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Swiss font legend Adrian Frutiger dies

This content was published on Sep 14, 2015 He was one of the few typographers who worked with hot metal, photographic and digital typesetting during his long career. Besides his well-known Univers family of sans serif typefaces, Frutiger designed over 50 other fonts like Roissy, Avenir, Centennial, Egyptienne, Glyphia, Serifa and Versailles. He was also the man behind OCR-B, the standard alphabet for…

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A popular update for the Swiss anthem

This content was published on Sep 13, 2015 The Swiss anthem has a new text but the government will have the last word

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‘The relationship between Islam and Christianity is key’

This content was published on Sep 13, 2015 It can be difficult for the different religions to live together, acknowledges the new president of the Swiss Council of Religions, Gottfried Locher.

Culture

Livelihoods through the ages

This content was published on Sep 12, 2015 Approximately a third of our lives is spent at work – in days gone by it used to be even more. An exhibit at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich illustrates some of those changes.

Caring for the city: street sweepers at work

This content was published on Sep 11, 2015 Switzerland has the image of a very clean country thanks to the hard work of people who often go unnoticed.

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Cancer in the crosshairs

This content was published on Sep 10, 2015 Switzerland has joined an unprecedented scientific collaboration to accelerate nanomedicine testing in a bid to conquer a common enemy: cancer.

The song dominating the 2015 folk music festival

This content was published on Sep 10, 2015 The author is Hanspeter Zehnder from Aarau, where the festival takes place from 10-13 September. He’s the leader of the ‘Ländler-Wurlitzer’ group, one of the 300 music bands participating in this year’s event. The federal folk music festival has been running since 1971 and takes place every four years. It’s the biggest festival of its…

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Scala outlines FIFA reform proposals

This content was published on Sep 10, 2015 FIFA's audit and compliance boss outlines his eight point reform package for football's governing body.

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Swiss MPs pass ‘Lex Fifa’ anti-corruption law

This content was published on Sep 10, 2015 Swiss parliamentarians have voted to tighten up private corruption laws that would affect Swiss-based sports federations like FIFA as well as businesses.

Demographics

Prince Ali announces second bid for FIFA presidency

This content was published on Sep 10, 2015 On making his announcement in his country’s capital Amman, Prince Ali will now join Michel Platini, the president of UEFA, European football governing board, and the South Korean billionaire and former Asian football vice president, Chung Mong-Chun, as a contender to the top seat at the world football body. “We must overcome deep-seated corruption but…

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