Cluster: Swiss Identity

Feeding the world requires “a new paradigm”

This content was published on Sep 22, 2011 Farming models are breaking down – as witnessed by the suicide of a farmer every half hour in India – and new directions for research in agriculture for development are needed to support the sector and combat global poverty. A joint conference hosted by non-government organisation Swissaid and Bern University asked 12 experts which agriculture…

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Pointing to the pitfalls of language testing

This content was published on Sep 22, 2011 While there is no universal language test in Switzerland for residence or citizenship applicants in Switzerland, with three sets of naturalisation requirements to satisfy – federal, cantonal and communal – most applicants come up against some form of citizenship or language exam. Tim McNamara, applied linguistics professor at the University of Melbourne and a language…

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Managed care bill wins approval in parliament

This content was published on Sep 22, 2011 The House of Representatives on Thursday followed the Senate in agreeing a compromise following seven years of discussions. Under the reform, patients’ contributions towards medical bills will be increased from ten to 15 per cent for those who still insist on having a free choice of doctors, as is possible under the present system. Managed…

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Anna Aaron: Dogs In Spirit

This content was published on Sep 21, 2011 Sea Monsters Anna Aaron

Cancellara loses world time trial title

This content was published on Sep 21, 2011 He came in third after Tony Martin of Germany and Bradley Wiggins of Britain. Martin finished the 46.4 kilometre circuit in 53 minutes 42.85 seconds, one minute 15 seconds ahead of Wiggins. Cancellara covered the distance in 55 minutes 04.44. Cancellara had been aiming for a fifth world title.

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Photos that expose “The Other America”

This content was published on Sep 21, 2011 Emotion, power and nostalgia are the distinct themes presented in three parallel exhibitions under the collective title, “The Other America”, at the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne. By revealing the paradoxes of their homeland with images of sometimes brutal beauty, Frank Schramm, Saul Leiter and Mitch Epstein show us a different America. The photographic language…

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Swiss to host US in Davis Cup first round

This content was published on Sep 21, 2011 The match will take place on February 10-12, less than two weeks after the end of the Australian Open. In 2011 Switzerland did not play in the World Group, which is made up of the world’s 16 best tennis-playing countries. They had lost their place to Kazakhstan, which went on to reach the quarterfinals. However,…

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DANCE: TANZ.IN Bern

This content was published on Sep 21, 2011 The international dance festival offers performances by dancers and artists from Europe, Canada, USA, South Africa, Israel and South America. A hot spot for dance enthusiasts, artists, professionals and also for a public that wants to discover contemporary dance. The festival encompasses dance, performance, music, film and theater and reflects on politics, failure, sensory overload and many…

D’ Sagemattler. Music from Unterägeri, 1887.

This content was published on Sep 21, 2011 Walzer No. 17 ‘Bertrands Abschied’ D’ Sagemattler

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Waiting for Saigon

This content was published on Sep 21, 2011 The Reunification Express – one of the slowest express trains in the world – was built by the French in 1936, destroyed during the Vietnam War and rebuilt in 1976. It links Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. Swiss photographers Stéphanie Borcard and Nicolas Métraux were fascinated by its slow pace and name…

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