Swiss Identity

Blatter vows to sue FIFA over lost reputation and watch collection

This content was published on May 9, 2019 Blatter was deposed as FIFA president in 2015 and later banned from football-related activities for six years. The Swiss Attorney General is also investigating the 83-year-old Swiss national for allegedly enriching himself illegally during his time as the head of football’s world governing body. But Blatter continues to fight his corner, telling both the Swiss…

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Blackbirds still singing in Swiss parks

This content was published on May 8, 2019 Sparrows, blackbirds and magpies are the three most common bird species in Switzerland, according to a survey.

Education

Swiss teachers stretched thin with unpaid overtime work

This content was published on May 8, 2019 “Swiss teachers have the highest number of working hours of all OECDExternal link countries and work unpaid overtime for hundreds of millions of francs,” denounced Beat Zemp, president of the Swiss Teachers’ AssociationExternal link (LCH). The survey, which was conducted in both French and German-speaking parts of the country, tapped the views of 10,000 teachers. + What statistics don’t…

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Swiss authorities dismantle big heroin ring

This content was published on May 7, 2019 Judicial authorities in the Swiss canton of Fribourg have dismantled an Albanian heroin trafficking ring active in several parts of the country.

Culture

Former Corbusier student designing for the people

This content was published on May 7, 2019 The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein is paying tribute to indian architect and former Le Corbusier student Balkrishna Doshi.

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Swiss women dominate higher education diplomas

This content was published on May 7, 2019 Women in Switzerland have made significant progress in the last 20 years, particularly in the field of higher education.

History

An uncertain future for Swiss soldiers guarding the Pope

This content was published on May 7, 2019 Every May, a new batch of young Swiss Roman Catholic soldiers swears allegiance to the Pope. In recent years their numbers have been dwindling.

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‘Marmot plague’ traps around ten Swiss tourists in Mongolia

This content was published on May 6, 2019 The death of two people from plague caused by consumption of marmot meat has obliged the Mongolian authorities to quarantine 158 tourists.

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Sri Lankan unable to pay fine dies in Swiss prison custody

This content was published on May 6, 2019 A 42-year-old Sri Lankan man died in a detention centre in Lucerne. He had to spend two days in custody because he was unable to pay a fine.

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Fate of Swiss Ju-52 flights hangs in the balance

This content was published on May 5, 2019 Twenty people were killed when a 79-year-old Ju-52 crashed in eastern Switzerland in August 2018. The remaining aircraft were temporarily allowed to fly again, but this was revoked in November, forcing the planes to be grounded for maintenance. According to a report in the SonntagsZeitung newspaper, the Federal Office of Civil AviationExternal link recently put…

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