March 01, 2008
Index
- It's in the genes, night owls.
- The common flu bug is getting tougher.
- Meet James Sharkey: he is the Irish ambassador to Switzerland--home to an estimated 4,000 Irish nationals--and a historian with a passion to let Swiss and Irish know about events that link both countries.
- The credit crunch and its effects: if the newspapers are to be believed, the mood at the recent 2008 World Economic Forum in Davos was nothing like the upbeat atmosphere of days past.
- Education special: a decentralised system with high standards for private as well as public schools, Swiss education did not seem apt to change. Nevertheless, education in Switzerland is now undergoing one of the biggest changes in history.
- Different strokes for different folks: MBAs can vary as vastly as the reasons that make people want to do them. Swiss News talked to MBA graduates and administrators in an effort to provide some help to those thinking of taking the plunge.
- Forever Jung: 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of Kusnacht's C.G. Jung Institute Zurich. Swiss News takes an up close and personal look at a father of psychology who was also a seminal thinker, philosopher and visionary.
- Switzerland Tourism. MySwitzerland.com.
- The Swiss guide to food and drink.
- Euro pop: Pop Art, with its brash upfront style and blatant reliance on 'borrowings' from commercial imagery is often perceived as a purely American invention. But an exhibition at Zurich's Kunsthaus museum demonstrates that some of the movement's most important pioneers actually hailed from Europe.
- The language balance: Switzerland's multilingual tradition makes bilingualism very common, but very few Swiss cities have been federally designated as bilingual cities. One is Biel/Bienne--where French and German reign as equals.
- Locarno, the lady of the camellias: the camellia: sensuously shaped, richly hued, synonymous with chic (it was Coco Chanel's favourite), and it flowers in the greyest, coldest period of the year. If that weren't enough it's also evergreen and dead easy to grow. Little wonder that the camellia is one of the world's favourite blooms.
- When the journey is the reward: the Engadin Ski Marathon, the single most popular winter sporting event in Switzerland and a beloved tradition, will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year. Only once, in the spring of 1991, did a spontaneous warm spell force its cancellation. For 2008, the race is very much on. Fritz Kohler, fast on the trail since year one, puts the race in perspective.
- American Club of Zurich.
- American International Club of Geneva.
- American International Women's Club of Geneva.
- American Women's Club of Basel.
- American International Women's Club of Lausanne.
- American Women of Ticino.
- Asian Ladies Club.
- Basel Childbirth Trust.
- Basel Rugby Football Club.
- The British Residents' Association of Switzerland.
- Centrepoint Basel.
- English Speaking Club of Bern.
- English Speaking Club Zurich.
- International Men's Club Zurich.
- The New Zealand Club.
- Swiss American Society Lucerne.
- Toastmasters of Basel.
- Zurich Comedy Club.
- Zurich International Women's Association.
- Danny Scheinmann: Random Acts of Heroic Love.
- Katharine McMahon: The Rose of Sebastopol.
- Patrick Gale: Notes From an Exhibition.
- Sudhir Venkatesh: Gang Leader for a Day.