Cluster: Swiss Identity

How the Covid-19 crisis reveals cultural divide between Swiss language regions

Police speaks to young people by Lake Zurich

This content was published on Mar 29, 2020 Switzerland’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the ‘Röstigraben’ – the imaginary cultural and social divide between language regions.

Author in sunglasses, waving to camera with a gloved-hand

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When I venture into Geneva, hand in glove

This content was published on Mar 29, 2020 My wife and I play our new No-Touch-Unless-Must game now when either of us goes out

History

The first Swiss shopping mall

This content was published on Mar 28, 2020 The “Shoppi” in a Zurich-area suburb changed the Swiss shopping style. Prosperity in Switzerland rose massively after the Second World War.

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Swiss doctors call for better supplies of vaccines

This content was published on Mar 27, 2020 Carlos Quinto, a board member of the Swiss Medical AssociationExternal link (FMH), told the Swiss public broadcaster SRFExternal link that stocks of Pneumovax, which helps patients with respiratory diseases or immune deficiencies to ward off pneumonia, have run out. “Patients are calling us and we then have to tell them that there is nothing left,”…

Culture

Museum pays compensation for Glaser art collection

This content was published on Mar 27, 2020 The museumExternal link acknowledged that Glaser had been “a victim of National Socialism” and said it had reached a “fair and just” solution with his heirs. The collection of more than 100 pieces, including works by Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall, was bought at auction in Berlin in 1933. In 2008 the museum…

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Intensive care beds could run out in a week, study predicts

This content was published on Mar 27, 2020 Switzerland will run out of intensive care beds on April 2 owing to the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study by ETH Zurich.

Education

Coping strategies: Indian students under Swiss lockdown

This content was published on Mar 27, 2020 Unable to return home to India due to coronavirus-related flight restrictions, students studying in Switzerland are showing their resilience.

Residents on the balconies of an apartment building in Geneva during coronavirus outbreak

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Coronavirus: Why staying home is merely a recommendation in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 26, 2020 In this first collection of answers to readers' questions about the pandemic, we tackle the Swiss approach to social distancing measures.

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Companies across Switzerland contemplate bleak coronavirus outlook

This content was published on Mar 26, 2020 Swiss companies are reporting slumping sales, cashflow problems and bottlenecks in the supply of crucial materials.

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Mobile phone data show Swiss are keeping their distance

This content was published on Mar 26, 2020 Anonymised data collected by Swisscom and given to the government have revealed that people are behaving in a disciplined manner to contain Covid-19.

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