Cluster: Swiss Identity

ART: Eugène Grasset

This content was published on Mar 15, 2011 A special exhibition of posters, furniture, tapestries, fabrics, jewellery and ceramics by Swiss decorative artist Eugène Grasset (1845-1917) pays tribute to the man who was a pioneer of Art Nouveau design.

Disaster reveals dilemma of nuclear reliance

This content was published on Mar 15, 2011 Dominique Bourg, a philosopher and professor at the Institute of Land Use Policies and Human Environment at Lausanne University, predicts that while life is going to get hard for countries that rely on nuclear power, there’s currently no major alternative. On Tuesday Japan was still scrambling to avert a meltdown at a stricken nuclear plant…

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Prison chaplains face mixed-faith challenges

This content was published on Mar 15, 2011 swissinfo.ch spoke to Catholic chaplain Daniel Levasseur and his Protestant counterpart Philippe Cosandey, who are the chaplains for Orbe prison in canton Vaud. They minister to inmates who are in for a few weeks and those who are behind bars for life. It doesn’t matter. The two chaplains prefer not to know what crimes have…

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Bond beauty gearing up for 75th birthday

This content was published on Mar 15, 2011 Andress was the first Bond girl and, for many, the only. She shot to international stardom for her role as Honey Ryder in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No; the scene where she emerges from the Caribbean in a famous white bikini is viewed as a classic cinematic moment. In an interview with Schweizer…

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Motek: All Systems Go…

This content was published on Mar 14, 2011 All Systems Motek

Time runs out for “World’s Largest Timepiece”

This content was published on Mar 14, 2011 Known as “The World’s Largest Timepiece”, the display consisted of a chain of 275 seven-metre tubular light bulbs hung down the middle of the street. Light points in the tubes sent ripples along the length of Bahnhofstrasse. The SFr2.4 million ($2.59 million) installation, designed by architects Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler, proved so unpopular with…

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Private practice

This content was published on Mar 14, 2011 Military life, with its drills, monotony, square-bashing and lack of sleep, gets to almost every recruit – no matter their background. The spring recruitment begins this week. Photographer Roger Wehrli attended a training camp for recruits, some of whom have an immigrant background.

River surfers set their sights on Bern

This content was published on Mar 14, 2011 Original plans to set up a wave at Bern’s scenic Schwellenmätteli weir have hit the rocks because of safety and environmental concerns. But organisers aren’t giving up: they are confident of creating a surfing spot somewhere along the river by 2013. The idea was born when Aline Trede, a surfer and local politician for the…

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Cuche fined for race jump threat

This content was published on Mar 14, 2011 The International Ski Federation says Cuche telephoned chief race director Gunter Hujara on Thursday, telling him to remove the jump at the 3km Olympiabakken World Cup downhill course in Norway. “If you don’t take the jump down and anything happens, I will not hesitate to attack you in public,” he allegedly said. Hujara told the…

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No immediate action planned over nuclear plants

This content was published on Mar 14, 2011 Japan is currently battling to prevent a nuclear catastrophe following explosions at the Fukushima atomic power plant after Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. In comments quoted on the Swiss News Agency, Leuthard said that the cabinet was being kept informed of the situation. Experts from the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) are in contact with…

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