Swiss Identity

Journey back to the summit

This content was published on Jul 8, 2004 Mindful of the British passion for conquering mountains in the 19th century, guides are offering tourists the chance to stand on top of the world, literally. “Most important is the rhythm,” says guide Kurt Arnold. “I don’t go fast, but I keep up a regular pace.” The implication being that even the most reluctant mountaineer…

ABB pays SFr20 million to settle bribery cases

This content was published on Jul 7, 2004 The company said on Wednesday that two subsidiaries had pleaded guilty to charges of paying African and Asian officials $1.1 million (SFr1.35 million) to secure contracts. The group, whose headquarters are in Zurich, was fined $10 million by the United States Department of Justice. It also agreed to hand over alleged illegal profits of $5.9…

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32X s’Lüpfigscht wo s’ gid uf dr Wält. Oergele, Jödele, Bödele, Chlefele.

This content was published on Jul 7, 2004

Demographics

Mobile operators baulk at phone-card deadline

This content was published on Jul 6, 2004 The government ordered firms to create such registers after it emerged that militants involved in the September 11 attacks used phones purchased in Switzerland. By the end of October, telephone companies are obliged to register the details of all customers who have bought prepaid mobile phones since November 1, 2002. The government is also insisting…

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Religious groups seek common ground

This content was published on Jul 6, 2004 The heads of the country’s largest religious groups discussed plans to establish a permanent platform for interfaith dialogue. The meeting was organised by the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches. In a statement, the Federation described the talks as “cordial”. A further meeting is planned for the autumn. The Federation president, Thomas Wipf, said the idea…

Culture

Daniel Schnyder: Colossus of Sound. Violin Concerto. Trumpet Concerto. African Fanfare. NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Dir. Kristjan Järvi. Kathrin Rabus, violin. Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet, fluegelhorn.

This content was published on Jul 6, 2004

Culture

Marc Anderegg Trio: Rebound

This content was published on Jul 6, 2004

The “Tell Project”

This content was published on Jul 5, 2004 In an ironic take on today’s media-dominated society, two Swiss artists, Johannes M Hedinger and Marcus Gossolt, better known as “Com & Com”, created a work entitled “C-Files: Tell Saga”. They drew inspiration from the Swiss myth and the X-Files television series to produce their own irreverent definition of Swiss national identity. The work of…

Gessler given the right of reply

This content was published on Jul 5, 2004 The subversive spirit of the post-war years crystallised in a book which the great Swiss writer Max Frisch (1911-1991) devoted to his country’s origins. In “William Tell for Schools”, the German-speaking author stood everything on its head: his hero was not Tell, but the bailiff Gessler. And, to the even greater dismay of the nation,…

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Nazi hero and anti-hero

This content was published on Jul 5, 2004 Tell was loved – then hated – by Adolf Hitler. Proof of the dictator’s initial enthusiasm was his decision to use a Schiller quote from the Tell play in the preface to the eigth chapter of “Mein Kampf”: “The strong man is more powerful alone.” The Fuehrer took part in celebrations marking Schiller’s birth and…

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