Category Archive: 3.) Swissinfo Business and Economy
Getting gas from solar power
A hybrid power plant in Solothurn can convert electricity from solar energy into gas. (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 events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our …
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How medicine was practised in the Middle Ages
The oldest documented hospital in Switzerland was founded in St Gallen in the 8th century. The exhibition “Abracadabra” in the library of St Gallen’s Abbey now provides a rare insight into the history of medicine in the Middle Ages. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is …
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Bern’s slumdog rickshaw driver in 360
Former slum-dweller Sohan Lal used to drive a three-wheeled rickshaw on the chaotic streets of New Delhi. Love brought him to Switzerland, and he now ferries tourists around the Swiss capital Bern in an e-rickshaw. (Anand Chandrasekhar, swissinfo.ch) Most of his clients are Swiss but he gets his fair share of Indian tourists, especially couples …
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Ai Weiwei on being a controversial artist
On a visit to the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei spoke to Swiss public television, SRF, about his life and provocative works. (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 …
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Taxpayers foot CHF3 million app bill
In terms of e-government, Switzerland still has a long way to go. But the Swiss government has already invested over CHF3 million in various apps. Was the taxpayers’ money well spent? (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 …
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The royal printer of Lake Constance
René Lehner from Rorschach uses antiquated manual book-printing techniques, but still his exclusive printed products are popular among royalty and celebrities alike, from Thai royals to Tina Turner. (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 …
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Securitas instead of the police
In Switzerland, fear of crime is changing the security landscape, with private security companies taking on some tasks formerly performed by the police. (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 events. For more articles, …
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Swiss sculptor Giacometti goes digital
Fans of one of Switzerland’s most famous artists, Alberto Giacometti, can now discover the places he knew and loved, with the help of their smartphones. (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 events. For …
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Provenance research at Bern’s Kunstmuseum
How much stolen or looted art is on display in Swiss galleries? The Kunstmuseum in Bern has taken a close look at its own pictures and has made provenance research the subject of its latest exhibition. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on …
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Chernobyl fallout in Ticino: an exaggerated reaction to a real threat
The man responsible for dealing with the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Switzerland’s worst hit region revisits what happened 30 years ago. (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch) At the time of 1986 disaster, Mario Camani was head of Sezione della protezione dell’aria dell’acqua e del suolo (SPAAS), the environmental protection office of the southern canton …
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Hunting down carrion crows
In canton Aargau, vegetable farmers are disheartened as flocks of carrion crows descend on their seedlings, destroying large parts of their crops. Now cantonal authorities have taken the situation into their own hands with a pilot project that involves hunters shooting a limited number of the birds. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of …
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Last Swiss tobacco factory faces closure
Switzerland’s only remaining factory processing local tobacco is threatened with closure. (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 events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube channel: Website: …
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Everest guide’s Swiss training
Tendi Sherpa, one of Nepal’s first mountain guides to be certified, has been in the southern canton of Valais on a five week mountain rescue course. (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. …
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New in the supermarket: lettuce with roots
One of Switzerland’s biggest supermarkets, Coop, now features a completely new type of lettuce with roots attached, grown not in a field but in a trough. (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 events. …
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The internet of the future
In the future the internet will not only allow people to comunicate with each other but with objects too. Swiss public television’s 10vor10 programme explains the “Internet of Things”. (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 …
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Planning bosses use drones to spy on people
You need planning permission for even minor changes to your property in Switzerland. The authorities in Lucerne are seeing red because people are buliding lakeside bathing huts without seeking permission. So they’ve sent out drones to have a closer look. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role …
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A future for female farmers
From agricultural law to baking bread, a school for female farmers high on a mountain in canton Uri teaches all the skills needed to run a farm. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) It’s not the first school of its kind in the canton of Uri. Between 1946 and 1996 there was a training programme in the Reuss valley in … Continue reading »
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Demolished historic farm must be rebuilt
Last year, someone made the mistake of demolishing a 450-year-old farmhouse near Zurich. Now a court has ordered that it be restored to its original state. (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 events. …
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Rejected asylum seekers who go into hiding
Sometimes asylum seekers go underground, as they have no hope of getting official refugee status. They’re known as “sans papiers” (without papers). (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Asylum is only granted to those who face persecution or imprisonment in their country of origin for reasons of race, religion or nationality or because of their political views. Most asylum seekers …
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Living in a church
Many churches are listed buildings, so pulling them down is not an option. A number of parishes now want to revive empty churches by converting them into homes. (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 …
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