Cluster: Swiss Identity

Simplon tunnel remains closed after fire

This content was published on Jun 10, 2011 Officials had hoped to open the undamaged parallel tube on Friday. But thick smoke from the tunnel in which the accident took place early on Thursday morning is blowing into the other tunnel, and the fire is still smouldering. “The situation is still not totally under control,” Jean-Louis Scherz, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal…

Culture

Mani Matter: Dr Parkingmeter

This content was published on Jun 10, 2011 Mani Matter: Dr Parkingmeter

Only one in 20 attends church because of faith

This content was published on Jun 10, 2011 The poll, carried out by the research institute gfs-zürich for the Reformed Press weekly Protestant church newspaper, also revealed that around one in five younger members, aged 18 to 39, of Catholic and Protestant churches was considering leaving. In all, 62 per cent of those asked said they belonged to their church out of habit…

Demographics

Train fire causes closure of Simplon tunnel

This content was published on Jun 10, 2011 A spokesman for Swiss Federal Railways said the train travelling from Italy to Germany caught fire around six o’clock in the morning on Thursday. The railways spokesman said one of the carriages caught fire for an unknown reason, and the flames eventually spread to the other carriages due to the immense heat inside the tunnel.…

Culture

A New Hook

This content was published on Jun 10, 2011 The exhibition “A New Hook: Re-thinking Needlework” sets out to explore current responses to the notion of craft, in particular needlework, in order to examine its impact in the discourse of art, design, architecture and everyday life. It runs at the Museum of Design in Zurich through July 24, 2011.

ICRC appeals to Syria for access to victims

This content was published on Jun 10, 2011 Jakob Kellenberger said he was prepared to travel to Damascus in person to meet the authorities. “We repeat our demand for access to everyone who is being held so we can assess the conditions of their detention and their treatment and then pass on our confidential observations to the authorities concerned,” he said in a…