Cluster: Swiss Identity

How a Swiss sculptor is fighting plastic with art

This content was published on Sep 20, 2019 An exhibit by artist Étienne Krähenbühl is a wakeup call about our daily use of plastic. But his work is also meant to explore solutions.

Demographics

Solidarity campaign collects CHF1 million

This content was published on Sep 20, 2019 Swiss Solidarity has collected just over CHF1 million ($1 million) in its 250th fundraising campaign, which is aimed at helping women in distress.

Demographics

Lack of grease blamed for two Swiss train derailments in 2017

This content was published on Sep 19, 2019 An investigation into the derailment of trains in Lucerne and Basel in 2017 states lack of grease on switchers and rails partly to blame.

Demographics

Swiss parliament makes it easier to hunt wolves, bears and ibexes

This content was published on Sep 19, 2019 Parliament has agreed to renounce adopting national level hunting regulations thereby allowing cantons to make it easier to hunt protected species.

History

The Swiss textile industry’s unsavoury past

This content was published on Sep 19, 2019 Slave trade, colonial exploitation and religious conversion all led to the establishment of Switzerland’s textile industry and boosted its wealth.

Demographics

Swiss villages bribe people to come, stay and breed

This content was published on Sep 18, 2019 Small towns often struggle to retain people, yet these schemes seem to be bearing fruit in Switzerland.

Culture

Swiss win world’s oldest balloon race

This content was published on Sep 17, 2019 Swiss teams have come first and second in the 63rd Gordon Bennett Cup, the oldest aviation competition in the world.

Education

Mixed reactions to homeschooling court verdict

This content was published on Sep 17, 2019 Teachers and the homeschooling community react to a court ruling that there is no constitutional right to homeschooling in Switzerland.

Culture

On location with Heidi’s Japanese (grand)fathers

This content was published on Sep 17, 2019 We tag along with the creators of the 1970s Japanese Heidi cartoon as they revisit their source of inspiration in the Swiss mountains.

Demographics

Are Swiss trains becoming less punctual, pricier and more dangerous?

This content was published on Sep 16, 2019 Long known for its efficiency, critics say service on the Swiss Federal Railways is deteriorating. Do they have a point?

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