Cluster: Swiss Identity

Archaeology gets a shot of science

This content was published on Aug 10, 2012 Travelling across Switzerland, especially in the summer months, it is not unusual to come across people working on an archaeological dig somewhere out in the country. But the digging, scraping and vacuuming are just one part of the job. Once a survey is complete, what does it tell us, and what is the story behind…

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Switzerland’s past faces an uncertain future

This content was published on Aug 10, 2012 Chevenez in canton Jura: it’s here that a well-known watchmaker is building a new factory on a tight schedule. It’s also here that the initial spadework revealed what could be a major archeological site. The local authorities had to scramble to save what they could find in a few short weeks, after the firm building…

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Flying the Swiss flag on the high seas

This content was published on Aug 10, 2012 The Swiss merchant fleet, whose home port is Basel but whose ships never sail within sight of Swiss soil, was founded in 1941 when, as the war escalated, finding new avenues to bring essential economic supplies into Switzerland was paramount. Today the fleet, which contributes just a fraction to Switzerland’s gross domestic product compared with…

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Forced marriage affects hundreds

This content was published on Aug 9, 2012 Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga presented the results of the study in Bern on Thursday. Researchers found 348 cases of forced marriage in which a woman was put under pressure to marry against her will, largely for reasons having to do with cultural expectations and family pressures. In 384 cases a young woman was found to…

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Hermann Hesse: “Writer, guru, searcher”

This content was published on Aug 9, 2012 Part of his correspondence is held in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern. Hesse spent much of his life in Switzerland, which is also where he died and is buried. “We received this donation in July from the United States,” Lukas Dettwiler, who has looked after the Hesse archives since 2003, tells swissinfo.ch. He points…

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Hesse: from counterculture to computer games

This content was published on Aug 9, 2012 Before the days of the counterculture in the 1960s, Hesse was largely unknown in the US. Then English translations of his works such as Steppenwolf, Siddhartha and Demian appeared in paperback and caused a stir among hippies, rock musicians and other drop-outs from mainstream culture. They identified with his stories of spiritual seeking and seekers…

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Hermann Hesse’s Ticino years

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Global anarchy returns to Swiss roots

This content was published on Aug 8, 2012 The gathering opened on Wednesday with calls for public demonstrations and workers’ strikes to protest against the European debt crisis, austerity measures and growing unemployment in some countries. The meeting also heard that governments are no solution to the troubles of Europe, but also that violence was equally not the right answer. Saint-Imier and the…

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Diplomats in Bern refuse to pay traffic fines

This content was published on Aug 7, 2012 Of the 2,588 traffic violation notices issued to foreign diplomats in canton Bern in 2011 – worth a total SFr224,070 ($231,450) – only 215 amounting to SFr28,060, were paid, leaving a shortfall of SFr196,010, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Confirming the figures which were first published in the Swiss Touring Club magazine, the foreign ministry said…

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Locarno’s outdoor cinema, a big production

This content was published on Aug 7, 2012 The festival had been going for 25 years when, in 1971, organisers floated the idea of putting a giant screen in the town’s picturesque square. The concept was initially met with reservation, but went ahead. Today the screen is 26m long and 14m high and has become the symbol of the southern Swiss town. Putting…

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