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Swiss wind power at a standstill

2017-11-04

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Following the vote in favour of Energy Strategy 2050, the government announced its target of building up to 800 wind turbines. To reach this goal, twenty new wind turbines would need to go up each year until 2050. Yet not a single wind farm was built this year. What’s behind this lack of progress? (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of …

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Polish economic hub: a threat to Swiss jobs?

2017-11-02

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Over the past ten years, Wroclaw in Poland has become such an important economic hub that direct flights there are now offered from Zurich. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)  — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, …

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Hip-Hop: a migrant thing?

2017-11-02

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Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she talks to Ugi, an ethnic Kurd born in Switzerland, about the links between Hip-Hop and migration. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)  — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a …

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Trans people no longer considered mentally ill

2017-10-28

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As of 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) list of psychological disorders will no longer include trans people. This adjustment also reflects a changed attitude in society. The Swiss news programme ’10vor10′ met Stefanie Hetjens, who talks about her life as a trans woman. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). …

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What it takes to start a Swiss business

2017-10-27

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Their mum started it all by using caffeine to fight wrinkles. Then Tom and Amy Derrington came up with the idea of recycling coffee beans to make a body scrub. The British siblings, who live in Bern, explain how they went about launching their brand in Switzerland. (Veronica DeVore, Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch)  After mixing their first …

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Music lovers shun orchestra’s new digs

2017-10-27

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The home of the world-class Tonhalle orchestra in Zurich is being renovated, so the musicians have been forced into exile, making some classical music lovers see red. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international …

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Calatrava: pushing architecture to the limit

2017-10-27

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For over 30 years, Santiago Calatrava has been designing buildings in his office in Zurich which are writing architectural history. The Spanish-Swiss architect is now planning the world’s tallest building: an observation tower in Dubai – and is pushing the limits of what is technically possible. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava lives between New York …

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Doing the math to solve renewable energy problem

2017-10-27

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Gabriela Hug aims to make a significant contribution to the energy revolution by taking a mathematical approach.  The 38-year-old associate professor at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich could make a substantial contribution to the shift to renewable energy.  The challenge is to overcome the discontinuity of renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, which vary …

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Visiting the federal parliament building in Bern

2017-10-27

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Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she visits the Swiss federal parliament building in the capital, Bern, and meets up with politicians with migrant backgrounds, including Corrado Pardini and Sibel Arslan. They explain why it’s important to them not to forget their roots. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)  — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the …

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Think twice, before buying that castle…

2017-10-26

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Living in a castle or even a fort might seem like a dream come true, but the reality can make that dream extremely expensive. Nouvo brings you short videos about Switzerland, Swiss current affairs and the wider world. Keep up to date and watch the videos wherever you are, whenever you like. — swissinfo.ch is … Continue...

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A Swiss-Lebanese-Iraqi stand-up comic

2017-10-20

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Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she meets stand-up comic, Hamza Rya. His father is Lebanese and his mother is from Iraq. He speaks seven languages fluently and likes people a lot – whatever their ethnic background. Everyone is a target for his humour. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)  — swissinfo.ch is …

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Swiss help to illuminate the Middle Ages

2017-10-19

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The University of Fribourg is heading a project which could tell us more about the Middle Ages, through piecing together fragments of manuscripts.  (RTS/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, …

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A breakthrough in natural crop protection

2017-10-19

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With their bug-banishing products the Andermatts have been proving for years that natural crop protection works. Swiss public television, SRF meets the entrepreneurs behind this success story. (SRF, swissinfo.ch) The Andermatts, Isabel, 59 and Martin, 58 are partners in life as in business. They are Switzerland’s pioneers in organic crop protection. Thirty years ago the only products …

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How do lobbyists work in the Swiss parliament?

2017-10-19

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Although Swiss MPs have to declare private interests, they can give lobbyists access to Parliament and lobbyists can visit anonymously for the day. Is that a problem? Nouvo brings you short videos about Switzerland, Swiss current affairs and the wider world. Keep up to date and watch the videos wherever you are, whenever you like. …

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Clueless about the clitoris

2017-10-19

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Think you’d know a clitoris if you saw one? How about if it was 2 metres tall and in the middle of a roundabout…? Nouvo brings you short videos about Switzerland, Swiss current affairs and the wider world. Keep up to date and watch the videos wherever you are, whenever you like. — swissinfo.ch is … Continue reading »

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Is Switzerland being overrun by foreigners?

2017-10-17

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Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week, she attends a delegates’ conference of the conservative right Swiss People’s Partyexternal link in Bern and finds out why they are afraid of the increase in Muslims in this small, Alpine country. (SRF Kulturplatz/ swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch …

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Top Swiss guns show off shooting skills

2017-10-17

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Every autumn, Swiss Air Force pilots show off their professional skills at the highest aerial firing range in Europe. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The annual Swiss Air Force live fire eventexternal link is underway at the Axalp–Ebenfluh air force shooting range in the Bernese Oberland. Tuesday’s training brought hoards of hikers to the spectators’ areas at an altitude …

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The architecture of the future?

2017-10-12

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Living self-sufficiently in an eco-friendly house seems to be a dream shared by many Swiss people. Nouvo brings you short videos about Switzerland, Swiss current affairs and the wider world. Keep up to date and watch the videos wherever you are, whenever you like. — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation …

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Political information in sign language

2017-10-10

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Deaf people recently took to the streets in Zurich, Lausanne and Lugano, demanding political information be made available in sign language online. (RTS/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch …

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Why a Polish/Scottish couple became Swiss

2017-10-09

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A Polish/Scottish couple decided to apply for Swiss citizenship to boost their children’s integration. This is their story. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit …

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