27 November 2015. Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. A RICH WEEK OF RUSSIAN and FRENCH FILMS! FRANCOFONIA **** (vo Russian with French subtitles) Ah, the depth of the Russian […]
Archives for 2015
Switzerland’s national broadcaster to stop religious programming
Radio Television Swiss (RTS), the French language arm of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, plans to discontinue three religious programmes by 2017. According to a spokesman the decision was taken for cost-cutting reasons. A group of cross-party politicians, academics and civic leaders has protested that the decision was taken without consultation or debate and has demanded a […]
French police search homes of Geneva mosque imams
Tribune de Genève. Last night the French authorities searched the french homes of two imams associated with the mosque in Petit-Saconnex in Geneva, who live in the french town of Ferney-Voltaire not far from Geneva. The wave of searches across France, since the country declared a state of emergency following the attacks in Paris, has now […]
Swiss canton of Ticino passes law that bans burka
Le Matin. According to the Swiss newspaper Le Matin, from now on it is forbidden to cover your face in a public space in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino. Following a successful popular vote to ban face covering in public in the canton in September 2013, the Canton’s government has now approved changes to […]
English language comedy comes to the shores of Lake Geneva
Brought to you by the Montreux Comedy Festival. Because laughter is a universal language, the Montreux Comedy Festival decided to pull together standup comedians from all corners of the globe. Among the Russian, German, Croatian, Korean and French speakers is a fine line up of English language comedians from the UK, Australia, South Africa, Dubai, Russia, […]
Swiss cement giant pledges higher dividend despite missing sales target
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. The world’s largest cement maker, LafargeHolcim Ltd, which generated CHF 33 billion of revenue in 2014 and employs 115,000 people across 90 countries, pledged to pay shareholders a bigger dividend this year despite sales missing estimates in its first financial report since the world’s top two cement makers combined. The […]
Could Switzerland language divisions ever divide it?
Christophe Büchi discusses the country’s language divisions and why we should worry about Italian-speaking Ticino. Long time correspondent in French-speaking Switzerland for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the journalist and writer is fascinated by the complex relationship between Switzerland’s French and German speakers. He spoke with Thibaut Kaeser of Echo magazine about Switzerland’s language divisions and […]
Switzerland’s coldest places are not where you’d expect
If you woke up in Switzerland on Tuesday morning to find temperatures of -5 or -10 outside, then you are living somewhere relatively warm. According to Meteo Centrale, whose website lists the 20 coldest places every night, winter has truly arrived in Switzerland. Eleven of the places in Meteo Centrale’s top 20 coldest sit at altitudes above […]
Oil rig giant to delist from Swiss stock exchange
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Today, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) said it would delist its shares from the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX). The company expects the SIX listing authorities to approve its application before the end of the year with delisting following in the first quarter of 2016. The company will remain incorporated in Switzerland […]
Swiss banks continue to shed workers
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. EFG International AG, the Swiss private bank controlled by billionaire Spiro Latsis and his family, plans to eliminate 200 jobs to help cut costs by 30 million Swiss francs ($29 million) through 2016 to stem a drop in profit. Operating income and the revenue margin remain below expectations, with […]
