Swiss Identity

All the fun of the yodelling festival

This content was published on Jun 26, 2017 A round-up of the weekend’s events at the Swiss Federal Yodelling Festival in Brig, Valais. (Deganit Perez/SRF)

Culture

Gripping competition held in Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 26, 2017 Men and women compete in mixed teams, combining their collective weight to brawl with adversaries by trying to pull the other team over the finishing line. The sport is strenuous but also relies on tactics and teamwork. It takes strength and rhythm, standing your ground and knowing which moment to attack. This year, on the last weekend of June,…

Demographics

What’s in a name? For call centre, more Swissness

This content was published on Jun 26, 2017 Life insurance company Swiss Life has long offered its call centre staff the option to use fake Swiss names instead of foreign ones.

History

‘A virgin by day, a wench by night’

This content was published on Jun 26, 2017 Huldrych Zwingli shows that you can be a passionate reformer, man of the cloth and skirt-chaser, all at once.

three people singing wearing tradtional dress

Culture

The colourful world of yodel festivals

This content was published on Jun 26, 2017

Culture

New publication aims to be ‘good for the head’

This content was published on Jun 25, 2017 As media habits shift in Switzerland, new projects are emerging to complement traditional publications. One of them launched last week.

Culture

American expats, Nazis and a churchman gone astray

This content was published on Jun 25, 2017 Here are some of the stories we will feature in the week beginning June 26.

Education

Stories making the Swiss Sunday papers

This content was published on Jun 25, 2017 The shake-up of Swiss Post, the aftermath of Didier Burkhalter’s resignation, and the socialising effects of education make the Swiss newspapers this weekend. Many papers discuss the changes at Swiss Post, which announced the practicalities of its next wave of downsizing this week. By 2020, we learned, just 765 traditional post offices will still be…

Education

Pursuing a degree after fleeing to Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 25, 2017 PLACEHOLDER

Culture

A photographic journey into the unknown

This content was published on Jun 24, 2017 In April 2013, Swiss photographers Nico Krebs and Taiyo Onorato jumped into an old Land Cruiser and headed east towards Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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