Cluster: Swiss Identity

Fifa to hear bribe allegations

This content was published on May 19, 2011 According to the AP news agency on Thursday, Fifa President Sepp Blatter has said that the British Sunday Times newspaper, where claims of corruption first surfaced last October, was ready to bring its whistleblower to Zurich to discuss the matter. The whistleblower claims that two Fifa executive members, Issa Hayatou and Jacques Anouma, received $1.5…

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Having fun and getting fit in the forest

This content was published on May 18, 2011 The original trail was built in 1968 near Zurich. Today, Switzerland boasts about 500 across the country and there are an estimated 2,500 worldwide. Nearly all of the Swiss trails, consisting of a series of obstacles and exercise stations set up along a jogging path, are found in forests on the edge of towns and…

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Court upholds Skyguide compensation

This content was published on May 18, 2011 Turning down a final appeal from 51 relatives of Russian victims, the judges in Lausanne concluded that the compensation amounts were neither too high nor too low and corresponded to what was paid out in comparable cases. Four employees of the Swiss air traffic control company were found guilty in 2007 of negligent homicide over…

Culture

The marching season

This content was published on May 18, 2011 The Drum Majorettes Corps Wauwil was founded in 1978. It remains the only Majorettes Association in central Switzerland. Twice a year new costumes are fitted and distributed to all the age groups. This is the busiest time of the year before the highlight of their summer show called “viva l’estate” (“long live summer!”). (All images:…

Pee Wirz: Oh, traveller

This content was published on May 17, 2011 And Then You Came Pee Wirz

Lung transplanted into two patients

This content was published on May 17, 2011 Walter Weder, head of the division of thoracic surgery at Zurich University Hospital, decided that the donated lung was large enough for two transplants – one for a 15-year-old girl and one for a 19-year-old man. Both had been born with cystic fibrosis. In the operation, which took place in December 2010, both received a…

Culture

Swiss Mill Day

This content was published on May 17, 2011 Switzerland has preserved its pre-industrial heritage by restoring dozens of old watermills. This year, 120 historic mills throughout Switzerland open their doors to the public, showing how water power can still be used to saw timber and grind grain.

Identity at stake in war of words

This content was published on May 17, 2011 At the moment, one third of teaching is supposed to be in dialect, one third in “high German”, the standard language of Germany, and the other third at the discretion of the teachers, according to the situation. Supporters of the “Yes to dialect in the kindergarten” campaign suspected that the aim of the education authorities…

Education

Dialect-able

This content was published on May 16, 2011 (Pictures: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo.ch)

Shakura S’Aida

This content was published on May 16, 2011 Having spent her formative years in Switzerland, Shakura S’Aida is an internationally prominent singer-songwriter now based in Canada. She has fond memories of living here and says it helped to define both her and her music. (Mark Holmes, JSD Productions for swissinfo.ch)

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