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The 23-year-old is seen as an example of successful integration, demonstrating that your roots may begin to define you but it is where you feel at home that puts the finishing touches to your personality. His father was born in Spain, his mother in Serbia. They met in Geneva and decided to spend their life…
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It was only after he turned 12, and the marriage of his mother with Swiss citizen Roger Vonlanthen, that he arrived in Switzerland. His first home was in Flamatt, not far from the Swiss capital, Bern. It was there that his talent was first recognised. Today, Vonlanthen plays for Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian…
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When you arrive in Basel from the south, the first thing that strikes you is its industrial dimension. Names that are known around the world look down on you: Novartis, Roche, Ciba, Syngenta… If you follow the Rhine to Basel, you see a port with docks and containers. It reminds you that the city owes…
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Towering high above the city on the wooded Bergisel Hill, the landmark Bergisel Ski Jump, designed by star Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, has joined the list of top tourist attractions. Completed in 2002, the ski jump arena will be used as a public viewing place during Euro 08 – a once-off backdrop for 15,000 fans.…
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The “gnomes of Zurich” was an expression coined in 1956 by Harold Wilson, then British Shadow Chancellor, in response to secretive Swiss bankers whose speculating, he said, had pushed the pound down on the foreign exchange markets. The name has stuck – even if gnomes are few and far between on Zurich’s financial epicentre, the…
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The study was the centrepiece of a national research project, the Swiss Etiological Study of Adjustment and Mental Health (Sesam), which had been the subject of fierce opposition from the start. The project’s executive committee informed the Swiss National Science Foundation, which had funded just under half of the study, of the discontinuation on Thursday.…
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Top honours went on Thursday to a Le Gruyère Switzerland, a Gruyère produced by Michael Spycher in Wasen, a Swiss village of 300 people in canton Bern. Judges said the winning sample was notable for its full flavour and fruity taste. The cheese beat thousands of entries from around the world, in categories ranging from…
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The human rights watchdog issued a series of recommendations, mainly to promote Romansh as a living language and protect Yenish, spoken by a few thousand gypsies. The Council of Europe applauded moves by the federal government to extend the broadcasting time of public radio and television programmes in Romansh. It also welcomed the decision by…
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Cuche lost the title by just one point to Austria’s Hannes Reichelt, who won Thursday’s race ahead of Switzerland’s Didier Défago. American Bode Miller came 12th, extending his lead in the overall World Cup standing thereby securing his second title since 2005. Cuche said he would not compete in the last giant slalom and slalom…
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At a meeting at the southern Swiss freight unit they said the offer made on Wednesday was not sufficient to end industrial action, which began nearly a week ago. Local politicians, the Church and thousands of people in the southern Ticino region are supporting the strike. Strikers also decided to travel to the Fribourg site…
