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Swiss museums honoured with European awards

A tractor exhibit at the Burgrain Agricultural Museum

This content was published on May 7, 2023 An agricultural museum and a restored abbey have won awards in the European Museum of the Year competition.

Culture

Jodorowsky: the last surrealist captivates youth at Monte Verità

This content was published on May 7, 2023 "There is no space for surrealism in Switzerland”, says writer, filmmaker and Tarot master Alejandro Jodorowsky.

History

Swiss to create world’s biggest digitised artwork

This content was published on May 7, 2023 Researchers in Switzerland plan to digitise the monumental “Battle of Murten” historic painting and create an immersive 3D experience for the public.

On the Beat, 96th Street Station, Subway New York, 1981

Culture

The gentleman photographer who rode the New York subway in perilous times

This content was published on May 6, 2023 At the end of the 1970s Swiss photojournalist Willy Spiller moved to New York. His pictures of the subway resulted in the book 'Hell on Wheels'.

Demographics

Geneva to ban smoking in some outdoor public places

This content was published on May 5, 2023 From June 1, smoking will be banned in some outdoor locations in Geneva, including bus stops, playgrounds, and outside schools.

Demographics

More Islamic lessons in Swiss schools?

This content was published on May 5, 2023 Knowledge about Islam can prevent radicalisation: A new study advises offering more Islamic lessons in public schools. But the hurdles are high.

Lucrecia Martel at the Guest of Honour ceremony at the Nyon documentary film festival, Visions du Réel.

Culture

Visions du Réel: Lucrecia Martel exposes the fictional traps of non-fiction

This content was published on May 5, 2023 The guest of honour of the documentary film festival in Nyon explains why she finds this genre very problematic.

Josef Wilhelm Amrein-Troller discovered the glacial pots in 1872 during excavation work for a wine cellar.

History

Lucerne wanted a wine cellar, instead it dug up an attraction

This content was published on May 4, 2023 The Glacier Garden Lucerne opened its doors on May 1, 1873. The tourist attraction owes its existence to a little luck.

Well-maintained path between glacier stones and wooden house

History

The Glacier Garden Lucerne celebrates its 150-year anniversary

This content was published on May 4, 2023

Demographics

Lawmakers forbid use of Swiss German during parliamentary debates

This content was published on May 3, 2023 Swiss lawmakers have decided that speeches should not be delivered in Swiss-German dialect during federal parliamentary debates.

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