Swiss Identity

Controversial culture centre closes

This content was published on Jul 9, 2016 The organisers on Saturday announced the Reitschule centre would remain closed until further notice because it could no longer tolerate the situation which often escalates at weekends and at night, including clashes with police. The organisers said they were tired of bearing the brunt and taking the blame for social problems arising from a mistaken…

Culture

Unleashing the wild in a tame alpine region

This content was published on Jul 9, 2016 The photographer has been acquainted with the region – about half an hour’s drive from the Swiss capital, Bern – since his youth. His understanding of light and shadow, and his ability to see the iconic lakeside peaks as more than mountains, carries on the tradition of Swiss artists like Ferdinand Hodler and Paul Klee,…

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Tests on humans in psychiatric clinic uncovered

This content was published on Jul 8, 2016 Documents seen by the programme Schweiz AktuellExternal link – broadcast on Friday evening – show that in 1957 the not-yet approved drug G22355 was given to at least 18 male and female patients in the then Cure and Care Institution in Herisau in canton Appenzell Outer Rhodes. The drug was for depression and was delivered…

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On the trail of Swiss settlers in Kentucky

This content was published on Jul 8, 2016 If you scan the Louisville External linktelephone book you will find quite a few Fuchs, Kaelins and Zehnders – all descendants of people from the central Swiss town of EinsiedelnExternal link. Between 1850 and 1900, around 2,000 people from Einsiedeln emigrated to the United States, with many of them ending up in Louisville. About an…

Demographics

French can opt out of Swiss health insurance

This content was published on Jul 8, 2016 The deal addresses the tricky problem of French cross-border workers who commute into Switzerland to work in the Lake Geneva and Jura regions but return home in the evening. According to the accord signed by Swiss Interior Minister Alain Berset and French Minister for Health Marisol Touraine this week, French residents that have not been…

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Too old, tired or ill to live

This content was published on Jul 8, 2016 PLACEHOLDER Is it right and is choosing one’s own death also a part of life? Or does it lead to pressure on old people to choose death too early? These are the key controversial questions currently shaping debate over assisted suicide in Switzerland – a practice which is still not explicitly regulated. Currently there is…

Demographics

Ageing trends go global

This content was published on Jul 8, 2016 The ageing population is increasing at an unprecedented rate in Switzerland and around the world, as this new weekly series of graphics from swissinfo.ch explains.

Swiss court sets principles for moves with children

This content was published on Jul 7, 2016 PLACEHOLDER The Federal Court in Lausanne said in a ruling on Thursday that “the decisive question is to determine where, given the new situation, the best interests of the child will be preserved given the specific circumstances”. The ruling was handed down in a case involving a woman from Bern who shares custody of her…

Education

Pressure to harmonise language teaching at school

This content was published on Jul 7, 2016 Interior Minister Alain Berset presented three options to break the deadlock, saying a common policy was key to strengthen the identity of a multilingual country. He said the aim was to “help promote a structured debate with minimum interference by the federal government”, as the cantons have a large degree of autonomy on education issues.…

Culture

Who will follow Federer and Wawrinka?

This content was published on Jul 7, 2016 Why do some countries have several male tennis players aged 21 or under in the world’s top 500 and Switzerland doesn’t have one?

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