Cluster: Swiss Identity

Miracles and misery in Bangladesh

This content was published on Mar 28, 2012 The Soulscapes exhibition is a homage to Bangladeshi women and men and their ability to overcome the difficulties in their daily lives. The exhibition is running alongside this year’s Fribourg International Film Festival and marks the 40th anniversary of bilateral relations between Switzerland and Bangladesh.

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First data on assisted suicide published

This content was published on Mar 27, 2012 The first-ever official figures on the issue, published on Tuesday, show fewer than 50 Swiss residents resorted to assisted suicide to end their lives in 1998 – about six times less than in 2009. Most people were over the age of 55 and suffered from cancer. No figures are available for the period before 1998.…

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Federer fails to win 17th straight

This content was published on Mar 27, 2012 Roddick broke serve only once but held every service game in the first and last sets. After falling behind 15-30 in the final game, he closed out the victory with an ace and two service winners. On paper, it looked like a mismatch between former number ones, each a two-time champion in the event. The third-ranked…

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Protecting children from bullies

This content was published on Mar 26, 2012

Education

Dual code schools target long term expats

This content was published on Mar 26, 2012 Such bilingual establishments could provide the answer for many foreign workers who will soon be forced to educate their children in the local school system in Zurich. Canton Zurich has insisted on the measure to force better integration of the foreign population. In September of last year, the canton’s education department laid out the new…

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Thefts up and violence down in 2011

This content was published on Mar 26, 2012 A total of just under 693,000 offences were registered, in comparison with 657,000 the previous year, the Federal Statistics Office said. The highest jump, 16 per cent, or nearly 30,000, was in thefts. Other areas which saw a rise were violations of the law on foreign nationals – up ten per cent – and offences…

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Swiss women curlers are world champions

This content was published on Mar 26, 2012 It is the first time Swiss women have won the championship in 29 years. The final score was 7:6, and the Swiss victory came only with the final stone, with a skilful manoeuvre by skip Mirjam Ott, after the lead had gone backwards and forwards throughout the game. The two teams had played each other…

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Sauber win podium place in Malaysian Grand Prix

This content was published on Mar 25, 2012 Perez, Sauber’s Mexican rookie driver in 2011, came in after Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who started on pole position. Heavy rain stopped the race for just under an hour in the eighth lap at the track in Sepang near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Perez had good pace throughout the race, sticking close…

Culture

Swiss seek to limit urban sprawl

This content was published on Mar 25, 2012 Parliament has agreed a change to the law aimed at reducing the land area that can be developed. It comes in response to a people’s initiative demanding a 20-year building freeze. There was much debate about construction in mountain areas in the run-up to the March 11 vote on a second homes initiative, which was…

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Getting to grips with racism in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 22, 2012 Seven French- and Italian-speaking cantons this week launched the first joint anti-racism action on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, under the slogan “Diversity – a Swiss value?” “It’s our common wish to pass a positive message about diversity,” Gabriella Amarelle, Lausanne’s integration delegate, told reporters at the launch of the campaign…

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