Swiss Identity

“Chriesisturm”: canton Zug’s Cherry Race

This content was published on Jun 28, 2024 An ancient race featuring 8-metre-long ladders: the Chriesisturm in Zug is Switzerland's oldest living cherry tradition.

Primary school class 1c pictured during a double science and reading lesson at the schoolhouse Vinci, Public School Suhr, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, on June 25, 2018. The Public School Suhr consists of kindergartens, primary schools and senior classes. (KEYSTONE/Christian Beutler)

Education

Inclusive schools: beneficial for all?

This content was published on Jun 28, 2024 Inclusive schools, where children with disabilities are enrolled in regular schools, have been an issue of debate in Switzerland for several years.

Culture

Breaking protocol: Jojo Mayer and the machine

This content was published on Jun 27, 2024 He is one of the most influential drummers of recent decades, known both as a skilled technician and a visionary. Jojo Mayer talks to SWI swissinfo.ch about technology, tradition – and the future of music.

Maintenance workers wearing orange uniforms and hard hats with torches on the front walk towards the camera through the Gotthard tunnel. They are both looking at the ground. The tunnel looms huge above them and can be seen splitting into two tubes in the background.

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Gotthard Base Tunnel on track to fully re-open in September

This content was published on Jun 27, 2024 Rail operations through the vital tunnel will resume in full on September 2, with repair work in the west tube going as planned, Swiss Federal Railways has said.

An old-fashioned brown radio in a secondhand shop. Behind it can be seen various lamps.

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Swiss Broadcasting Corporation to pull plug on FM radio

This content was published on Jun 27, 2024 Amid a shift to digital and online radio, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation will switch off analogue FM transmitters at the end of December.

Bern and Biel enter the race for Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Culture

Bern and Biel/Bienne enter the Swiss race to host Eurovision 2025

This content was published on Jun 27, 2024 Swiss cities are jostling to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest (ESC): Geneva, Basel, Zurich, and a Bern-Biel joint bid have all thrown their hat in the ring.

A seven-storey blocks of flats, with a jagged and colourful facade. The bottom part of the building is brown, the middle is yellow and the top is light blue. The balconies stick out at triangular angles.

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Swiss housing and mobility costs continue to outpace inflation

This content was published on Jun 27, 2024 The cost of housing and mobility in Switzerland again rose faster than official inflation last month.

A mother holds hands with her daughter as they walk to the first day of kindergarten. The woman is dressed in a business outfit.

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Equality not achieved in Switzerland according to the Federal Council

This content was published on Jun 26, 2024 Equality between women and men has not yet been achieved in Switzerland. But the targeted promotion of gender equality represents significant progress.

Swiss supporters cheer for their team in the fan zone for the match between Scotland and Switzerland during the UEFA Euro 2024 football championships at the public viewing in Vevey, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 19. 2024.

Demographics

One in five people in Switzerland do not get enough exercise, according to the WHO

This content was published on Jun 26, 2024 According to a report by the WHO, a lack of exercise has significant consequences for people's health and is very expensive for the healthcare system.

a prisoner's hands are seen resting on a small open access door in his prison cell door.

Demographics

Zurich and Bern to provide better care for prisoners in pre-trial detention

This content was published on Jun 26, 2024 The cantons of Zurich and Bern are testing better conditions for prisoners. The project costs CHF12.8 million.

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