Cluster: Swiss Identity

How a Swiss decision changed football history

Gottfried Dienst before the 1966 World Cup final

This content was published on Sep 9, 2019 Few English football fans will have heard of Gottfried Dienst, but the Swiss had a significant influence on world football and English culture.

A man sits holding a cigarette with his face painted as a clown.

Culture

Rob Gnant, the ‘van Gogh’ of Swiss photography

This content was published on Sep 7, 2019 Rob Gnant was a key Swiss photographer with a knack for linking important social themes with a strong visual aesthetic.

Demographics

Swiss pledge aid for hurricane victims in Bahamas

This content was published on Sep 6, 2019 Switzerland is donating CHF700,000 ($700,000) as part of international aid efforts in the Bahama islands following a devastating tropical storm.

View of the exterior of the new research and archive centre at Penthaz.

Culture

Swiss Film Archive inaugurates research centre

This content was published on Sep 6, 2019 The Swiss National Film Archives has inaugurated a modern new research and archive centre at Penthaz in western Switzerland.

Demographics

Two pupils ill with TB in northern Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 6, 2019 Two pupils in two different schools have become ill with tuberculosis in the canton of Aargau, rare disease in Switzerland.

Culture

Swiss referee Gotti Dienst and the 1966 World Cup final

This content was published on Sep 6, 2019 (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

Culture

Swiss artist installs 300 trees in Austrian football stadium

This content was published on Sep 5, 2019 Basel-based artist Klaus Littmann has transformed a 30,000-capacity stadium in southern Austria into a forest as part of a public art exhibition.

Demographics

One-third of underage clients manage to buy alcohol

This content was published on Sep 5, 2019 The findings, released on Thursday, come from a study commissioned by the Federal Customs AdministrationExternal link and carried out by addiction prevention group Sucht SchweizExternal link. The group interviewed 30 sales and service employees in all language regions of Switzerland. Many said that customers become impatient, even insulting or assaulting staff at busy times of…

Demographics

Top Swiss prosecutor ‘should not be re-elected’ for another term

This content was published on Sep 4, 2019 A parliamentary commission has recommended that Switzerland’s top criminal prosecutor, Michael Lauber, should not be nominated for another term.

Demographics

Swiss railway chief to step down next year

This content was published on Sep 4, 2019 MeyerExternal link, who has been CEO of the company since 2007, issued a statement on Wednesday saying he would exit by the end of 2020 at the latest. He said he wanted to remain in his post to complete a strategic overhaul process and deal with the aftermath of the accident. “Until my resignation, I…

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