Swiss Identity

President sees expatriates as “ambassadors”

This content was published on Aug 1, 2008 Addressing the contingent of about 670,000 expatriates for Switzerland’s National Day on August 1, Couchepin said they brought know-how and knowledge to their new home countries. “Switzerland needs friends to make its presence felt around the world and you are some of those friends. You embody the spirit of openness that has always served us…

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Brauchli takes over reins at Washington Post

This content was published on Jul 31, 2008 Brauchli, aged 47 and a former editor of the Wall Street Journal, is set to face the challenge of integrating the news teams of the newspaper and the web. The nomination of an outsider to the prestigious journal is being seen as a desire for change on the part of the paper’s publisher, Katharine Weymouth.…

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Family men still win the bread

This content was published on Jul 31, 2008 The survey released on Thursday by the Swiss Association of Commercial Employees says that in typical families, men are overwhelmingly the breadwinners. In only four per cent of families do both partners work part-time. According to the Federal Statistics Office, 76 per cent of men and 60 per cent of women worked in 2007. However,…

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Volleyballers selected for Olympics

This content was published on Jul 31, 2008 They bring the number of Swiss athletes travelling to the Chinese capital to 84 in competition, as well as four substitutes. Kuhn/Schwer – 25th in the Olympic ranking of women’s beach volleyball – replace an Austrian pair who had to withdraw owing to injury. The Swiss will play at least three games, including against the…

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Inflation hits 15-year high

This content was published on Jul 31, 2008 The consumer price index fell 0.4 per cent from June as retailers slashed prices for clothes and shoes in summer sales, but annual inflation picked up to 3.1 per cent, the Federal Statistics Office said on Thursday. The last time inflation was higher was in 1993, when it stood at 3.4 per cent. The statistics…

Bond theme to be first ever duet

This content was published on Jul 30, 2008 The 22nd installation of the venerable franchise, Quantum of Solace, was directed by the Swiss Marc Forster and will be released in November. Keys, an 11-time Grammy winner, provided vocals along with White, frontman for the band White Stripes, who also wrote, produced and played the drums for the track, entitled Another Way to Die.…

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IOC admits censorship deal with China

This content was published on Jul 30, 2008 The human rights organisation Amnesty International criticised the IOC for failing to win assurances from Beijing for unrestricted access to the Internet. It was agreed that some sensitive sites would remain blocked on the basis that they were not considered related to the Olympic competition, said IOC press chief Kevan Gosper on Wednesday. He added…

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Celebrating Switzerland, California style

This content was published on Jul 30, 2008 The Swiss community here meets each year on a Sunday close to August 1 for the Swiss Fair at the Swiss Park in Whittier, a suburb in the eastern part of the greater Los Angeles area. “It is a wonderful opportunity to meet with friends and acquaintances,” one elderly lady told swissinfo at this year’s…

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Alinghi wins legal victory in America’s Cup

This content was published on Jul 30, 2008 The court’s decision was a legal victory for the Swiss-based yacht team Alinghi in its year-long court battle with the US team Oracle over where, when and how the race should be held. Alingi locked horns with Oracle’s sponsors, the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), last year after retaining the 2007 America’s Cup and naming…

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Two Swiss released from Libyan jail

This content was published on Jul 29, 2008 The men were granted bail by a judge in Tripoli earlier in the day and are presently at the Swiss embassy and are described to be in good health. They were detained on July 19 on alleged immigration violations and have not yet been allowed to leave Libya, the Swiss foreign ministry said. It said…

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