Cluster: Swiss Identity

Tick-borne encephalitis cases remain high, despite vaccination push

This content was published on Nov 11, 2019 Over 250 cases of the tick-borne early summer meningo-encephalitis disease have been recorded in Switzerland so far in 2019.

A masked man tries to behead a dead swan.

Culture

They do what? Five frankly bizarre Swiss traditions

This content was published on Nov 11, 2019 Christmas is coming, the goose is getting decapitated. Brace yourself for five of the weirder Swiss customs.

Culture

Author Sybille Berg wins 2019 Swiss Book Prize

This content was published on Nov 10, 2019 Author Sybille Berg has been awarded the 2019 Swiss Book Prize for her dark futuristic novel “GRM. Brainfuck.”

Demographics

Older drivers cause growing number of accidents in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 10, 2019 PLACEHOLDER In 2018, 1,802 convictions were handed down against people over 70 years of age, twice as many as in 2008, according to the Swiss Council for Accident PreventionExternal link (bfu), cited by Le Matin Dimanche and SonntagsZeitung. License withdrawals are also on the rise. The licenses of 7,446 seniors were revoked in 2018, twice as…

History

How Switzerland froze when the Berlin Wall came down

This content was published on Nov 9, 2019 Faced with the end of the Cold War, many Swiss politicians didn’t know what to say or do.

Demographics

One in ten patients harmed by medical treatment

This content was published on Nov 8, 2019 Up to 15% of hospital patients in Switzerland suffer negative consequences from inadequate medication according to a report.

Demographics

Fighting food waste with your eyes, nose and tongue

This content was published on Nov 8, 2019 Two-thirds of the food thrown away in Switzerland could have been eaten. A new label on foodstuffs wants consumers to be much more discerning.

Manet s painting Marine, Temps d’orage (Stormy Sea)

Culture

Bern museum sells Manet from Gurlitt collection

This content was published on Nov 8, 2019 The Kunstmuseum Bern has sold a painting by Édouard Manet from its controversial Gurlitt collection to Tokyo for $4 million.

Demographics

Over 100 ‘Extinction Rebellion’ activists face charges in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 7, 2019 Swiss police have pressed criminal charges against 117 climate activists for blocking a road and a bridge during protests in September.

History

‘Importing’ foreign-trained imams can cause problems

This content was published on Nov 5, 2019 Around 130 imams are active in Switzerland, mostly Sunnis, and many of whom receive their religious training abroad.

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