Swiss Identity

Locarno remains festival of new cinema

This content was published on Jul 29, 2007 Frédéric Maire, who has only been in the job for two years, says that this year’s festival will be looking back at the glories of its past, while not forgetting about the films of the future. The artistic director collapsed on stage last year after suffering from exhaustion and had to miss the final awards…

Culture

Swiss legacy lives on in Berne, Indiana

This content was published on Jul 27, 2007 An expression of this is the Swiss Days festival, which takes place annually at the end of July. The four-day festival of Swiss food, drink and music attracts thousands of homesick Swiss from near and far. swissinfo took a look around. Berne is a little piece of Switzerland in the American heartland: chalet-style houses, Swiss…

Demographics

The top of Europe

This content was published on Jul 27, 2007

Media criticise “chaotic” Tour de France

This content was published on Jul 27, 2007 On Wednesday Tour leader Michael Rasmussen became the latest rider to be withdrawn from the race, which has also seen two teams retire after individual cyclists failed doping tests. The Dane was pulled out of the race by his Rabobank team for lying about his whereabouts during pre-race training. He missed four out-of-competition drugs tests…

Education

Swiss graduates take their talents into towns

This content was published on Jul 26, 2007 Between 1998 and 2004, rural communes lost around 27 per cent of new graduates, whereas towns and cities gained between 19 per cent and 31 per cent more highly qualified young employees. The Statistics Office said on Thursday that urban areas acted as magnets because they offered more education and employment possibilities, a richer cultural…

Demographics

Alinghi plots course for Valencia again

This content was published on Jul 25, 2007 Alinghi successfully defended the Auld Mug trophy in Valencia when it beat Team New Zealand 5-2 in the 32nd competition, which ended earlier this month. It was the first time that the race had been held in European waters since the original regatta in 1851. Valencia had been considered a strong favourite after the successful…