Cluster: Swiss Identity

14th-century mural found in Fribourg Cathedral

This content was published on Mar 7, 2012 Described by experts as being of exceptionally high quality, the images represent, among other figures, Abraham gathering the souls of the chosen people in his cloak. The painting was discovered during the dismantling of the back of the nativity altar in a side chapel, cantonal officials said. Other figures featured in the work are St…

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Child study reveals extent of sexual violence

This content was published on Mar 7, 2012 One out of three girls and one out of ten boys admitted to being victims of sexual abuse via the internet and other modern technologies, it also found. The study, which was carried out by the UBS Optimus Foundation among 6,700 Swiss students on average age 16, found that 15 per cent of those questioned…

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Zurich delegate to advise on men’s issues

This content was published on Mar 7, 2012 Thirty-nine-year-old Markus Theunert, a psychologist and sociologist, who is president of a men’s and fathers’ association, was chosen by Zurich’s department of justice and will start work on July 1. Zurich set up a gender equality office 20 years ago and since then the employment and training situation for women has improved, despite the fact…

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Serious criminals and lesser offenders receive equal treatment

This content was published on Mar 6, 2012

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Parliament sets puberty age for sex crimes

This content was published on Mar 6, 2012 This is the latest stage in the gradual introduction into law of a November 2008 national vote in which 52 per cent of the electorate came out in favour of proposals to tighten legal provisions against paedophile criminals. The people’s initiative was opposed by the government and most political parties at the time. The Swiss…

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Women fought in a war in 1712. Today they keep fighting for equality

This content was published on Mar 6, 2012

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Swiss quality attracts cosmetic surgery tourists

This content was published on Mar 6, 2012 Specialist agencies catering to foreigners seeking to undergo general medical treatment in Switzerland say they are seeing more customers enquiring about cosmetic treatments and plastic surgery on the side. Gregor Frei, head of Swiss Health, established several years ago to promote Swiss medical services abroad, told swissinfo.ch that Switzerland’s reputation for quality in luxury products…

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Cross-border workers on the rise

This content was published on Mar 5, 2012 The number of workers from France, Germany, Italy and Austria has gone up by a third over the past five years. In the course of 2011 the number rose even faster, by 11.5 per cent. Since 2006 there has been an upsurge in the number of cross-border workers doing office and managerial work, or working…

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Chinese culture centres spark propaganda fears

This content was published on Mar 5, 2012 One has recently opened in Geneva, attached to the university there, offering courses in Mandarin. A second is scheduled to open in Zurich in autumn, and a third in Basel in 2013. But some of the media are questioning their independence. Confucius Institutes are more or less the equivalent of the Alliance Française, Goethe…

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Swiss link found in fake medicine supply chain

This content was published on Mar 4, 2012 In mid-February the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) announced that several oncologists in California, Texas and Illinois had received what appeared to be a fake replacement for the cancer drug Avastin from their suppliers. Unlike the genuine article produced by Roche subsidiary Genentech, the false medication did not contain the active ingredient Bevacizumab. According…

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