No. 9, September 2009

Index

• Personal & professional development courses: September-December 2005.
• Binge drinking among Swiss teenager.
• Blanket staves off melt at ski resort.
• Blazing forests.
• Crackdown on passive smoking.
• E-governing.
• Expensive cities.
• Fewer marriages and more divorces.
• Free at last.
• Heat and high ozone.
• Permafrost: thawing cable car problems.
• Recession.
• Safe at home.
• Swiss spend more on the Web.
• Back to school ... already?
• Cash for Swiss films.
• Chocolate good for your health?
• Editorial.
• From the editor.
• From the editor.
• Locarno awards.
• New beginnings.
• On the ball.
• Storm claims grape harvest.
• We're growing.
• A simpler Swiss aircraft navigation system.
• Chappatte.
• Competition starts early for 120,000 toddlers.
• European fusion.
• Swiss gold rush.
• Swiss prisons cash in.
• The Swiss army: thinking the unthinkable.
• Young Swiss urged to vote.
• Chappatte.
• Chappatte.
• Coffee, with a local flavour.
• Everyday life.
• Explore Switzerland by rickshaw.
• From Bambi to boxing...
• How to save a glacier.
• Management jobs filled by English speakers.
• New face of Swiss banking.
• Parliamentary elections on the horizon.
• Street Parade short on love and money.
• Switzerland at the peak of innovation.
• Thick as thieves.
• Top earning Swiss have less purchasing power.
• Trends in tobacco and cannabis consumption.
• UBS restructures as rich clients flee.
• UN eyes the Swiss record on racism.
• A new home for Bern's bears.
• A wake-up call for Swiss firms.
• Beautiful Berne.
• Big money.
• Changing times.
• Chappatte.
• Chappatte.
• China in our hands.
• Cool off in the Badi.
• Euro 2008 fails to boost sales.
• Funny man.
• Genes found help HIV care.
• Get into the Orbit: Swiss News takes a quick look at what lies ahead at Orbit/Comdex 2003.
• Media punters.
• New Seven Wonders sent to space.
• Swiss said to be 'cleansed' as Holocaust victims are repaid.
• Swiss welcome mat? Swiss citizens will stand at a crossroads when the referendum question on September 25 asks them to strengthen ties with the EU by extending the agreement on the free movement of people to ten new EU member states. The path they choose could provide a shortcut to a more fruitful union.
• Swissinfo on YouTube.
• The ups and downs of a strong economy.
• Worry-free holidays.
• 10 Questions with ...
• Big name cheats boost anti-doping cause: the recent doping admission by Olympic champion Brigitte McMahon--book-ended by charges against other top athletes--is prompting calls for information campaigns targeting young athletes.
• Chappatte.
• Explaining the upcoming popular vote: Swiss voters will be facing an array of issues at the ballot box come September 26. The question is whether the people will vote with their hearts or minds.
• Largest Glacier retreating faster than expected.
• Long arm of law rewards motorists with chocolate.
• Nora Angehrn sets out to get kids in the swing of things.
• Public trans price hike.
• Safe keeping: myths about Swiss banking secrets: how did sleepy Switzerland become a global financial powerhouse? Many reach for the argument that Swiss banking secrecy laws must have helped this wealthy nation carve out its niche. After a recent probe by the United States, pressure on Swiss banking secrecy is increasing just as the financial services sector attempts to secure its international standing. So, just what is banking secrecy?
• Shake-up in the federal council.
• Sunrise makes communication easy and affordable: customized, low-cost fixed network, mobile, Internet, and data services make sunrise an attractive partner for one-stop communication solutions. At home, on the move, or in the office.
• The price of market protection.
• Zytgloggeturm wows Indiana residents.
• 60 years of Rhine cooperation.
• Batman (and Beatles) need not apply: there are no Swiss superheroes for the simple reason that we all possess superpowers over here. We may not be able to stop a speeding bullet, but we can stop a speeding Ferrari simply by stepping out in front of it on a zebra crossing. That's why even Swiss nerds feel empowered! Here are some more things I have learnt while living in Switzerland.
• Club news.
• Letters to the editor.
• [Cartoon].
• A home of your own: most expatriates in Switzerland rent their homes, but buying can be an interesting option. Swiss News looks into in the logistics of buying a house in Switzerland.
• Circus Knie: curtains up.
• Luxe without a logo: in the high-voltage world of fashion, where iconic logos and celebrated designers are the rule, St-Gallen-based Akris has scored international success while remaining resolutely low-key.
• NATO's neutral partner.
• The structure of the EU is going to be Swiss: best known in Switzerland for his book 'Why Switzerland?' Professor Jonathan Steinberg is a scholar with an impressive reputation in European history. In this interview he reflects on the changes that Switzerland went through and shares his vision for the future of Switzerland within Europe.
• In the eye of the beholder.
• Remembering '9/11' and 'Ground Zero': a key panellist at the International Architectural Symposium in Pontresina (ASP), Hani Rashid, recalls the September 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in the US. He talks of rebuilding plans submitted for 'ground zero' at the following ASP.
• Erika Forster: business gravitas in the Bundeshaus.
• Home sweet home, in Switzerland too: buying a home in Switzerland is becoming a reality for many people--including expats. Swiss News takes a look at one couple's experience and talks with two men 'in the know.'.
• Retaining the refreshing splash: year 2003 has been declared the International Year of Fresh Water by the United Nations. Alexander Zehnder, Director EWAG, draws interesting similes and raises questions of international interest.
• Step inside Google Zurich: when it comes to Zurich's most playful workplace, Google's Engineering Hub may well top the list as the zaniest office in town. We've taken a look inside and met with Andreas Schonenberger, manager of Google Switzerland.
• The little engine that could climb mountains.