Swiss Identity

Federer down, Wawrinka up

This content was published on Sep 14, 2010 The Swiss, who was himself beaten by Djokovic in the semifinals, now has 6,735 points and is ranked three in the world. The Serb has 7,145 and Nadal extended his dominance to 12,025. Britain’s Andy Murray remains in fourth on 5,035. Better news for Swiss tennis however was that Stanislaw Wawrinka’s deep run in New…

OPEN-AIR: Medieval Festival

This content was published on Sep 14, 2010 Take a trip back in time and find out about the castle’s connection to England. Meet medieval vagabonds, falconers, knights and tour the castle. A special exhibition recounts stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

ART: Giant Herbs and Monster Trees

This content was published on Sep 14, 2010 Drawings and prints by C.W. Kolbe (1759–1835) one of the most intriguing figures in late 19th century German art, are on show at the Kunsthaus. With his fantastical, almost surreal landscapes featuring woods and marshes, Kolbe exerted a considerable influence on the graphic arts between Sturm und Drang and Romanticism.

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Geneva hotels among most expensive

This content was published on Sep 14, 2010 New York City follows Geneva in the ranking, with room prices up 14 per cent from a year ago. The survey by hotels.com, published on Tuesday, found hotel rates picking up for the first time in three years. In Geneva, and Switzerland overall, average hotel room rates went up eight per cent to $254 (SFr…

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ART & FASHION: Trendy Knitting

This content was published on Sep 14, 2010 Amazing knitted garments and unusual objects of art can be admired at the St Gallen Textile Museum. With fabulous examples of knitted wonders both old and new, one of the main attractions is a knitted showpiece dating from 1699 by Georg Strauss of Winterthur.

Culture

Luigi Boccherini: Symphonies (Nos. 3, 8 & 21). London Mozart Players. Matthias Bamert, conductor

This content was published on Sep 13, 2010 Boccherini: Symphony No. 8 (4th movement) LMP; M. Bamert, cond.

Culture

Montreux takes on a Cajun flavour

This content was published on Sep 13, 2010 David Emile Marcantel, a lawyer with a passion for Cajun music, tells swissinfo.ch that the southern state’s bilingualism is both fragile and dynamic. Some 70 heads of state, 3,000 delegates and 600 journalists are expected to attend the 13th Francophonie Summit from October 22-24, which will focus on issues of global governance and democracy, sustainable…

Demographics

Bienvenue

This content was published on Sep 13, 2010 Some 200 million people speak French around the world. From Vietnam to Algeria via Haiti and Switzerland, French is the official language of 32 countries.

Demand for Swiss wine remains flat

This content was published on Sep 13, 2010 However, despite there being domestic wine production in Switzerland, experts say local wines have largely remained untouched by this phenomenon. “There’s a buzz,” said Jacques Perrin, a wine merchant and critic. Investing in wine and speculating on the rise in wine prices can be profitable and is being widely reported on in media, he says.…

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Alzheimer’s costs a fortune in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 12, 2010 Unpaid care by relatives was worth an additional SFr2.8 billion. Spouses and children often look after their ill relatives without seeking any compensation, notes the study by Ecoplan, an economic research and policy consultancy based in Bern. About 110,000 people suffering from dementia live in Switzerland. That number will likely rise as the population ages.…

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