Swiss Identity

New tour gives blind sense of Bern

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 swissinfo accompanied one of the first groups to take the tour around the Old Town, designated a Unesco World Heritage Site. As with every walking tour organised by the tourist office, this one starts at the railway station where visitors to the city meet their guide who equips them with a small map. A relief…

Culture

Bon viveurs wine and dine in Ticino hideaway

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 The Fattoria L’Amorosa – owned by one of the region’s biggest winemakers – also offers exquisite accommodation for those in search of natural beauty and rustic charm. Owner Angelo Delea says the idea of setting up his farmhouse-style retreat came about when he decided to expand his wine emporium in 1998. “I bought up this…

History

Swiss clock that calls to prayer

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 The Belal prayer clock is equipped with software and a satellite location system which enables it to calculate the time of daily prayers from anywhere in the world. Its unique feature is the sound of a muezzin, or public crier, who summons the faithful to prayer in Islamic countries. The clock, manufactured in canton Bern,…

Culture

Swiss dancer shows flair for flamenco

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 Brigitta Luisa Merki – the artistic director of a dance company in Baden, canton Aargau – was presented with the award by the Swiss Society for Theatre Culture. It came exactly 20 years after she founded the company, Flamencos en route, which has since embarked on a series of successful tours of several countries –…

Culture

New CD reveals unsung side of Shakespeare

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 “Shakespeare in Song and Dance”- arranged and performed by a Swiss-American duo – contains previously unrecorded compositions inspired by the works of the bard. Tenor Hans-Jürg Rickenbacher and guitarist Benjamin Bunch have produced arrangements that are often as playful as Shakespeare’s verse, and a reminder of the importance of music in Shakespeare’s works. “Music plays…

Education

Swiss universities fall behind US counterparts

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 But they came well down in the global rankings, which were dominated by the richer and internationally better known universities in the United States. The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2003 published by China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University last week compared 2,000 universities worldwide. In the European rankings, the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich…

Culture

Shot of tearful Federer wins photography award

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 But the word could have equally applied to the photograph taken of him immediately after he received the trophy. That picture has now earned a SFr10,000 ($8,117) award for the woman who took it, along with the title Swiss press photographer of 2003. Siggi Bucher, who is from Zurich and works freelance for Reuters, scored…

Culture

Alphatronic: Duke

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004

WEF takes on its critics

This content was published on Jan 20, 2004 But opponents say the WEF is simply paying lip service to the idea of corporate responsibility. Some of the business and political leaders gathering in the Swiss alpine resort of Davos for this year’s WEF have also been invited to participate in the “Open Forum”. The Open Forum is an independent platform of the WEF.…

Guards report rise in illegal border crossings

This content was published on Jan 20, 2004 Border guards stopped around 8,200 people – an increase of ten per cent on 2002 – mainly at the frontier with France. Jürg Noth, head of the country’s border guard service, told a news conference in Bern on Tuesday that most of those trying to cross into Switzerland illegally were from Africa, the Balkans and…

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