Swiss Identity

Swiss women settlers have their stories told

Oil painting showing aboriginal people and European settlers fishing on frozen river

This content was published on Nov 4, 2018 On the frigid Canadian prairie, a 15-year-old Swiss immigrant prepares to marry a soldier.

History

Churches face an uncertain future

This content was published on Nov 4, 2018 A visit to a Swiss cathedral reveals how one religious community practises its faith even as more people turn away from the church.

Culture

When Switzerland went on strike

This content was published on Nov 3, 2018 Photographs give a sense of what it was like in Switzerland during the 1918 General Strike.

Education

Almost 100 teachers are on schools’ black list

This content was published on Nov 3, 2018 There are currently 95 people on a teaching black list in Switzerland, most of them primary school teachers, banned for offences of a sexual nature.

Culture

Renowned comedy award for Swiss comedian Patti Basler

This content was published on Nov 3, 2018 Basler, a farmer’s daughter and a former teacher, considers herself a performance poet and is known for her satirical narratives. In this report, she visits the Boswil school in Aargau and shows students how to slam. The radio prize was awarded for the first time in 1982 and is worth €6,000 (CHF6,867). It’s supported by public radio stations…

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Swiss to remove limits on workers from Romania and Bulgaria

This content was published on Nov 2, 2018 A safeguard clause that limits the number of Romanian and Bulgarian workers in Switzerland to 1,000 a year will be lifted in June 2019.

Culture

Spending All Souls’ Day with 25,000 skulls

This content was published on Nov 2, 2018 The dead are currently mingling among the living around Switzerland. The ossuaries of Valais are a fascinating, if slightly macabre, attraction.

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Demonstrators criticise begging ban in Lausanne

This content was published on Nov 1, 2018 “Begging is not a crime”, was the slogan of the rally. Ada Marra, a parliamentarian for the leftwing Social Democratic Party, regretted in a speech that the “protection of the weakest was no longer guaranteed” and that the “poorest would now be criminalised”. Until now, begging in Lausanne, which attracts most of the canton’s beggars,…

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Switzerland and Indonesia to sign free trade deal

This content was published on Nov 1, 2018 A free trade agreement will be concluded between Switzerland and Indonesia by the end of the year.

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ETH Zurich moves to fire professor accused of bullying

This content was published on Nov 1, 2018 A professor from the former Institute for Astronomy at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich is set to be dismissed.

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