Cluster: Swiss Identity

Cabinet stresses role of economy in immigration

This content was published on Jul 4, 2012 “Immigration over the past few years has had a positive impact on the economic development of Switzerland and boosted prosperity,” said a cabinet statement published on Wednesday. “Taking into considerations all the advantages and drawbacks, the government believes the dual immigration system has been successful,” it goes on to conclude: “Continuing this policy is the…

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British climber tells of finding skeletons on Aletsch

This content was published on Jul 4, 2012 British hiker tells of finding skeletons on Aletsch

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Is the internet to blame for growing extremism?

This content was published on Jul 4, 2012 Does the Web represent a potential danger for disaffected youth? And more generally, to what extent should we fear Islamist terrorism over the actions of political extremists from all walks of life?

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Mosque struggles to shrug off extremist label

This content was published on Jul 4, 2012 In an upstairs office of the mosque, an old building in the throes of renovation, Imam Khalid ben Mohamed, an affable political refugee from Algeria who has lived in Switzerland for 17 years, welcomes swissinfo.ch with a smile. In this interview, ben Mohamed discusses the reasons behind the mosque’s decision to restrict media access to…

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Tracking jihadists in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 4, 2012 Many unanswered questions remain, but the arrest in Kenya of a 19-year-old student from Biel has shaken the Swiss city in canton Bern and especially the Muslim community, which makes up almost ten per cent of the 50,000 inhabitants. The student, known only as M.N., was charged with having joined a jihadist movement in Somalia.…

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Five German climbers killed in canton Valais

This content was published on Jul 3, 2012 The five were in a party of six which had started its ascent early on Tuesday morning. The sixth person felt unwell when they were about 100 metres below the summit, and decided to stop, the cantonal police office reported. The rest of the party reached the top, but around 1pm the group slipped and fell…

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Human remains found on Aletsch glacier

This content was published on Jul 3, 2012 The skeletons were found on Thursday on the glacier, all within a radius of 50 square metres, according to Markus Rieder, police spokesman for Valais cantonal police. Also found in the area were pieces of clothing, binoculars, a pocket watch, a tobacco pipe, snowshoes, wooden walking sticks and a leather wallet containing coins worth SFr9,…

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Researchers exploit Montreux’s musical heritage

This content was published on Jul 3, 2012 “Sonic umbrellas”, a hi-tech “cocoon” viewing booth and walls of speakers that soundproof better than concrete – the first results of the Montreux Jazz Digital Project that uses its unique archive footage for research have begun to emerge. At the rear of a studio at Lausanne’s ECAL design school in Renens a huge wooden honeycomb…

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It’s a jazz thing

This content was published on Jul 3, 2012 The collection featured 60 black and white photos from 1964-2004 of some of the leading jazz musicians past and present both on stage and in their everyday lives.

Month-long Gotthard repairs finish on time

This content was published on Jul 3, 2012 The first passenger and freight trains entered the tunnel on Monday just after 10pm, thus meeting the July 2 deadline for restoration of service. The Gotthard tunnel serves as the main north-south axis through the Alps, with 120 freight trains and 90 passenger trains normally passing through the tunnel per day. During the month-long repair…

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