Cluster: Swiss Identity

Cuban doctors give Swiss a lesson in true grit

This content was published on Aug 3, 2012 Three Swiss medical students have been experiencing the Cuban health care system at one of the main hospitals in Havana. They are some of the 100 or so Geneva medical students doing internships in 30 countries around the world. “I am fascinated by the Cubans’ flair for getting by and coping with the everyday challenges…

Culture

Making an old town look older

This content was published on Aug 2, 2012 The TV drama on important historical Swiss figures will be broadcast at the end of 2013. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

Culture

National Day thinks back and looks forward

This content was published on Aug 1, 2012 The weather was initially kind to revellers on Wednesday, with temperatures of between 20 and 30 degrees reported all across the country at midday, and no rain. However, it later started to cloud over in some areas, and isolated storms were forecast for the evening. In their speeches, several cabinet ministers focussed on the economic crisis and…

Culture

William Tell remains topical 500 years on

This content was published on Aug 1, 2012 The subjugated people of Uri are suffering. Almost 100 of them are shuffling around the stage, which is framed by two three-metre high curving walls made of rusty metal. They turn to Baumgarten, who is trying to flee having just killed the evil tyrant Wolfshot. “You used the axe …” they shout in unison. “……

Education

Swiss schools abroad face testing times

This content was published on Jul 31, 2012 “We’re waiting for a loud ‘yes to Swiss schools’ from the Swiss government!” said Barbara Sulzer Smith, head of the Swiss school in Barcelona, who joined 40 other heads in Zug recently at the annual meeting of Swiss schools abroad. Following the example of 13 other cantons – all German-speaking except bilingual Valais – Zug…

Demographics

Jungfrau Railway is still on top

This content was published on Jul 31, 2012 In its first full year in operation, 1913, the Jungfraujoch attracted 42,880 tourists; last year 765,000 made the unique rail trek to “The Top of Europe”. On a midweek summer’s day swissinfo.ch joined the throngs of passengers expertly herded up and down the route every half an hour, 48 minutes each way. The pace of…

Demographics

Currying flavour at 3,550m

This content was published on Jul 31, 2012 The employees have a 70-minute ride up to their workplace at 3,550 meters above sea level. Restaurant Bollywood’s international staff, including Indian chefs, serves an average of 1,000 guests per day. Indian tour groups go to the self-service buffet at half-hour intervals. The guests don’t care about the fog; they know Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau…

Swiss Olympic expels player for racist tweet

This content was published on Jul 30, 2012 Swiss Olympic team chief Gian Gilli said Morganella was being stripped of his Olympic accreditation ahead of Switzerland’s final group match against Mexico on Wednesday. He “discriminated against, insulted and violated the dignity of the South Korea football team as well as the South Korean people”, Gill said through a translator at a news conference…

Demographics

Ocean dump

This content was published on Jul 28, 2012 Standard plastic is not biodegradable, but is constantly broken down into ever smaller pieces. It eventually ends up in our rivers and streams, travelling from there to the ocean. Currents then create huge zones of plastic particles; the biggest in the middle of the Pacific is larger than Europe. (All pictures: Zurich Museum of Design)

Tighter rules slow down bids for citizenship

This content was published on Jul 27, 2012 A total of just over 26,100 applications were filed in 2011, down from 26,554 in the previous year. The authorities say the decrease affects mainly standard applications, while requests for fast-track naturalisation procedure – often used by spouses of a Swiss national – were less affected. “This was mainly caused by the fact that several…

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