The overall rate of Swiss unemployment climbed from 3.4% to 3.5% in January 2015 although it was steady when compared to the same time last year. There are however marked differences in rates of unemployment on a number of dimensions. The rate varies significantly by Canton. Neuchatel and Valais tied for the top spot at […]
Archives for 2015
This vegetable keeps ice off your windscreen
Frozen windscreen? Just how cool are all these winter coping tips? If you’re tired of having to scrape your icy windscreen each morning before setting off, then according to Swiss motoring association, TCS, just cut a potato in half and rub it over your windscreen. Then in your morning rush to get going you won’t […]
It’s Not Easy, Being Green
‘Just look at this horrible mess!’ bellowed the bigger child the other day. ‘Who did this?’ At first I thought she may be referring to the post-breakfast fallout under the dining room table … but no. Apparently I’m still the only one who notices that. Or cares about it. Or cleans it up. What the […]
Snow Therapy; The Interview
SNOW THERAPY (TURIST/FORCE MAJEURE) **** (vo Swedish/French) Powerful is the word that best describes this Swedish film that, among its other awards, deservedly won the Jury Prize in the Certain Regard section at Cannes last year. It starts as a pale, austere skiing tale about a man who momentarily fails his family in an […]
EU inaction in the face of corruption
You have just sat down to dinner with your family only to be interrupted by a knock at the door. You open the door and are handcuffed and dragged off into the night under a European arrest warrant to serve a prison term in a foreign country for a crime that you never committed. This […]
A Swiss solution to Greek problems
Greece is certainly in a pickle. It needs to borrow more money to keep its wheels turning, but has borrowed to the point where it needs a loan write-off. Try asking your bank manager for a loan write-off while asking for more money and see what she says. The Swiss on the other hand have […]
TedX Lausanne – interfacing and interacting
Ted X (the X in this instance stands for Lausanne) is alive and very much provoking. The 2015 event held this week on the UNIL campus in Lausanne offered over 200 attendees a remarkably diverse selection of presentations in English. But this is to mislead – because it’s often not just the presenters who are […]
7 foods that make you smarter
Not feeling as sharp witted as you would like? Well here is some food for thought: you are what you eat. Adopting healthy eating habits cannot only do wonders for your waistline but it can also boost your emotional, physical and mental health. Today we are giving you some food for thought by sharing some […]
Wine reveiw – Plan Joyeux 2012, Terres de Lavaux de Lutry
Gamay, Pinot Noir, Gamaret and Garanoir. A wine for hunters and gathers and lovers of Mother Nature. Lutry is a quaint, pretty little medieval town in the Vaud canton on the edge of Lake Leman. Its origins go way back in time to the Neolithic period. Every year in September it has a great wine […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Americanah is a novel by Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Published by Fourth Estate, it tells the story of two young Nigerian lovers forced to leave Nigeria to start separate new lives in America and England. They return to Nigeria years later and are drawn back together. Americanah was selected as one of the 10 […]
