Swiss Identity

25 years of Swiss art

This content was published on May 30, 2016 There have been 36 sales devoted to Swiss artists over the years. Several major galleries, including the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and New York’s Metropolitan Museum, exhibit the works sold at auction, such as Ferdinand Hodler’s Der Traum des Hirten. Christie’s said that in recent decades shows on Swiss artists such as Fischli/Weiss at the…

Blocher maintains stance on foreigners

This content was published on May 29, 2016 Blocher made his comments in the SonntagsZeitung External linknewspaper. He said the benefit restrictions were aimed at foreigners “who stay in the country without working”. “A person will have to have worked for at least a year in Switzerland to get unemployment benefits,” said the former cabinet minister and millionaire, who is a leading strategist…

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A tunnel, the tourism industry and a talking point

This content was published on May 29, 2016 Here are the stories we'll be following the week of May 30, 2016.

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WHO rejects call to rethink Rio Olympics

This content was published on May 28, 2016 The WHO said having the games in Rio in August as planned would “not significantly alter” the spread of Zika, which is linked to serious birth defects. “Based on the current assessment of Zika virus circulating in almost 60 countries globally and 39 in the Americas, there is no public health justification for postponing or…

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Episode 3: Journey back in time

This content was published on May 28, 2016 Follow Lawrence’s blog on archaeology hereExternal link.

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Court rules explicit anti-HIV campaign was permissible

This content was published on May 27, 2016 A group of 35 children aged 4 to 17 years filed a complaint with the health office over advertisements showing sexual acts that the group felt were damaging to minors and suggested sexual violence. In June 2014, the children and their parents, supported by a Christian foundation, demanded that the advertisements be taken down immediately. …

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Entering Switzerland: who needs a visa?

This content was published on May 27, 2016 swissinfo.ch takes a close look at how Switzerland divides up the world when it comes to visas.

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Money for nothing

This content was published on May 27, 2016 Switzerland’s traditionally conservative electorate will next month vote on the superficially preposterous idea of handing out an unconditional basic income of SFr30,000 ($30,275) a year to every citizen, regardless of work, wealth or their social contribution. Opinion polls suggest the June 5 referendum will be heavily defeated. And even if some kind of electoral convulsion…

Swiss prefer cremations to burials

This content was published on May 27, 2016 In 1983, 30% of all deceased were incinerated. By 2013, the figure had risen to 90%. The number of cremations is higher in cities than the countryside. Even in Catholic cantons, where it is traditional to bury the dead, people are now opting for cremations. Swiss public television, RTS, interviewed a bereavement specialist about the…

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Western cantons launch joint Winter Games bid

This content was published on May 26, 2016 “This country needs projects, especially in the area of sport, but not just for elite athletes, for everyone. And we need to give a boost to tourism,” declared Jean-Philippe Rochat, vice president of the Swiss Ski Federation, at the launch of a joint “Swiss Made Winter Games” bid held in Lausanne on Thursday. “We want…

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