Cluster: Swiss Identity

Deportation film asks disquieting questions

This content was published on Aug 9, 2011 Melgar’s work, shot at the Frambois detention centre in Geneva, is up for the Golden Leopard in the International Competition. He tells swissinfo.ch about why he was motivated to make the film. Every year thousands of illegal aliens, for the most part clandestine immigrants and asylum seekers, are held at one of 28 detention centres…

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Swiss Alps claim more victims among climbers and hikers

This content was published on Aug 8, 2011

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Museums more popular than cinemas

This content was published on Aug 8, 2011 Swiss museums last year drew 18.4 million visitors compared with 18.3 million in 2009, said the AMS secretary general, David Vuillaume, in an interview with the Lausanne newspaper, 24 Heures. Total entries into cinemas were 15.1 million. Vuillaume also pointed out that with its 1,900 museums, including zoos, Switzerland was one of the top three…

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Swiss love Luca, Leon and Léa

This content was published on Aug 8, 2011 Lena was the most popular name given to girls born last year in German-speaking regions, ahead of Mia and Lara. Noah edged out Luca – last year’s winner for boys – with Leon in third position. Lena was back on top for the third time since 2006. In French-speaking Switzerland, Emma continued her dominance among…

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Birthday boy Federer learns to 0-30

This content was published on Aug 8, 2011 The world number three turns 30 on Monday but remains as philosophical as ever and says he’s already planning beyond the London Olympics in 2012. Others question whether this is the beginning of the end – or just the end of the beginning. “Birthdays, they happen. They’re a part of life. I’m happy I’m getting…

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Locarno honours master of Hollywood musicals

This content was published on Aug 7, 2011 Following last year’s tribute to Ernst Lubitsch, one of Hollywood’s most sophisticated comedy directors, Locarno is now turning the spotlight on an artist who was renowned for “giving substance to the world of dreams”, as critics put it. Born into a family of circus artists from Chicago in the early 20th century, Minnelli started out…

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Mountaineers

This content was published on Aug 7, 2011 Not the “I lost control and now I’m about to die” kind of scared, but the “In the blink of an eye or the slip of a boot I could lose control and die” kind of scared. Climbers get that way sometimes, but we do our best to avoid it with good judgement, good route…

Locarno welcomes A-list action heroes

This content was published on Aug 6, 2011 Securing an appearance by the A-list cast was a big coup for the Locarno Film Festival – one of the longest running festivals in the world alongside Cannes and Venice but not a usual fixture for Hollywood actors. The festival admitted to swissinfo.ch being “stunned” by their “lucky break” when they heard that not only…

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Power to the people

This content was published on Aug 6, 2011 All the electrical monitoring equipment was fried. That’s the only real mishap here in almost 50 years of operation. “When I tell people the dam was built by Italians they laugh,” said Gion Grischott, the Swiss station manager with Kraftwerke Hinterrhein (KHR), the company that owns and runs the dam. “But they did a fantastic…

Psychologist strives to break sex taboos

This content was published on Aug 6, 2011 Her views on sexual behaviour have been reported widely and her research findings are often quoted in the tabloids, as well as the more serious broadsheet newspapers. swissinfo.ch spoke to the 31-year-old researcher in London, where she is doing postdoctoral work. Burri’s research on sexuality first captured the public’s imagination and made headlines in 2009…

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