July 01, 2011
Index
- Celebrating sport.
- Swiss skateboarder in court.
- Demise of the double-barrelled name?
- Nanotechnologhy comes to Zurich.
- Top destination for offshore wealth.
- Swiss claw back Gaddafi compensation.
- Upping the anti ...
- All that glitters.
- Remembering a legend.
- Chappatte.
- For whom the bell tolls: sandwiched between the asparagus- and the wild-game seasons, in the sweltering heat of summer, you'll find another well-known season that isn't just confined to Switzerland. Yes folks, it's wedding time again!(humour)
- No vacancies: this May, citizens of many former-Eastern Bloc EU countries gained unlimited access to Switzerland's labour market, when final restrictions were lifted as part of the Bilateral II treaty with the EU. While the Swiss economy profits from this freedom of movement act, many Swiss are concerned about the consequences of unlimited migration.
- Challenging Swiss salaries: how does your employer measure up?
- Playing the currency game.
- Courtside with Tim Henman.
- Run for the hills! 'The race is the easy part; the race is a party!' So says Zurich-based ultra-runner and fitness coach, Jeff Grant. But when 'the race' involves two back-to-back Ironman competitions, a 100-kilometre run across the Alps, or a four-day non-stop, multi-discipline endurance event--well, it's not the kind of party most of us would want to attend.
- What's on.
- Helvetia's ambassadors: summer is upon us, and for anybody not on holiday already (or just back after the latest trip), thoughts are firmly on the vacation season. But, as contributor Helena Bachmann discovers, even if you can (in some cases) take the Swiss out of Switzerland, taking Switzerland out of the Swiss is another matter entirely ...
- You say tomato: this July, Carouge will host its 13th Fete de la Tomate, celebrating the height of the tomato season with a market, live music, and plenty of food and drink. People will descend on the town from across the region and beyond: all paying homage to the vegetable that's actually a fruit--Lycopersicon esculentum.
- Scratching the surface: Switzerland's Engadine valley may be globally renowned thanks to its most famous town, St. Moritz houses are attractions in themselves, Join us on trail of these cultural gems, which are know as sgraffiti ...
- Dan Simmons: Flashback.
- Mark Lynas: The God Species.
- George R. R. Martin: A Dance With Dragons.
- Suzy Menkes: Fashion Universe of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Street to the Stars.
- Yrsa Sigurdardottir: The Day is Dark.
- Jack Kerouac: The Sea is My Brother.
- Tom Clancy: Against All Enemies.
- Jacqueline Yallop: Obedience.
- Beryl Bainbridge: The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress.
- Nick Stone: Voodoo Eyes.
- Club news.
- VIP--very interesting person: the wine writer.