Cluster: Swiss Identity

Aid organisation recovered 6,500 tonnes of food in 2023

This content was published on Oct 28, 2024 Last year the aid organisation Schweizer Tafel (Swiss table) saved 6,500 tonnes of perfectly good food from being destroyed.

The Hardbruecke district with the Prime Tower in Zurich.

Culture

Architect Pierre de Meuron: ‘Switzerland isn’t ugly, but there’s room for improvement’

This content was published on Oct 28, 2024 Star architect Pierre de Meuron is still shaping the future of architecture. He shares his insights on urban planning in French-speaking Switzerland.

Fabrice Aragno receives a Special Palme d'Or award on behalf of director Jean-Luc Godard for his film 'The Image Book' (Le Livre D'Image) during the closing ceremony of the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival, May 2018.

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The man who holds the legacy of Jean-Luc Godard

This content was published on Oct 27, 2024 Fabrice Aragno collaborated with Jean-Luc Godard in the last 20 years of his life. He tells SWI swissinfo.ch what it’s like to make films after Godard's death.

UDF referendum forces vote on ESC credit in Basel

Culture

Swiss ultra-conservative party hands in signatures against Eurovision 2025

This content was published on Oct 26, 2024 The Swiss Federal Democratic Union (EDU) has handed in referendum signatures to seek a vote to prevent the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) from taking place in Basel from May 13 to 17, 2025.

Swiss oddities

When a Roman emperor risks falling from his pedestal

This content was published on Oct 26, 2024 Almost 85 years after its discovery, the identity of the golden bust from Avenches remains a mystery.

During his mountain hikes, he leaves notebooks for single hikers to share their contact details in the hope of meeting a fellow nature lover.

Demographics

Love at new heights: Swiss hiker creates ‘Tinder for the mountains’

This content was published on Oct 25, 2024 What if love could be found at the top of a mountain?

Actor Dimitri Krebs in the role of Ernst Schrämli, one of the 17 Swiss 'traitors' executed during the Second World War.

Culture

Controversial Swiss war traitor gets a revamp

This content was published on Oct 25, 2024 A new film about Ernst Schrämli, a Swiss soldier executed for treason during the Second World War, illustrates the shifting public consensus about Switzerland’s fraught wartime politics.

SBB: presentation of the first fully renovated ICN train

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Swiss railways presents first fully-renovated ‘InterCity’ train

This content was published on Oct 24, 2024 On Thursday, the Swiss Federal Railways presented its first fully renovated InterCity tilting train (ICN).

Poker is a double-edged sword. On the upside, it's a stimulating moment with tempting winnings.

Demographics

Switzerland’s poker boom: from casual play to high stakes

This content was published on Oct 24, 2024 Whether playing for fun or as a profession, participants see the allure of significant winnings but also the looming risk of losing it all—something that delights organisers.

Suspended sentence for assisted suicide in Ticino

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Former Swiss nurse sentenced for ‘assisted suicide tourism’

This content was published on Oct 24, 2024 She was paid to accompany people from neighbouring Italy to Switzerland to commit assisted suicide.

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