Swiss Identity

Zurich bans locals from international schools

This content was published on Oct 22, 2011 The ruling from the canton’s education minister Regine Aeppli has added another chapter to the ongoing debate about preserving local culture and language in the face of an ever increasing flood of foreign workers. Zurich has effectively overruled a 1998 decision to allow anyone to attend international schools without having to give justification. Some local…

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Franz Feierabend – New renditions by Willi’s Wyberkapelle, Hujässler, Trio Markus Flückiger, Marion Suter and Trio Fredy Reichmuth

This content was published on Oct 21, 2011 Öpis urchigs vom Stalde-Franz Hujässler

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Fifa vows to release details on ISL case

This content was published on Oct 21, 2011 President Sepp Blatter said that Fifa’s executive committee will examine the documents at a meeting in Tokyo in December. At news conference in Zurich on Friday, he added an independent body would decide how the case will proceed. The federation had been trying to stop a Swiss court from releasing documents confirming which officials took…

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‘Ndrangheta members to face trial

This content was published on Oct 21, 2011 The Federal Prosecutors Office said the group, which has been active in Switzerland since at least 1994, would also have to face charges of smuggling weapons between the two countries. The total value of laundered money is estimated at SFr15 million ($17 million) as well as 14 kg of cocaine and 285 weapons. Investigations have…

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Tourists like service, not high costs

This content was published on Oct 21, 2011 That is one of the findings from the Tourism Monitor Switzerland, a survey of tourists from 110 countries published on Friday by the national tourist office. More than 47 per cent of the 9,000 tourists who took part in the survey in 2010, when the franc had gained strength against other major currencies including the…

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A decade of fighting leaves healthcare precarious for millions of Afghans

This content was published on Oct 20, 2011

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The man who made Mövenpick

This content was published on Oct 20, 2011 With the exception of finding a successor, there was little Prager didn’t succeed at. Everything considered de rigueur in the business world today, the Swiss restaurant owner and hotel pioneer had already applied in the middle of the last century: a label which achieved widespread recognition (Mövenpick), the ability to continually reinvent the brand and…

An uncertain gaze

This content was published on Oct 19, 2011 Hofer, a press photographer since he was 22 years old, is unparalleled in his ability to capture spectacular images of his home canton of Valais and the world around it. He focuses his gaze on all that is human: his contemporaries, politics, sports, art… all photographed with a curiosity and enthusiasm still intact at the…

Study deconstructs urban sprawl

This content was published on Oct 19, 2011 This development comes at a high cost to the economy and prevents the efficient use of resources. These are the key findings of a broad National Research Programme (NRP) study presented on Wednesday. Every second, one square metre of land is built over. And the attractiveness of Swiss town centres has pushed up the value…

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Top diplomat to head ICRC

This content was published on Oct 19, 2011 He will take over from July 2012 and replace Jakob Kellenberger who asked to retire after 12 years at the helm of the Swiss-run organisation, the ICRC said on Wednesday. Maurer entered the Swiss diplomatic service aged 29 and in 2004 was appointed permanent representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York. In…

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