Swiss Identity

Swiss View

This content was published on Jan 3, 2003 Folk music – old and new Listen to the most beautiful songs and tunes from the german, french, italian and roumantsch speaking parts of Switzerland.

Bellevue Palace back in business

This content was published on Dec 31, 2002 The Hotel Bellevue Palace – the top address in the city – has reopened after a yearlong SFr40 million facelift. The renovation is not immediately obvious. The hotel looks as impressive as ever, perched next to the parliament building and overlooking the river Aare with the Bernese Alps in the distance. But despite its grand…

Demographics

Davos miss Spengler Cup hat-trick

This content was published on Dec 31, 2002 The Canadians shut the door on the home team in the final period of the 76th Spengler Cup final in Davos on Tuesday. HC Davos matched the Canadian all-star team goal-for-goal until HC Zurich attacker, Jan Alston – playing for the Canadians – slammed a shot past Davos goalkeeper Lars Weibel in the 54th minute.…

Culture

Couchepin seeks a more open Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 31, 2002 In an exclusive interview with swissinfo’s Imogen Foulkes and Olivier Pauchard, Couchepin said the journey to Brussels would be a long, slow process. Couchepin takes over the presidency for the first time after a year in which Swiss relations with the European Union were strained over the issue of banking secrecy. Despite threats of sanctions,…

History

Cloning driven by sect’s search for eternal life

This content was published on Dec 31, 2002 The sect – known as Raelians – are led by a former French journalist, Claude Vorilhon, who believes humans were cloned by aliens 25,000 years ago. Georg Schmid, a Swiss theologist and expert on sects, told swissinfo that the Raelians count between 1,000 to 2,000 members in Switzerland. He added that they are typically well-educated…