No. 10, October 2013

Index

• A PDO for Emmental cheese.
• Ah, that city living ...
• Are you a dreamer?
• Asylum seekers go underground.
• Bern-Berlin on common ground.
• More support for ties with the EU.
• Reluctance to a car-free day.
• Swiss fact file.
• Swiss flock to the Dalai Lama.
• Troops in Kosovo.
• Web battles for votes.
• Winter waits.
• Dear readers.
• Domestic violence.
• From the editor.
• From the editor.
• Hands off the pensions!(News)
• True to nature.
• Bark trouble.
• Cannabis clampdown.
• Chappatte.
• Cure for cancer?
• Preventing future floods.
• Swiss unearth dinosaur bone.
• Unearthing causes of altitude sickness.
• Up in arms over film.
• Discount retailer braces to take on German food chains.
• Home away from home? Most surveys of public opinion in Switzerland reveal that the asylum issue strikes a resonant chord among the citizenry. In a tiny nation where upholding human rights plays a significant role, the Swiss face a paradox of how to cope with the large influx of would-be refugees.
• Serving up school lunch.
• Swiss look for nuclear waste solution.
• Zurich Life loses customer data.
• ... But 'Baby Doc' gets the deep freeze.
• A late 19ht-century stroll underneath the Jungfrau massit.
• Big chill signals big melt ...
• Downsizing: not just for the private sector.
• Fall back.
• Letter to the editor.
• Monitoring global investments: the Federal Banking Commission is responsible for the huge task of monitoring international investments in Switzerland. Swiss News talks to the director of the Commission, Daniel Zuberbuhler.
• Motorway vignette fines to be doubled.
• No jail for controllers convicted in plane crash.
• Not the sweet deal it once was.
• Pedalling ahead in urban transport.
• Rent a cow.
• Swiss federal elections.
• Swiss share environment expertise.
• Tax truce.
• Top notch health care comes at a price.
• UBS rushes to reassure plunging markets.
• Accolade for SWISS business class.
• Beer and brocade.
• Chappatee.
• Chappatte.
• Chappatte.
• Chappatte.
• Chillon's millions.
• Club news.
• Fatter but feeling great, thanks!(NEWS)
• Love locked in.
• Money's worth.
• New tax treat between Bern and London.
• No 'Champagne' for this Swiss village.
• Pride and joy.
• Smile. You might be on camera.
• Swatch founder aims for today's 'smart car'.
• Taxing matters.
• The great return.
• What, only third place?
• 10 questions with ... Mode Suisse.
• A black and white election? Switzerland goes to the polls this month in a general election that could seriously alter the future course of the nation--or not, depending on your political outlook.
• A mandate for change: in March 2007, Doudou Diene, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Racism issued a controversial report alleging that Switzerland suffers from "disturbing" patterns of both racism and xenophobia. Swiss News recently caught up with the busy Diene for an update on Switzerland's progress more than one year on.
• A room with a view: global demand for homes for the aged far outstrips their supply. Swiss News looks at how one new health care facility seeks to serve its alpine region.
• Andermatt is ready for its close up, Mr. Sawiris.
• Brandy Butler keeps on moving.
• Holy cow!(cows as marketing tools in Switzerland)
• Iceland's volcano gives the SBB a big boost.
• Small is beautiful: with an innovative approach to their client base and a healthy focus on marketing and customer service, regional airports have managed to weather the storm of the prevailing market conditions and to prove that "small being beautiful" really can take off.
• Swiss takes the helm at the UN.
• Will the 'magic formula' change? The upcoming parliamentary elections could put the Swiss system of consensus and the so-called 'magic formula' to test. If politics changes course toward a system of government and opposition, the country could sail into uncharted waters.
• Chappatte.
• Lost in translation--miaow.
• The king of s(ch)wing.
• The view from abroad.
• A human touch in cancer treatment: the Lukas Klinik embraces a philosophy of cancer treatment that nurtures the spirit while providing conventional medical treatment. Swiss News takes you inside the 46-bed hospital in Arlesheim, Switzerland.
• Investors ahoy! Last October Italy's G8 team set up an African Opportunity Day in Switzerland. This year, the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) plans to open a centre for European investment in Lugano. What should investors expect?
• Movenpick: ordinary made extraordinary.
• The best medicine: almost one doctor in three at the Inselspital in Bern is German. They represent just a fraction of the thousands of doctors who leave Germany each year to take jobs abroad. Swiss News sits down with one such medical emigrant to discuss her reasons for leaving her homeland, and what prompted her to settle in Switzerland.
• Fabrique en Suisse / Hergestellt in der Schweiz / made in Switzerland: this year Switzerland introduced the Cassis de Dijon principle (which states that all sorts of cheaper food from the EU can be now be legally imported). Where will this leave food and drink in Helvetia? Gourmet (fancy French word for glutton) Diarmuid De Faoite investigates Switzerland's gastronomic delights.
• Shooting mountain style: Brunig Indoor, the only underground nonmilitary shooting range in the world, is set underneath the calming Alpine scenery that surrounds the sleepy town on Lungern.
• Telecom 99:...imagine a world without fax machines, mobile telephones and e-mail, no internet, no world wide web....
• Telecom time: it's time again for the ITU Telecom World event to brings together the global communications community to help government and industry exchange ideas, knowledge and progress in technology. The highlights ...
• Eurovision: after a slow post-war start, the bold vision that became Eurovision now lights up home screens across Europe. But the Swiss are now having second thoughts about competing in its annual pop-song contest.
• Safeguards for the future: the standard of living in Switzerland is certainly high, and the Swiss pension plan aims to ensure your future by requiring participation in retirement and insurance plans.
• Sex in the Swiss cities: some like it straight, some have strayed and a few expect to experiment with same-sex relations at some point. But most are satisfied with their sex lives. These are some of the results of what's been called the largest-ever survey of Swiss bedroom antics.
• Swiss organisations answer the call: after hearing the United Nations' perspective on racism in Switzerland from Special Rapporteur Doudou Diene, we took his Report to Switzerland's Service for Combating Racism to see what was being done on the ground.
• The dog whisperer: a breed apart.
• Tunnelling into the record books.
• Lower your phone bills.
• The business of bathing: here at the Business Unusual desk, we cater not only to the "meat and potatoes" of business life but also to some of your more inner needs. Aware of the stresses and strains of modern business life, we've taken it upon ourselves to investigate the business of relaxation.
• Ambassador sees learning opportunity: Joseph Lynch, Ireland's Ambassador to Switzerland, talks to Swiss News about Swiss-Irish relations and the life of an Ambassador.
• Beam me up, Michel: a Swiss professor leads the hunt for extraterrestrial life.