Swiss Identity

Sabine Weiss: Photography is not an art but a craft

This content was published on Jan 6, 2017 She used light to convey emotions through photography, rather than to put herself on centre stage.

Culture

Sabine Weiss bears witness for the first time

This content was published on Jan 6, 2017 The 92-year-old Swiss photographer opens up her archives at an exhibition in Kriens.

Demographics

High demand for organs raises ‘presumed consent’ issue

This content was published on Jan 5, 2017 Close to 1,498 Swiss residents were on a waiting list for organ donation at the end of September 2016, according to pro-organ donation group Swisstransplant. This is the highest number since 2010. The waiting period varies depending on the organ required. Those waiting for a heart transplant have to wait an average of 371 days,…

Demographics

Internet use points to spike in flu

This content was published on Jan 4, 2017 The idea is that by monitoring millions of users’ behaviours online, the large number of Google search queries that are gathered can be analyzed to reveal the presence of flu-like illness in a population. In the United States, researchers have found that Google search data could be used to predict regional outbreaks of flu up…

Demographics

New laws: Childcare, banking secrecy, labelling

This content was published on Jan 3, 2017 Switzerland rang in 2017 with a wide range of new laws affecting everyone from separated parents to bankers and manufacturers.

Culture

Typographer Karl Gerstner dies

This content was published on Jan 3, 2017 Gerstner’s death on New Year’s Day at Basel University Hospital was confirmed by his family. He had been living in a retirement home. As a young man, Gerstner completed an apprenticeship as a typographer. He set up his own graphic design studio in 1949, and by 1963 he had co-founded GGK – one of the…

Demographics

Fewer asylum requests in 2016

This content was published on Jan 3, 2017 Unconfirmed figures from the NZZ am SonntagExternal link show that around 27,500 people requested asylum in Switzerland in 2016, which is 30% fewer than in 2015 when applications were at a ten year high. The numbers for November 2016 already point to around 25,000 requests, as this data shows. One of the reasons for the drop…

Culture

An Englishman wants to know: How Swiss are you?

This content was published on Jan 2, 2017 How do you laugh like a Swiss? How should foreigners behave? Author Diccon Bewes takes a look these and other intriguing questions in his new book.

Opinion

Demographics

New Year’s Resolution 2017: To Become More Swiss

This content was published on Jan 2, 2017 American expat Alexandra Dufresne describes what she will do this year to better integrate into Swiss society.

Demographics

Drought to be named ‘natural hazard’

This content was published on Jan 2, 2017 Switzerland is to declare drought a natural hazard, alongside flooding, avalanches and earthquakes.

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