November 01, 2008
Index
- CERN particle accelerator "on ice" for the winter.
- Mammals in crisis as endangered list widens.
- SNB cuts key interest rate.
- Voters focus on the environment and drug use: Swiss voters will cast ballots this November on issues ranging from the right of environmental organisations to appeal controversial construction projects, to the decriminalisation of cannabis, Swiss News examines the issues and the potentially far-reaching consequences of voters' decisions.
- Timeless: Nicolas Hayek, face behind the Swatch: Nicolas Hayek--the man who is credited with the revival of the Swiss watch industry--speaks with Swiss News about what propels his success, offers a forecast for the Swatch Group's future, and showcases his company's replication of Breguet's magnum opus.
- Recollecting Paul Klee: condemned by the Nazis as a 'degenerate" painter Paul Klee fled Germany in 1933 to seek refuge in his boyhood home of Switzerland. Swiss News looks back at Klee's life and work, his artistic influences and his final years as a troubled exile in his adopted country.
- Basel Childbirth Trust.
- Toastmasters of Basel.
- Zurich Comedy Club.
- Michael Scott: The Magician.
- The Clash by The Clash.
- The art of networking: tired of conventional networking methods? The hottest new way to meet people is through art. Swiss News talks to former banker Sohella Thuiner who put her passion for art to work by setting up a powerful networking system for art lovers.