Wednesday 19.11.2008
 
 
 

 

 

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The week

Adolf Ogi, left, says Samuel Schmid kept a

"Schmid's resignation should lead to a rethink"

The attacks on Defence Minister Samuel Schmid – who announced his resignation earlier this week – were unnecessarily harsh, according to his predecessor, Adolf Ogi.

Pack your bags: most Swiss consumers won't be tightening their belt this Christmas

Christmas spirit remains with Swiss shoppers

The Swiss are not going to let the gloomy economic outlook spoil their Christmas, according to international consultancy firm Deloitte.

Federer finished his season on a low note

Federer ousted by Murray in Shanghai thriller

Roger Federer, four-time winner of the Shanghai Masters Cup tennis tournament, has been eliminated from this year's event after losing to Britain's Andy Murray.

Most invasive plants have entered Switzerland as ornamentals like this Japanese knotweed

Foreign invaders threaten native Swiss species

From mountain meadows to riverbanks, scientists say a silent war between foreign species and native Swiss plants and animals is unfolding all around us.

From cakes to mosaics

Achille Groppi was a Swiss coffee house owner in Cairo with an eye for both mouth-watering confectionery and sparkling Egyptian antiquities.

 
 

 

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Embodied Intelligence

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Rolf Pfeifer uses robots to discover man.

 

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C'est la vie

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Life as we don't know it.

 
 
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Wednesday 12.11.2008
 
 

 

 

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Samuel Schmid announced he would leave his post as defence minister at the end of the year

Defence Minister Schmid announces resignation

Weakened by controversy and under attack from adversaries, Defence Minister Samuel Schmid on Wednesday announced he would step down at the end of this year.

Environment Minister Leuenberger (left) approves of Piccard's energy

Adventurer demands more green action

Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard has called on Switzerland to stop lagging behind other countries and take a leading role in developing renewable energies.

Maurice Bavaud failed in an attempt to kill Hitler and was abandoned by the Swiss authorities

Switzerland "failed" would-be Hitler assassin

The government has officially rehabilitated the reputation of the young Swiss man executed in Germany after his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler in 1938.

Swiss nurse Dany Kyburz spent two months in Liberia with the charity Mercy Ships

From Liberia, with Mercy

The operating room is somewhat cramped, the halls narrow and the orderlies from all over the world, but little else would distinguish this hospital from any other.

C'est la Vie exhibition poster

Life, death and a wasp named Brian

If you have ever wondered what the oldest living animal is or why childbearing is so difficult, the answers can be found in a new exhibition in Bern.

 
 

 

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What ants can teach us.

 

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Lost and Found

GalleryLost and Found

The street is a lost property office too.

 
 
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Wednesday 29.10.2008

 
 
 

 

 

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The week

Clouds showing terms that John McCain (red) and Barack Obama (blue) use frequently

US campaign rhetoric reveals strategies

Zurich University researchers have studied more than a million words used by Barack Obama and John McCain to see how they use language to put across their message.

Faber is famed for his contrarian investment approach

Dr Doom sees gloom for global bourses

Swiss financial guru Marc Faber tells swissinfo he sees hard times ahead for the world's stock exchanges and even state bankruptcy for the United States.

Ledergerber's colleagues made him a special congratulations poster on his world mayor 2nd place

Zurich's cycling mayor rides city to success

The popular mayor of Zurich, Elmar Ledergerber, has announced his resignation for family reasons – a move that has surprised many observers.

Artificial snow, here shown in summer, piled up in a valley near Davos

Sawdust slows rate of melting snow

Snow can be stored over summer at relatively low altitudes, the Swiss snow and avalanche research institute has revealed.

ZüriWC looks after a wide range of toilets, discreet and not so discreet - here along about three kilometers of lakeside

Progressing from taboo to superloo

Not being able to find a toilet can be an embarrassing, even agonising, experience – and one which most people have been through.