Swiss Identity

ART: Klee meets Picasso

This content was published on Jun 7, 2010 To mark its fifth anniversary, the Paul Klee Centre in Bern puts on a special exhibition featuring more than 180 works by Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee, exploring the lives and art of two great masters.

Mundartisten: M

This content was published on Jun 7, 2010 Digitali Anarchy Mundartisten feat. Orlando Menthol

Federer loses top title to Nadal at French Open

This content was published on Jun 6, 2010 The win in Paris on Sunday means the Spaniard reclaims the world number one ranking from Swiss rival Roger Federer, who now slips to number two. Nadal chased down shots all over the court with an aggressive tenacity to avenge his lone Roland Garros defeat to Söderling in the fourth round in 2009. Federer went…

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Oil slick’s damage seeps into the unknown

This content was published on Jun 6, 2010 Ahead of World Oceans Day on June 8, Silvia Frey, head of whale research at Oceancare, a Swiss non-profit organisation founded in 1989, tells swissinfo.ch that the Gulf Stream will carry contaminated fish and plankton towards Europe. When ecosystems are destroyed inland or on the coast, it is directly visible. The biggest ecosystem in the…

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Tie with Italy shows Swiss football still alive

This content was published on Jun 5, 2010 After the team’s recent string of unimpressive performances, the draw against the historically more powerful neighbour bodes well for the Swiss, who played on Saturday with a fire fans have not seen for some time. “We’ve learned something in the organisation,” coach Ottmar Hitzfeld told Swiss television after the game. “We played the world champions…

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Swiss find way to top of orienteering races

This content was published on Jun 5, 2010 Simone Niggli comes back home with two gold medals, having won the middle and long distance events. Niggli has now won a medal at every European Championship event. “The team has many strong performers,” said Niggli, who won four medals in all at the event. “The professional environment with exceptional coaches and the athletes’ commitment…

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Football glory remains a statistical dream

This content was published on Jun 4, 2010 Roger Kaufmann predicts that Spain – who are in Switzerland’s group – and Brazil are in with the best chance. The Swiss team, on the other hand, may only make it to the final 16. There is less than a week to go until the tournament begins on June 11, but Switzerland’s “Nati” has shown…

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Language quotas introduced

This content was published on Jun 4, 2010 With that in mind, language quotas will be introduced, the government announced on Friday. The goal is that 70 per cent of government employees be German-speaking, 22 per cent French-speaking, seven per cent Italian-speaking and one per cent Romansh-speaking. In order to support the linguistic minorities, the government has established a delegate for multilingualism. In…

Architect leaves footprint on football stadiums

This content was published on Jun 4, 2010 Michèle Rüegg, a Swiss architect with Hamburg, Germany-based gmp, spoke to swissinfo.ch about the practical and cultural challenges of building some of the infrastructure for international football’s biggest event. Rüegg, who studied in Zurich and at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, calls her start in South Africa a “baptism by fire”. The company received its first…

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Sex with prostitutes under 18 to be illegal

This content was published on Jun 4, 2010 This aligns Swiss law with the Council of Europe convention on protecting children under 18 from sexual exploitation and abuse. The new legislation goes into effect on July 1, announced the government on Friday. The initial motion, which was filed by a representative of the centre-right Christian Democratic Party, argued that allowing prostitution at 16…

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