Swiss Identity

How IKEA changed Swiss living rooms

Ikea staff outside first shop outside Sweden - in Zurich

This content was published on Feb 6, 2018 Following the death of the IKEA founder, a look at how his products influenced the way people live in Switzerland.

Culture

Prasar Bharati: India’s public broadcaster

This content was published on Feb 6, 2018 With 67 television studios and 420 radio stations, India's Prasar Bharati is one of the largest public service broadcasting corporations in the world.

Culture

The story of US public media

This content was published on Feb 6, 2018 The decentralised public media service in the US has faced calls to pull the plug on federal funding.

Swiss IOC official calls Russian doping ruling ‘shocking’

This content was published on Feb 6, 2018 The head of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) probe into doping at the 2014 Sochi Games is stunned by the recent CAS ruling.

Demographics

Survey probes Swiss perceptions of ‘courage’

This content was published on Feb 6, 2018 The conception of ‘courage’ varies throughout the Swiss population, with notable differences between young and old, a new study has found.

Education

Swiss tech universities boost economy by CHF13 billion, report says

This content was published on Feb 5, 2018 Switzerland’s two federal technology institutes account for 100,000 jobs and CHF13 billion in added value to the economy, a new report calculates.

Demographics

Almost 6% of patients pick up infection in hospital

This content was published on Feb 5, 2018 Some 5.9% of patients treated in Swiss hospitals fall ill with an infection, a study across 96 hospitals has shown.

Demographics

Males and youth increasingly willing to reach out for advice

This content was published on Feb 5, 2018 The helpline, also known by its dialling code 143, released a statementExternal link (in French) on Monday in which it said it received a total of 222,263 telephone calls in 2017, an increase of 1.6%. The organisation particularly welcomed the fact that the number of calls by males – traditionally a more reticent group –…

Demographics

When Switzerland put its hang-ups on hold

This content was published on Feb 5, 2018 The Swiss HIV prevention campaigns in the 1980s were models of effectiveness. A new book tracks the roots of their success.

Culture

The art of suffering gracefully

This content was published on Feb 5, 2018 All images by Caroline Minjolle/Lunax

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