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Garik Israelian is an astrophysicist and a musician. Brian May is a musician and an astrophysicist. Together, the two friends created the Starmusexteal link Festival, five days during which spi, ...ادامه مطلب

Once an ordinary mountain village, an Egyptian billionaire’s vision to construct Switzerland’s largest tourist resort changed the landscape of the central Swiss town of Andermatt and the l, ...ادامه مطلب

Jalal did not want to have his identity disclosed out of security conces for relatives who are still in Syria. (swissinfo.ch) Jalal last saw his youngest son was when the boy was a baby. Now H, ...ادامه مطلب

Around 170 workers are being drafted in to the central Swiss village of Göschenen to build the new Gotthard road tunnel, but there's controversy over where they should stay. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) wants to build a container village to house them, but many locals would prefer to see old hotels renovated, thus breathing new life into the village in canton Uri that has seen better days. Just under 450 people live here, compared to 1,300, 50 years ago.In 2016, voters backed the plan to build the second road tunnel through the central Swiss Alps, one of Europe’s main north-south links for cars, buses and trucks. The tunnel will end in Airolo in the southe Swiss canton of Ticino. Construction will begin in 2020. The 2.8-billion-franc ($2.9 billion) project foresees the building of a second tube to allow the renovation of the existing tunnel, built in 1980. After the second tube is completed in around 2030, the parallel tubes are projected to each carry only one lane of traffic in each direction. Neuer Inhalt Horizontal Line subscription form Form for signing up for free newsletter. Sign up for our free newsletters an, ...ادامه مطلب

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! , ...ادامه مطلب

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, ...ادامه مطلب

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Embed code Thomas Amsler, who now lives in the US, first visited Corippo while hiking with his parents in the region in the 1950s. He was so enchanted that he and three architect colleagues produced a book about it in 1959. They were astounded at the amount of stone used, as he recently told swissinfo.chexteal link during a visit to Be. His best known creation, perhaps, is the high control tower at Logan airportexteal link in Boston. Amsler was interested in Corippo partly due to it being the smallest municipality in Switzerland with just 13 permanent residents. To prevent the village from dying out altogether, the old, vacant houses are being tued into a “scattered” hotel with a total of 22 beds. The Osteria (restaurant) would be the front desk and the lanes would become hotel corridors. Even though it’s tiny, the village possesses the trappings of a much larger community: it has its own coat of arms, a village church, a restaurant, and a mayor who leads a town council.  Neuer Inhalt Horizontal Line subscription form Form f, ...ادامه مطلب

The River Uerke in its narrow bed(Stephanie Hess) A thin red line marks the extent of the damage. Painted on the rough exterior wall of the small village shop, it shows how high the waters of the nearby River Uerke rose in the summer of 2017: 1.87 metres over the normal level. In July, the river rose so high that the village suffered the biggest flood in its history. SilenceIn the village shop, a machine to dry out the freshly poured concrete floor is humming away. There are no groceries here anymore, but a few steps further they are on offer in a white construction container. It’s an interim solution. The woman who runs the shop wi, ...ادامه مطلب

The history of mechanical tower clocks goes back to the 14th century. One of the first Swiss movements was assembled in Lucee in 1385 by Heinrich Halder, a watchmaker from Basel. In 1408, the same clock was moved to the Musegg clock tower, allowin, ...ادامه مطلب

Beginnners are getting the chance to discover traditional Swiss sports this week at the Unspunnen festival in the Alpine resort of Interlaken. The week is dedicated to introducing folklore activities such as stone throwing, houssen (which looks like a mixture of golf and baseball), schwingen (Swiss wrestling), flag throwing and shooting. About a thousand school children signed up for various spo, ...ادامه مطلب

This content was published on August 22, 2017 5:00 PMAug 22, 2017 - 17:00The ten-day Badenfahrt festival happens just once every ten years – transforming the spa town of Baden into a party animal’s playground. The theme for 2017 is “opposites” and the festival features various purpose-built structures to highlight that concept. Food, drink, music and a fun fair draw a million people to Baden, which has a population of 19,000. Located along the River Limmat, Baden is a 15-minute train ride from Zurich. Established in 1923, the Badenfahrt festivalexteal link is an example of intangible cultura, ...ادامه مطلب

The classic Swiss Unspunnen Festival retus after a gap of 12 years (Keystone) Here's a selection of the stories we will be bringing you in the upcoming week. (Patrick Lo Giudice/Wikipedia) Monday It’s been more than 200 years since Europe’s “last witch”, Anna Göldi, was executed in Switzerland. She was officially exonerated in 2008 and her name lives on with a new museum in canton Glarus and a musical to remember the injustice she endured. (Keystone) Tuesday-Friday On September 24, Swiss voters will decide on another batch of initiatives, ranging from food security, reform, ...ادامه مطلب

This content was published on August 12, 2017 11:00 AMAug 12, 2017 - 11:00The 70th Locao Film Festival is coming to a close. For ten days, the compact city in Italian-speaking Switzerland has been transformed into a place of pilgrimage for film-lovers, actors and directors. Here are some of the hi, ...ادامه مطلب

(Keystone) Here's a selection of the stories we will be bringing you in the upcoming week. (Atelier Bassi) Monday Availability, quality and price make Indian hair the ideal choice for wig makers worldwide, including one based in Switzerland. But changes in grooming habits among Indian w, ...ادامه مطلب