Cluster: Swiss Identity

Sleepy capital Bern seeks recognition

This content was published on Mar 21, 2012 A recently created association is now attempting to improve the image of Bern and the surrounding region, by boosting local development beyond its role as a political centre. Mention the name Bern to anyone outside of Switzerland, and you might get references to a relaxed lifestyle, a world-class public transport system, a Unesco-listed old town,…

Demographics

Rate of newborns under one kilo doubles

This content was published on Mar 20, 2012 In a report on stillbirth and infant mortality rates, the office said the proportion of such tiny babies had gone from 0.2 per cent of live births to 0.4 per cent. The rise can be explained by the increase in the average age of mothers and in the increase in the rate of multiple births,…

Culture

The Wild Seventies

This content was published on Mar 20, 2012 The 60-year-old press photographer from Lucerne has chosen his best images from the “wild Seventies” and created a photo book that reflects not only the prevailing attitude of the time and the sense of a new beginning, but also the belief in a bright future influenced by technology. Ammon’s black-and-white photos also capture the close…

Four Swiss die in avalanche in Norway

This content was published on Mar 19, 2012 One Swiss could be pulled out alive after the snowslide near Tromsø on Norway’s Arctic coast, it added. The six tourists were part of a group of 12 people out trekking in the area when the avalanche struck near Sorbmegaisa mountain at the beginning of the afternoon, police said. The victims were wearing avalanche transceivers…

Demographics

Swiss judge quits Khmer Rouge tribunal

This content was published on Mar 19, 2012 Swiss reserve co-investigating judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet cited political interference by the country’s government after he tried to investigate more suspects. His German predecessor, Siegfried Blunk, quit for similar reasons in October. Kasper-Ansermet, who will resign on May 4, said he had been constantly undermined by his Cambodian counterpart, You Bunleng. “Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet considers that the…

Demographics

Time for a truce in the war against drugs?

This content was published on Mar 19, 2012 Two lawyers from Neuchâtel University have recently added their analysis to the case against the war on drugs. The current approach to combatting the trade and consumption of drugs dates back to 1961 when the United Nations ratified the only Convention on Drugs. The text put forward a global prohibition regime, including cannabis for the…

History

Rise in anti-Semitic incidents reported

This content was published on Mar 19, 2012 Swastikas on synagogue doors and overturned Jewish gravestones are just two types of anti-Semitic incident reported by Jewish groups last year. People were also the target of attacks: in December an Orthodox Jew was beaten up in Geneva, while others reported death threats and insults. According to Cicad, the intercommunity coordination against anti-Semitism and defamation,…

Demographics

A closer look at drugs

This content was published on Mar 19, 2012 Hash, marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, opium, amphetamines, morphine, heroin, barbiturates, alcohol and tobacco. Switzerland is no stranger to such drugs and follows a so-called “four-pillar” drugs policy drawn up in the 1990s of prevention, therapy, risk reduction and repression.

Federer beats Isner to win at Indian Wells

This content was published on Mar 19, 2012 The victory in Sunday’s final allowed the world number three to avenge a loss to the American who beat him on home turf in the Davis Cup last month. “I served pretty well,” Isner said. “I don’t think I lost the match because I didn’t serve as well. He was on top of me and…

Demographics

Franz Weber, a quixotic and visionary campaigner

This content was published on Mar 18, 2012 It’s another amazing coup for the man with an extraordinarily youthful and visionary spirit. At the age of 84, Weber continues to surprise everyone – even his natural allies in the environmental lobby, who thought the initiative on secondary residences too radical and too legally complex. If it had been rejected, Weber’s proposal would likely…

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