Cluster: Swiss Identity

Swiss, Danish tourists among three dead in Australian plane crash

Swiss woman dies in seaplane crash in Australia

This content was published on Jan 8, 2025 A light aircraft crashed during take-off from a tourist island in Western Australia, killing three people including Swiss and Danish tourists and injuring three others, authorities said on Wednesday.

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Swiss plan 1,600 extra trains for Eurovision, Women’s EURO 2025 and other events

This content was published on Jan 7, 2025 Swiss Federal Railways is planning to operate 1,600 additional trains to transport passengers to special events in 2025, such as the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest.

Skiers above the clouds at the La Dole ski area in western Switzerland on December 27, 2024.

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Swiss cable car firms and hotels report positive winter so far

This content was published on Jan 7, 2025 The Swiss cable car association and Switzerland Tourism have reported higher visitor numbers at winter resorts over the Christmas and New Year period compared to 2023/24.

Demographics

Swiss inflation settled in 2024

This content was published on Jan 7, 2025 Consumer prices fell last year in Switzerland, new figures show. Higher rents and electricity prices were partially offset by lower prices for gas and prescription drugs.

Demographics

Flu cases soar in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 7, 2025 New data from the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) shows that flu cases doubled in Switzerland between mid and late December.

Nazism: shadowy areas in bank archives, says Perrenoud

History

Historian claims Swiss banks may hold further Second World War secrets

This content was published on Jan 7, 2025 Bank archives could still hold secrets about Swiss actions during the Second World War and should be re-examined, especially those of UBS, says Marc Perrenoud, a historian who worked on the Bergier Commission.

Actor Tilda Swinton in a scene from The Room Next Door.

Assisted suicide

How film and literature have influenced the acceptance of assisted suicide

This content was published on Jan 6, 2025 Powerful stories of assisted dying are etched in our collective memory. Now, a research project from Switzerland is gathering artistic works on the subject.

Valais rocker Bernie Constantin has gone

Culture

Swiss rocker Bernie Constantin dies aged 77

This content was published on Jan 3, 2025 Swiss singer Bernie Constantin, who made a name for himself with the 1980s songs 'Switzerland Reggae' and 'Lola Berlingo' has died aged 77.

Bady Minck's "La Belle est la Bête / Beauty is the Beast", 2005.

Culture

Against ‘Kids, Kitchen, Church’: the surrealist women who fought the legacies of fascism

This content was published on Jan 3, 2025 The Traumatic Surreal, an exhibition in Leeds (UK), sheds light on a feminist – and overlooked – thread in the evolution of the surrealist movement.

Growth in new electric car sales stagnates

Demographics

Electric car sales are slowing in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 2, 2025 Fewer electric cars were sold in Switzerland in 2024 compared to the previous year. The electric mobility association Swiss eMobility says this is only a temporary dip.

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