Swiss Identity

Swiss abroad miss out on vote

This content was published on Aug 25, 2008 The Federal Chancellery, revealing the problem on Monday, said that in many cases this was because voters had not received the necessary documents in time. All citizens are registered in one of the Swiss communes which are responsible for getting the material to them. Despite the fact that there is a special legal provision allowing…

Education

Debate simmers over school funding

This content was published on Aug 25, 2008 Several initiatives have been lodged in German-speaking cantons seeking a public vote on the free choice for parents between public and private schools. Under the current system public school places are fixed according to the locality where the family lives. Parents who wish to have their offspring educated in a private school have to pay…

Demographics

Beijing Games end on happy note for Swiss

This content was published on Aug 24, 2008 Judo middleweight Sergei Aschwanden led the Swiss delegation into Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium for the celebrations, an honour accorded to Roger Federer in the opening ceremony. The 32-year-old was one of six medal winners for Switzerland during the 16-day event, with podium triumphs also in doubles tennis, cycling and mountain biking. Despite a number of…

Culture

Sailing on a collective keel

This content was published on Aug 24, 2008 The high cost of owning a boat and lack of mooring spaces can make sailing seem a prohibitive, elitist sport. But over the past ten years Sailcom, Switzerland’s main boatsharing community, has been offering an attractive alternative. Their boats may not have the same distinctive look as the red cars that belong to Switzerland’s most…

Marathon hope runs short of the podium

This content was published on Aug 24, 2008 Röthlin came in sixth at 2:10.35 in the 42.2 kilometre course through Beijing on Sunday. The race began at the edge of Tiananmen Square, then wound around the Temple of Heaven before turning toward the Olympic Green and the Bird’s Nest stadium. By the end of the race the temperature had risen to 30 degrees…

Culture

From police chief to protector of the pope

This content was published on Aug 24, 2008 A 36-year-old police chief from central Switzerland has been named the next commandant of the Vatican's Swiss Guard.

Culture

Hip-hop guide to Big Bang machine wins fans

This content was published on Aug 23, 2008 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), housed in a circular tunnel under the Swiss-French border near Geneva, has been built to recreate conditions that followed the so-called Big Bang, which many scientists believe gave birth to the universe. Kate McAlpine, an American intern at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) in Geneva where the LHC…

Culture

Rain stops play at mass drinking session

This content was published on Aug 23, 2008 Around 300 people turned up for the so-called botellón – a practice that originated in Spain and is spreading through Switzerland – on Friday in the Parc des Bastions. Geneva police said a German photographer was injured by a bottle in the only notable incident of the night. Officers carried out several checks during the…

Demographics

Fourth Olympic bronze for Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 23, 2008 The 22-year-old finished seconds ahead of fellow Swiss Christoph Sauser in the eight-lap race at Laoshan on Saturday. French competitors Julien Absalon and Jean-Christophe Peraud took the gold and silver. Four-time world champion Absalon took the lead from the second lap of the difficult course which had been built on rough terrain on a hill…

Culture

Times change… but not necessarily attitudes

This content was published on Aug 22, 2008 The study, entitled “Values and Opportunities at a time of Change”, polled 20-year old Swiss men and women – resident foreigners were excluded – about their general satisfaction with their lives and their social and political attitudes. The information was gathered in 2003. It is the third study of its kind; the first was conducted…

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