Cluster: Swiss Identity

Is having it all a realistic goal for either sex?

This content was published on Aug 22, 2012 The demands of a growing family are not going to change so something has to give. What has your experience taught you about combining parenthood and professional success?

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Asylum decisions to be made within 48 hours

This content was published on Aug 21, 2012 Gattiker told the media in Basel on Tuesday that the migration office was reacting to the significant increase in asylum seekers from the Balkans, predominantly Roma from Macedonia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 2010, these countries have enjoyed visa-free status. He said that in July alone, applications from Macedonia had increased 83 per cent…

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Alpine idylls meet urban expectations

This content was published on Aug 21, 2012 Mouth-watering smells waft into the dining area from the kitchen, where the young “hut helpers” are juggling piles of plates. Guests can fortify themselves with hearty dishes such as rösti, plates of local cheese or dried meat, or bowls of fruit-laden muesli. Barbara Wäfler brings vegetable soup with pork sausages, which hit the spot after…

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Alpine huts face paradoxical water shortage

This content was published on Aug 21, 2012 Many hut managers can only dream of the cliché of copious amounts of fresh, cool water gushing forth from picturesque alpine rocks. Reality provides a very different picture, with managers often struggling to save drinking water. “Water scarcity is on the rise,” says Hans Rudolf Keusen, a geologist and natural hazards specialist. “A lasting solution…

Demographics

On the 50th anniversary of the death of Hermann Hesse – exclusive images at swissinfo.ch

This content was published on Aug 21, 2012 A short film from swissinfo.ch – in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and English – includes personal images of Hermann Hesse from his years in Ticino. Hermann Karl Hesse, the German-Swiss poet, author and painter, spent more than 40 years in Montagnola, Switzerland on Lake Lugano. There, he lived in seclusion and wrote his most well-known…

Culture

Wartime radio archives come to light

This content was published on Aug 20, 2012 The archives of the Short Wave Service (SWS), founded in 1935, have been digitalised and are now available online (See link). SWS was the forerunner to Swiss Radio International (SRI) which later became swissinfo.ch. The manuscripts of news bulletins from this dark time in Europe reveal Swiss thinking on events both out of its control…

Culture

Swiss Short Wave Service comes into its own

This content was published on Aug 20, 2012 Swiss Short Wave Service comes into its own

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Grave statement

This content was published on Aug 19, 2012 Switzerland has one of the highest rates of cremation, just one in three burials include a classic headstone. Those who opt for an individually crafted headstone are expressing a basic need of the bereaved to mark the passing of a loved one. (Pictures: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo.ch)

Swiss keep religion at a distance

This content was published on Aug 19, 2012 Five years of research into religion in society, comprising 28 projects, has revealed that not only are the main established churches haemorrhaging members, most of those who stay within the fold have at most a superficial attachment to the church. The phenomenon of keeping religion at arms’ length was studied by sociologist Jörg Stolz of…

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It’s in the cards

This content was published on Aug 19, 2012 Nine per cent of the Swiss population practises alternative spirituality, according to a national study on religion.

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