Cluster: Swiss Identity

Blowing the whistle on human rights abuses

This content was published on Apr 10, 2012 The trade union-backed organisation Solidar Suisse wants Fifa, world football’s governing body, to speak out against what it says are rights abuses in countries that host the World Cup, specifically Brazil next year. The on-line video shows a Blatter look-alike dancing to the tune of a Brazilian pop song, and pirouetting across the stage –…

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Stolen CDs prove profitable

This content was published on Apr 10, 2012 North-Rhine Westphalia’s finance minister, Norbert Walter-Borjans, told a committee of the state parliament on Tuesday that the CDs had so far proved the only effective way “to cast light on the darkness of the Swiss tax Eldorado”. The money collected was made up of back payments and fines. Since the first CD was purchased in…

Big brother is not always watching

This content was published on Apr 10, 2012 Following the first study on the impact of public video surveillance in 12 European countries, security and police experts say people should not overestimate the technology, and dispel “big brother” fears. The scene is familiar from television police dramas: A camera homing in on an individual in an anonymous crowd of people, the close-up of…

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The future of birth control

This content was published on Apr 10, 2012 Austrian-American chemist Carl Djerassi, co-inventor of The Pill, talks about the separation of sex and contraception.

Swiss team to assist at Pakistan avalanche site

This content was published on Apr 9, 2012 The three-member Swiss team, including a dog handler with an avalanche rescue dog, was dispatched on Monday in response to a request for help from the Pakistani government, a Swiss foreign ministry statement said. “Switzerland has internationally recognised expertise in high altitude mountain rescue,” the foreign ministry added. Since a massive wall of snow engulfed…

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Thermal baths do a roaring trade – but could the bubble burst?

This content was published on Apr 9, 2012

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75 people rescued by helicopter from cable car

This content was published on Apr 9, 2012 The Swiss Air Rescue Service (Rega) said four helicopters were involved in the rescue operation at the Diavolezza cable car lift near the resort of St Moritz in the canton of Graubünden. It took more than two hours to winch all the passengers to safety. No-one was injured. The cable car was stuck on the…

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Easter customs have deep roots

This content was published on Apr 8, 2012 Some of the old celebrations have disappeared, some have adapted, some have been revived, and some have doubtless been recently invented. It is not always easy to know which is which. Easter has today become highly commercialised, with chocolate rabbits and eggs appearing in the shops weeks ahead of the festival itself. Paul Hugger, retired…

Culture

The World in Pocket-size Format

This content was published on Apr 7, 2012 Picture postcards emerged towards the end of the 19th century, and were soon mass-produced. The enhanced landscape images, traditional town views and spectacular events are now of interest to ethnologists, but also to art and culture historians. Feller’s book, The World in Pocket-size Format, published in German and English, is the first of a new…

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Clickety-clack

This content was published on Apr 6, 2012

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