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«Funky Claude» Nobs and Jean-Paul Marquis help fight the fire at Montreux Casino. Blame it on Zappa. Montreux 1971. (© Alain Bettex) Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Montreux Jazz Festival, the National Museum of Zurich has opened a memorabilia exhibition mainly focused on its founder, the legendary Claude Nobs (1936-2013). With a carefully selected set of objects, videos and sounds, "Montreux. Jazz Since 1967" gives form to one of the richest immaterial treasures of humanity.  Before organising his first humble festival in 1967, Nobs had begun meeting established and promising performers while working as an accountant in the tourism office of Montreux, then a sleepy holiday destination by Lake Geneva with barely more than 15,000 souls. His transformation into the larger-than-life personality who was arguably the very soul of the festival, catering to all the artists’ whims, came as the festival expanded its scope to embrace a large range of musical trends and styles.  Nobs is “Funky Claude” in the lyrics of Deep Purple’s classic “Smoke on the Water”, inspired by an episode when the Montreux Casino bued down during a Frank Zappa show. More than funky, Nobs was amazin SWI swissinfo...
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Could the model of presumed consent put an end to the lack of organ donations in Switzerland? Following the launch of a popular initiative, opinions are deeply divided. (Keystone) Every adult who dies should automatically become an organ donor: that’s the idea behind a Swiss people’s initiative. However, two doctors who have increased the number of donations in canton Ticino describe the scheme as a dangerous shortcut. “But where’s his soul now?” “We agree in principle with donating the organs of our loved one, but that would tu him into a giraffe in his next life; therefore we can’t give our consent.” Those are two of the various Idea that Sebastiano Martinoli and Roberto Malacrida, doctors and former university professors in Italian-speaking Switzerland, have heard over the past 30 years when campaigning for more organ donations. Although both retired from intensive and emergency medicine a few years ago, their influence in Ticino can still be felt. Thanks to their pioneering work, the canton rose from the bottom of the donor list in Switzerland to the top. "The cult of the integrity of the body is more ancient than any law", says Sebastiano Martinoli, the former SWI swissinfo...
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The No Billag initiative would radically transform the Swiss media landscape (Keystone) On March 4, the Swiss will vote on getting rid of the compulsory radio and television licence fee. If they say yes, Switzerland will become the first country in Europe to abolish the bulk of its public-service broadcasting. What are the arguments and what is at stake?  Supporters of the “No Billag” initiative say the media market would become more open and competitive, benefiting consumers. The govement and parliament on the other hand argue it would harm, among other things, the quality and plurality of the media, which they say is essential in a country with direct democracy.  The No Billag name comes from the company charged with billing consumers for their use of services from the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), swissinfo.ch’s parent company.  What is the initiative demanding?  A change to Article 93exteal link of the Swiss constitution, which covers radio and television. If the initiative is accepted, from January 1, 2019, the govement will no longer be able to collect a licence fee. The initiative also precludes govement subsidies of radio and television stations, sayi SWI swissinfo...
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For many in the US and Switzerland, cost conces and lack of understanding of the benefits of regular screenings and lifestyle changes are barriers to  preventive medicine. (Keystone) Preventing or addressing an early-stage medical condition is a big piece of the health care puzzle. But the practice is sporadic in both the US and Switzerland. In our previous articles on American and Swiss health care, much of the focus has been on the costs, consequences, and construction of health care delivery systems in the US and Switzerland.  That’s to say, we’ve mostly worried about the particulars of a patient getting treatment for conditions. But health care is not just provided once a condition is diagnosed, or an injury needs treatment. Health care in Switzerland and the US: In this ongoing series, swissinfo.ch will answer questions from readers about the two systems and their intersections. Ask a question of your own at the bottom of this story. (swissinfo.ch) Preventive medicine is also a big piece of the puzzle. Health care screenings, vaccinations or education campaigns all add to a longer view of health care delivery. It’s not just about visiting a doctor for treatment; SWI swissinfo...
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The largest bird in the Alps, the bearded vulture was exterminated in the 19th century and is a vulnerable species today.  Starting in 1986, bearded vultures were reintroduced in Austria, Switzerland, Italy and France; now there are roughly 200 in the Alps, and the population is doing well. In Switzerland, there are about a dozen breeding pairs.  It goes by other misnomers like the horse vulture, chamois vulture, or, most commonly, lamb vulture – highlighting the myth that the bird was powerful enough to attack these animals.  “By the end of the 19th century it was deliberately decimated and finally exterminated in Switzerland for competitive reasons, due to ignorance and because bounties were paid for shooting them,” according to the species profile by the Swiss Oithological Instituteexteal link.  In fact, the bird is not predatory. It feeds instead on the carrion and even the bones of dead chamois, ibex, and perhaps cattle or sheep that died while out to pasture. Raphaël Arlettazexteal link, head of conservation biology at the University of Be, is especially fond of bearded vultures.  “It’s fantastic to observe them because they are very curious – sometimes they fly five SWI swissinfo...
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Avalanche observers lea how to check the profile of the snowpack to see how it has changed over the winter and look for weak layers (swissinfo.ch) It may seem quite a leap from studying snowflakes with a magnifying glass to forecasting one of the greatest natural threats in the Alps, but the step is part of how Switzerland manages avalanches. The approach could soon win coveted Unesco cultural heritage status.   “What happens to fresh snow when it lands?” asks Gian Darms, an instructor at the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF)exteal link in Davos. Knee-deep in powder, his pupils stare blankly at each other. Whirring chairlifts can be heard in the distance.  “The arms of the crystals break off,” a bespectacled participant finally replies. “Well done,” says Darms.  The group of men in ski gear are standing in a snowfield just below the 2,692-metre Weissfluhjochexteal link peak in southeast Switzerland.  The eight students on today’s avalanche refresher courseexteal link – a mix of ski lift and communal employees and interested individuals – belong to SLF’s long-established avalanche observer networkexteal link. Since 1945, when SLF took over the job from SWI swissinfo...
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With numerous Michelin stars under his belt, Swiss cook Daniel Humm is the head chef and one of the owners of the best restaurant in the world, according to an influential 2017 ranking. He took his first steps towards becoming a professional chef at age 14, and now lives and works in the United States. The Eleven Madison Park restaurant in New York was chosen for the top spot in the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurantsexteal link in 2017. The ranking is a highly regarded rival to the Michelin Guide, and describes Humm’s fine dining experience as “the perfect partnership of outstanding hospitality and exquisite food in an iconic setting”. Humm was bo in 1976 in canton Aargau. After completing his professional training at a large hotel in Zurich, he worked at the 3-Michelin star 'Restaurant Pont de Brent' near Montreux, canton Vaud. He was just 24 years old when he received his first Michelin star. He was working as the head chef at 'Gasthaus zum Gupf' in canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden. In 2003 he moved to San Francisco, where he won numerous awards for his cooking. And in 2006 he took over running the Eleven Madison Park restaurant in New York. Five years later it was awarded SWI swissinfo...
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Playing to a vanished audience: Basel's Valentin Stocker celebrates. (Keystone) As the Swiss national team goes from strength to strength in preparing for the World Cup in Russia, we dig into the numbers to explore the struggles of the domestic league. On the surface, Swiss football is enjoying something of a purple patch. The national side ‘Die Nati’ (unfortunately pronounced ‘Nazi’) has qualified for the fourth World Cup running, and will fly to Russia in summer with what’s widely acknowledged as its finest generation in years. The team currently sits eighth in the FIFA world rankings. Meanwhile, domestic powerhouse FC Basel (winners of the Swiss Super League for the past eight years) qualified in December for the last 16 of Europe’s Champions League, racking up wins along the way against Manchester United and Benfica. A “brilliant” achievement not just for the club, but for Swiss football generally, said CEO Jean-Paul Brigger at the time. But how reflective are these achievements of the state of Swiss soccer at home? How does the Super League stack up against the championships of the European nations around it? The Alpine legacy of Switzerland – which has fostered sports f SWI swissinfo...
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Watches on display at the SIHH fair last year (Keystone) When Fabienne Lupo, who runs the Salon Inteational de la Haute Horlogerie watch fair in Geneva, says its ambition is “to become a kind of Davos of watchmaking”, this is not just an airy ambition of hers. By comparing SIHHexteal link, which opened this week, to the World Economic Forumexteal link at Davos, with its political and corporate heavyweight guests and policy-setting discussions, Lupo is continuing the polarisation between her more exclusive fair and Baselworldexteal link, the commercial engine of the watch world. Part of this ambition is about SIHH’s exhibitors, which already include Cartier and Jaeger-LeCoultre. (SIHH started as luxury group Richemont’s riposte to Basel.) The exhibitors have become more prestigious this year with the defection of high-end maison Hermès from Baselworld. In 2017, Ulysse Nardin moved to SIHH after almost 35 years, and chief executive Patrick Pruniaux is confident the shift was good: “I really like the fact that the audience is more select . . . SIHH gives a greater focus on content and on high-level watchmaking.” Another means of distinction is trying to engage att SWI swissinfo...
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Many Swiss citizens prefer to sit and watch. Why isn't tuout in regular votes and elections not higher? ( Salvatore Vinci / 13 Photo) Switzerland is often regarded inteationally as a model of functioning democracy. But a closer look shows that Swiss democracy is far from perfect. The “rule of all” tus out to be the “rule of some”. It is September 24, 2017, a “voting Sunday” as we say here in Switzerland. Voters have the final say on a crucial reform of the old age pension system. This is a topic that will conce everyone, sooner or later. Over the course of the day it becomes apparent that the proposed reform isn’t getting a majority of votes and is going down to defeat. But the real letdown begins to be felt late in the evening, when the last municipalities send in their tallies to the election authorities. Sad but true: only 47.2% of eligible voters took the time to vote. Over half the country’s citizens either had no opinion, or stayed away from the polls for other reasons. Downside of Swiss democracy Switzerland ranks first inteationally as regards the number of popular votes held. But even with its world record of 620 national votes (as of 2017), model democrac SWI swissinfo...
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Here is a selection of stories we're looking ahead to in the week of January 15, 2018. (Keystone) Tuesday The Swiss national football team has been doing well of late, but not much is known about the country’s Super League. We look at why, and consider whether the team is punching below or above its weight in Europe, relative to its national success and the finances of its clubs. (Keystone) Wednesday Why are the Swiss such experts at predicting avalanches? What makes their approach so special? All will be revealed in our in-depth article. (Keystone) Thursday On March 4, the Swiss could vote to get rid of the radio and television licence fee. We look at the arguments on both sides, the facts and figures, and the potential consequences if Switzerland becomes the first country in Europe to abolish the bulk of its public service broadcasting. (Keystone) Thursday Also on Thursday, we’ll be comparing how Switzerland and the United States approach disease prevention in health care – an aspect that does not always get the attention or resources it needs. The story continues our series of articles on health care in the two countries. (Keystone) Saturda SWI swissinfo...
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A section of the cathedral's dome showing Gallus taming a wood-bringing bear. (Keystone) After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was plunged into the Dark Ages. It might have fallen further had it not been for the epic efforts of a band of Irish monks. Take a walk through the vast courtyard of St Gallen Abbey. The stone church towers stretch 68 metres into the sky, clichés of clanging bells sound out, a scent of hot waffle drifts from an old cafe. A few bemused Asian tourists stroll around. It’s difficult to imagine things were ever otherwise. But the history of the Abbey—and of founding father Gallus—is one of constant change. Enzo Farinelli, a Dublin-based Italian scholar, says it is also an inspirational story, one that needs to be retold for a mode and troubled Europe. He recently did so with a book about the impact of Irish monks on Swiss history (“On the Summits of the Highest Love”). Hibeian roots It all begins in Ireland, he writes. 590 AD. Cold, wet, bogged, forested. A period of history dangling between Romans and Renaissance, under the gathering clouds of the Dark Ages. Pagan tribes competing for influence on this small island on the edge of the known world. SWI swissinfo...
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Tama Vakeesan was bo in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she visits the 'Klipp und Klang' radio school. The students, who are refugees, conduct radio interviews with managers of various enterprises to find out what sort of skills they need for different types of work. They also lea how to apply for jobs. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch) Neuer Inhalt Horizontal Line subscription form Form for signing up for free newsletter. Sign up for our free newsletters and get the top stories delivered to your inbox. swissinfo EN The following content is sourced from exteal partners. We cannot guarantee that it is suitable for the visually or hearing impaired. Join us on Facebook! SWI swissinfo...
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An evolutionarily questionable scene from the 1960 film of Swiss Family Robinson (imago) Johann David Wyss, who died exactly 200 years ago, wrote the most-translated Swiss book ever: Swiss Family Robinson. Yet, at home, both Wyss and his book remain practically invisible and firmly in the shadow of a certain Alpine orphan, Heidi.  “This work is, as the title has said, for children and friends of children. It is not, however, for all children, but only for those who read with some understanding, who have a command of general terms of natural history and geography, and who have been versed in a range of knowledge from the better schools for 8- to 14-year-olds.”  The publisher who wrote the preface for the first edition from 1812 of “Der Schweizerische Robinson” knew his target audience.  Despite these seemingly limiting requirements, Swiss Family Robinson – or to give it its full catchy title, “Swiss Family Robinson or the shipwrecked Swiss preacher and his family. An instructive book for children and friends of children who live in cities and in the countryside” – was an immediate hit in Switzerland and abroad.  The 1812 first edition of Der Schweizerische Robinson, printe SWI swissinfo...
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Claude Nobs plays harmonica on stage with Solomon Burke at the 39th Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2005 (Keystone) It is five years ago today that Claude Nobs, founder of Switzerland’s famous Montreux Jazz Festival, died suddenly at age 76.  In this 2013 article, swissinfo.ch reported on his death, his life and the legacy of the man who, in the words of the current Swiss President Alain Berset "helped Switzerland discover jazz". Claude Nobs Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival dies Claude Nobs, the founder and director of the Montreux Jazz Festival, has died. He was 76. Nobs died on Thursday after sustaining injuries from a ... . Neuer Inhalt Horizontal Line subscription form Form for signing up for free newsletter. Sign up for our free newsletters and get the top stories delivered to your inbox. swissinfo EN The following content is sourced from exteal partners. We cannot guarantee that it is suitable for the visually or hearing impaired. Join us on Facebook! SWI swissinfo...
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Gondo used to be frequented by gold miners and cross-border smugglers, as immortalised by the statue in the foreground. (Keystone) A new kind of mine is providing hope for a Swiss mountain village that has seen its share of misfortune over the years. Gondo, with 40 inhabitants, is no longer mining for gold, but for cryptocurrencies. On the face of it, Gondo - an isolated community on the Swiss-Italian border - is hardly the most likely location for such a cutting-edge, disruptive and divisive technology. It has nevertheless been chosen as the venue for a cryptocurrency mine by start-up Alpine Mining. Bitcoin’s inexorable rise in value has attracted more and more people worldwide to the apparent riches of cryptocurrencies. There are more than 1,000 crypto tokens in circulation with more being produced every day. Many are expected to sink without trace, but enthusiasts believe others will stay and thrive. Enter Gondo. Gone are the days when the gold mines here were packed with 500 prospectors seeking their fortunes.  Its cryptocurrency mine is a small room full of flashing lights, humming computer servers and a tangle of wires and pipes. It works by solving complex mathematical SWI swissinfo...
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The cross-border Portes du Soleil ski region is a bargain for skiers looking for variety. (© KEYSTONE / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT) Where in the Swiss Alps do you get access to the most ski slopes for your money? We crunched the numbers and found there’s a reason you’re asked to pay more at Adelboden than Airolo, or at Zermatt than Zuoz.  Our graphic shows the inteational resort of Zermatt exteal linkrivalled in price by only a handful of other ski areas at CHF79 ($81) a day, while a pass at Zuoz exteal linkcosts only CHF56. However, the additional CHF23 in Zermatt buys you access to 360km of groomed pistes, compared to only 15km in Zuoz.  At the lower end of the scale are stations where you can get in a day of skiing for between CHF20 and CHF40, but many are located below 1,500m in altitude where a consistent snowpack is anything but certain.  Correspondingly, the lowest-lying ski areas operate only sporadically, serving the local population and offering little in the way of infrastructure and accommodation.  We gathered the ski area data from ‘On the Snow’exteal link (149 stations). As shown in the graphic below, there is a strong correlation between the price of a ski pa SWI swissinfo...
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Hush - silence: No talking about the funding of political parties in Switzerland (GraphicaArtis/Getty Images) Lack of transparency as regards the funding of parties and political campaigns: this is one of the few weak points where Switzerland is criticised. “One doesn’t talk about money,” is a proverbial saying in this country. So it is hardly surprising that the nation has trouble with the issue of transparency of funding of parties and political campaigns. But there are more and more voices calling for change. In January 2015 a report in the Handelszeitung business paper attracted considerable attention. For the first time, an opinion survey about contributions to political parties by big companies in Switzerland had been carried out and published. It was something of a breakthrough, because until then powerful companies had preferred to stay quiet about their relations with political life. This is an article in the series #DearDemocracyexteal link, the direct democracy platform of swissinfo.ch. Here contributors, including outside authors, give their views. The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of swissinfo.ch. end of infobox According to their own admission, SWI swissinfo...
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Here is a selection of stories we're looking ahead to in the week of January 8, 2018. (Keystone) Monday The trial of thirteen financiers accused of funnelling more than CH15 million to the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) will start at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court. (swissinfo.ch) Tuesday Switzerland is home to several long-running English-language comedy and drama groups. swissinfo.ch profiles the actors, producers and audiences and examines how much demand there is for such plays. (Keystone) Tuesday Swiss retailers experienced hard times in recent years with the strong franc sending shoppers over the borders in search of cheaper goods. Credit Suisse presents a study looking into the sector’s prospects for 2018. (swissinfo.ch) Wednesday The remote Swiss village of Gondo may seem like an unlikely place to host a cryptocurrency mining operation. But the old gold mining venue offers a variety of attractions, raising hopes that the crypto newcomers can revive the village’s fortunes. (Keystone) Thursday Eileen Jerrett is an independent filmmaker whose interest in Icelandic art took a tu when she leaed SWI swissinfo...
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Kurt E. Sieber being interviewed in a café in Tokyo (swissinfo.ch) Swiss businessman Kurt E. Sieber went to live in Japan in 1960. At first he managed a Swiss trading company, then an Austrian one. In 2011 he retired – but did not retu to Switzerland. What does he think about the country where he has lived for so long? What challenges does he think Japanese society currently faces?  "My view of Japan has changed a great deal in the 57 years I have lived in Tokyo," says Kurt Sieber. "I have thought a great deal about Japan’s position in the world, the Japanese economy and politics, and the question of what would need to be done to resolve society’s problems." He gives a few examples of the things that are particularly on his mind. The opinions expressed in this interview, notably on the speaker’s country of residence and its policies, are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily reflect the views of swissinfo.ch end of infobox Pay too low for part-time work “In Japan pay for part-time work is too low. Supermarkets or 24-hour shops pay on average 800 to 900 Yen (about CHF7-8), which does not match the rather high cost of living. In Switzerland it would be at least CHF SWI swissinfo...
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