Swiss Identity

Irish tale wins Swiss book prize

This content was published on Nov 16, 2008 Zurich-born writer Rolf Lappert won the prize for his novel, Swimming Home, on Sunday. The work describes the life of a man who is brought up in Ireland by his grandparents after his mother dies and his father abandons him. Lappert, who currently lives in Ireland, will receive SFr50,000 ($42,000) for his winning entry. Others…

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Award for Swiss-Russian film

This content was published on Nov 15, 2008 The Mother, by Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov, was named the winner of the Eurodoc prize at the festival on Saturday. The filmmakers were given €30,000 (SFr45,600) to go towards the Spanish distribution of the film. The film was three years in the making and follows a woman’s fight for the survival of her nine…

Cities celebrate first railway link

This content was published on Nov 15, 2008 Around 100 prominent people stepped aboard an historic steam train to travel along the Zurich-Wylerfeld-Bern line for the festivities on Saturday. The first complete rail link between the cities took place on November 15, 1858 after the construction of a bridge over the River Aare in Bern. Zurich passengers previously had to alight before reaching…

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A tangled web of file sharing

This content was published on Nov 15, 2008 Claiming two billion page views per day, Zug-based RapidShare specialises in the distribution of digital media and stakes its claim as the world’s first user-friendly way to transfer big files over the internet. The catch? Content and copyright. A search on one of many unofficial sites that scour files posted to the world’s 12th most…

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Juncker receives this year’s Monnet gold medal

This content was published on Nov 14, 2008 At a ceremony on Friday in the western Swiss city, this year’s Swiss president, Pascal Couchepin, described Juncker as a “perfect example of soft power”, who knew how to replace force with intelligence, conviction and patience. In his speech, Juncker underlined European values, in particular that of peace. He described war and peace as “the…

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After a disappointing 2008, will Roger Federer become world number one again in 2009?

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Demographics

Federer ousted by Murray in Shanghai thriller

This content was published on Nov 14, 2008 The Swiss, the world number two player, was aiming for a record fifth win but lost in three sets 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 on Friday in an exciting match that lasted more than three hours. Friday’s loss, combined with his defeat against France’s Gilles Simon in an earlier match, meant Federer could not qualify for…

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Diabetes awareness could save children’s lives

This content was published on Nov 14, 2008 Switzerland on Friday marked World Diabetes Day by bathing buildings and monuments from Geneva to St Gallen in blue light, to raise awareness of the disease. “In the past few years some children aged two or three years were diagnosed with the disease very late,” Dr Daniel Konrad, director of Zurich University’s Department of Diabetes…

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Cataloguing the Middle Ages in cyberspace

This content was published on Nov 14, 2008 Anyone wanting to sit down and study one of the St Gallen Abbey Library’s 2,100 manuscripts must first be vetted, providing references before being allowed through the door. But that is about to change. A digital upheaval is taking place inside the walls of the 1,200-year-old library as its famous horde of manuscripts is uploaded…

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