Swiss Identity

All right, pet?

This content was published on Apr 25, 2008 The photographer Hansueli Trachsel and the author Regula Tanner have traced the relationship between animals and their owners. Short texts accompany the black-and-white portraits. The collection was published by Fischer, Münsingen, in 2007.

divorce poll

This content was published on Apr 25, 2008

St Gallen embroidery

This content was published on Apr 25, 2008

The lace place

This content was published on Apr 25, 2008 All the big fashion designers at one point or another come to St Gallen for their lace and embroidery creations. A visit to the textile museum and to one of the leading manufacturers still operating in eastern Switzerland. ( Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)

Malaria group appeals for more funds

This content was published on Apr 25, 2008 Members of the Swiss Malaria Group say Switzerland ranks last among industrialised nations when it comes to funding the fight against the disease. “The Swiss government has issued many declarations about what could or should be done,” Marcel Tanner, director of the Swiss Tropical Institute (STI), told swissinfo. Tanner says the government is not putting…

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Connecting human rights to the environment

This content was published on Apr 24, 2008 According to participants, environmental change is likely to hit poorer countries the hardest, but richer nations like Switzerland can help tackle the problem. “Climate change is not only about reducing carbon emissions to eliminate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, it’s also about the victims,” said Jorge Daniel Taillant, director of the Argentina-based Center for Human…

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Switzerland slow to return foreign prisoners

This content was published on Apr 24, 2008 Just three convicted criminals have been repatriated to serve out penal sentences in their countries of origin since a Council of Europe protocol was adopted by Switzerland in 2004. The protocol, an addition to the 1983 European Council Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, legally enables states to send people to their countries of…

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British film success in Nyon

This content was published on Apr 23, 2008 The festival, which ended on Wednesday, showed 155 films from 36 countries and attracted more than 28,000 visitors. Dineen’s film deals with the debate over the subject of fox hunting. The jury praised the directness of her style, saying this made the characters touching. The prize is worth SFr20,000 ($19,850). Other major winners were “Nuit…

Historian exposes secret wartime refugees

This content was published on Apr 23, 2008 swissinfo talked to Luc van Dongen who has opened the Pandora’s box of the 1943-1954 period, throwing light on Swiss asylum policy and uncovering the traces of numerous highly controversial political and economic refugees. The university professor’s recently published book, “Un purgatoire très discret” (A very discreet purgatory), is based on ten years’ work going…

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Couples go back to church to divorce

This content was published on Apr 23, 2008 With more than half of all Swiss marriages ending in divorce, Protestant religious services to mark this life event are gaining acceptance. The idea is not to promote divorce but to help couples through the painful experience. Markus Sahli, spokesman for the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches, told swissinfo that end-of-marriage ceremonies could play a…

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