, the director of Swisstransplant, the national foundation for organ donation, told Swiss radio on Monday. Under a 2004 law the cantons are supposed to organise and coordinate…

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Supporting the cattle market as rural hub

This content was published on Sep 3, 2012 “After a period of expert advice we quickly came to the conclusion that we need to allow the local population to take their development goals into their own hands,” Philippe Fayet of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) told swissinfo.ch. The coordinator of the SDC cooperation office in Burkina Faso’s capital city Ouagadougou…

Demographics

Study sees rise in retirement age as unavoidable

This content was published on Sep 2, 2012 The study by BAK Basel Economics evaluated the effect of the baby boom — the large increase in births between 1942 and 1973 — rising life expectancy, net migration and a low birth rate on the old age pension fund in the period between 2010 and 2060. Sometime between 2015 and 2018, it found, more…

Culture

The Flims Rockslide and its reflection in art

This content was published on Aug 31, 2012 The exhibition is linked to a project of the same name at the Bern University of the Arts backed by the Swiss National Science Fund. The word “preparation” is used in the sense of an object prepared and conserved for museum display. A research team and 16 artists tackle the problem of enabling viewers to…

Demographics

American Citizens Abroad founder dies

This content was published on Aug 31, 2012 Sundberg was a key force in bringing about American legislation that made it easier for Americans abroad to transmit their US citizenship to their children. He founded the American Children’s Citizens Rights League in 1977. Through American Citizens Abroad, which he founded in 1978, Sundberg was most recently involved in town hall meetings held in…

Culture

Urban development emerges from wasteland

This content was published on Aug 31, 2012 Switzerland is under pressure – demographic pressure, that is. This summer the population passed the eight-million mark, three million more than 50 years ago. But it faces other forms of pressure due to lifestyle changes. Over the same time, the living space each person now needs has risen from 30 to 50 square metres on…

Demographics

Autopsy inconclusive on coach crash driver

This content was published on Aug 30, 2012 A statement released on Thursday by the public prosecutor of canton Valais said an autopsy had found that the driver suffered from a heart condition which could cause an irregular heart beat. It could also be aggravated by other risk factors presented by the driver such as smoking or excess fat in the blood. However, “there exists no…

Culture

Zurich professors win at Venice Biennale

This content was published on Aug 30, 2012 The prize was awarded to Urban-Think Tank (Brillembourg and Klumpner) and Justin McGuirk for the collaboration’s project exploring the squatted, half-built Torre David skyscraper in Venezuela. Torre David, a 45-storey building in Caracas, has remained unfinished since the Venezuelan economy collapsed in 1994. Today, it is the improvised home to more than 750 families living…

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The last hunt

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Cleaning up Switzerland’s internet sites

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Organ shortfall being examined

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Supporting the cattle market as rural hub

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Study sees rise in retirement age as unavoidable

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The Flims Rockslide and its reflection in art

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American Citizens Abroad founder dies

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Urban development emerges from wasteland

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Autopsy inconclusive on coach crash driver

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