Swiss Identity

Sounds of Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 26, 2003 Stage 1 – With Max Lässer’s Ark and the introduction to “Into The Rainbow”, we hope you will enjoy the trip! First, as you might in Appenzell folk music, you will hear how a five-franc coin rotating in an earthen bowl produces a sound akin to music. Since you are travelling in multicultural Switzerland, it…

Bunte Palette. Fredy Pulver, Pollyanna Zybach, Röbi Odermatt, Alois Odermatt

This content was published on Jun 26, 2003

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Reports of money laundering on the rise

This content was published on Jun 26, 2003 The number of cases referred to the Money Laundering Reporting Office increased by 56 per cent in 2002 over the previous year. And for the first time there were more cases reported from Switzerland’s non-banking sector than from the banks themselves. This sector includes lawyers who handle money for their clients and currency exchange offices.…

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Swiss reveal illegal organ trade

This content was published on Jun 25, 2003 Growing concern over the illegal trade has prompted the Swiss authorities to consider new legislation outlawing the sale of organs, tissues and cells. The Social Democrat, Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, on Wednesday presented a report on organ trafficking to the Council of Europe, which wants to see registers of donors introduced in all member states. In October…

Culture

Accommodating Ascona tops the hotel league

This content was published on Jun 25, 2003 Ascona’s establishments repeatedly come out on top in surveys of Swiss hotels, ahead of the luxury competition in better-known resorts like St Moritz and Gstaad. “I’ve always said, you have to kiss the princess to turn her into a queen,” says Daniel Ziegler, when I ask him about the secret of the success of Ascona’s…

Education

Action plan unveiled to boost literacy

This content was published on Jun 24, 2003 These are just two of the measures put forward by education chiefs to improve reading skills, after an international study revealed poor literacy among teenagers. The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Directors of Education (CDE) unveiled its action plan on Monday in the Swiss capital, Bern, in response to findings by the Programme for International Student…

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Banks freeze Liberian leader’s assets

This content was published on Jun 23, 2003 The decision follows a request from a United Nations war crimes court in Sierra Leone. The court accuses Taylor of crimes against humanity during the civil war in Sierra Leone between 1996 and 2001. Earlier this year the British-based non-governmental organisation, Global Witness, published a report claiming that Swiss bank accounts were being used to…

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Doctor stands trial for squandering charity millions

This content was published on Jun 23, 2003 Guido Zäch, who is also an army colonel and politician, is charged with embezzlement and mismanaging up to SFr61.9 million ($47 million) of the foundation’s funds. Before the trial commenced, Zäch appeared outside the court and once again protested his innocence to reporters. The Christian Democrat parliamentarian was greeted by paraplegics and their families who…

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Shaping human rights in Europe

This content was published on Jun 22, 2003 swissinfo caught up with him this week in Bern where he joined in celebrations marking 40 years of Swiss membership of the Council of Europe. Wildhaber first joined the court, based in the French city of Strasbourg, in 1991, when it was still functioning on a part-time basis. He told swissinfo that the court had…

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Swiss help foster Jewish-Arab relations

This content was published on Jun 21, 2003 The Zurich-based branch of the Jerusalem Foundation provides funding for the innovative education centre in Jerusalem. “We don’t have to wait for peace, we’ve already got peace in our school,” says Noah, a Jewish pupil at the school. Samara, an Arabic teacher, agrees. “We are creating a new generation by bringing them up differently,” she…

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