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Zurich streets among Europe’s most congested

This content was published on Jul 7, 2011 A recent survey has revealed that more than a quarter of roads in Switzerland’s main business conglomeration are clogged, putting Zurich in 16th place in the list of most congested cities. The survey by Dutch navigation system maker TomTom comes days after a critical report in the New York Times accusing Zurich of “working overtime…

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Show me the way

This content was published on Jul 7, 2011 But after the last weeks of preparation for this trip and general craziness, I’ll revel in today’s solitude. If the weather is cooperative I’ll even bivouac outside tonight. Weather is the big question. I’m hoping to climb a via ferrata up the Sulzfluh to gain a spectacular border ridge. But the forecast is for rain,…

Swiss pursue 2022 Winter Olympics dream

This content was published on Jul 7, 2011 Swiss Olympic, the umbrella association of Swiss sport organisations, believes South Korea’s win on Wednesday will improve Europe’s chances of being the next host. “We are still closely studying the conditions for a successful Swiss candidacy for the 2022 Olympic Games,” the organisation said in a statement. Swiss Olympic says its executive committee will choose…

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Red Cross makes inspection visit to Syria

This content was published on Jul 6, 2011 An ICRC spokesman said representatives had visited the southern town of Deraa on June 28 and the northwestern town of Idlib on June 28 and 29. The purpose of the visit was to make a “rapid assessment of the needs … to bring aid as quickly as possible” to the people, he said. The mission…

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Always be careful

This content was published on Jul 6, 2011 “Always, always pay attention. Always be careful. Every single step for the entire journey. One bad step and the trip could be over.” With this he grabbed his leg and simulated pain. His own experience on the border was generally healthy until he had completed nearly the entire Alps and was here in his home…

“This sort of journey is about endurance”

This content was published on Jul 6, 2011 The American climber and writer has returned to the Swiss Alps to complete his Swiss Borders adventure, circling the country of his childhood. Harlin, who kayaked and mountain biked Switzerland’s northern and western borders last year, spoke to swissinfo.ch as he prepared to complete his journey by hiking and climbing the alpine section that divides…

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Taliban admits kidnapping Swiss couple

This content was published on Jul 5, 2011 A spokesman for the militant group has been quoted as saying that the Swiss have been moved from Balochistan to the neighbouring Taliban heartland of South Waziristan near the Afghan border. The couple, who were travelling across Pakistan in a camper van, were abducted by gunmen on Friday. The Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that…

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Last minute advice

This content was published on Jul 5, 2011 Or rather, the only person to have done it, since for me the really hard work is just beginning. He completed it on his first try back in 1992. A slender, enthusiastic, intense, and strong young Swiss back then, he is all of the above now only older. Along with Roland Baumgartner, who has helped…

Hitting all the right notes

This content was published on Jul 5, 2011 These posters bear the signatures of Niki de Saint-Phalle, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol or Phil Collins. And they sometimes remind us of a concert or another time in our lives. (All pictures: Montreux Jazz Festival)

Abducted Swiss may be in Pakistan tribal belt

This content was published on Jul 4, 2011 The Swiss couple, who were travelling across Pakistan in a camper van, were kidnapped by gunmen on Friday in the sparsely populated Balochistan region, which borders both Iran and Afghanistan. “We have information the Swiss couple have been shifted to the tribal areas [on the Afghan border],” Balochistan’s provincial home secretary Zafarullah Baloch told the…

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