Federer wins sixth World Tours Final
by Thomas Stephens, swissinfo.ch and agencies Swiss tennis star Roger Federer has beaten Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 in a nail-biting match to win a record sixth title at the […]
Iran expels Britain’s ambassador to Tehran calling ‘death to England’
Iran erupted in a fresh frenzy of animosity towards its old imperial foe on Sunday as MPs chanting “death to England” voted to expel Britain’s ambassador to Tehran and threatened […]
Vladimir Putin launches Cold War rhetoric at mass rally
Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, reached back to the rhetoric of the Cold War on Sunday to angrily accuse the West of trying to meddle in his country’s forthcoming elections. Speaking ahead of a parliamentary vote this weekend that his party is expected to win, the country’s de facto […]
Christian worker loses her job after being ‘targeted’ by Islamic extremists
Source / Credit: The Telegraph By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent 7:30AM GMT 27 Nov 2011 A Christian worker has launched a landmark legal action after she lost her job […]
Daredevil ‘Jetman’ soars over Alps in latest stunt
The Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy dons a jet suit and flies in formation with two Albatross jets over the Swiss Alps. The 51-year-old former pilot, who calls himself “Jetman,” took to the skies wearing a 120lb custom-built jet suit over the Alps in formation with the Breitling jet team. The […]
Integration reform faces state funding hurdles
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch The justice ministry appears to have some way to go to win support for its proposals aimed at boosting integration of foreigners. The increased role of […]
Margaret Thatcher knew that capitalism must deliver for the masses
Propping up failure – in the euro and elsewhere – is hardly the recipe for renewed prosperity. Friends of Lady Thatcher tend to deplore The Iron Lady, the new film about her starring Meryl Streep. They do so because they are upset at the portrayal of a still living person […]
FBI art crimes chief ‘ordered theft of Monet and Sisley paintings from French gallery’
Seven people go on trial on Monday for the multi-million pound theft of a Monet, Sisley and two Breughels in Nice but their leader claims the FBI’s art crimes chief “ordered” the heist.The men face maximum sentences of 30 years in prison for armed robbery at the end of the […]
Study pinpoints “upheaval” in Jewish community
source: swissinfo (this study dates back to September 2010). by Jessica Dacey, swissinfo.ch The most significant study of Judaism in Switzerland in 50 years has revealed a community in a state of major flux. Many Jews no longer identify themselves with the rules of traditional orthodox communities and instead are […]
Illuminating Jewish culture and history
by Isobel Leybold-Johnson in Zurich, swissinfo.ch When a private collection of beautiful Hebrew manuscripts belonging to Swiss businessman René Braginsky first came to light it caused a sensation. Some of […]
Survey: Most patriotic Brits are Muslims
MUSLIMS are more patriotic than the average Brit, a survey has revealed. A massive 83 per cent of Muslims said they were proud to be British — compared with the […]
Death of a currency as eurogeddon approaches: A war is inevitable
The defining moment was the fiasco over Wednesday’s bund auction, reinforced on Thursday by the spectacle of German sovereign bond yields rising above those of the UK. If you are tempted to think this another vote of confidence by international investors in the UK, don’t. It’s actually got virtually nothing […]
70 Years of happy marriage – Malta’s President Emeritus Ċensu Tabone tied the knot in 1941
Source/Credit: President Emeritus Ċensu Tabone, 98, and Mrs Tabone, 92, yesterday celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary, saying they are still as much in love today as they were when they took their vows all those years ago. In today’s world, such a story really does warm the heart. President emeritus […]
The rich: Exactly what does the terminology mean?
By Caroline McClatcheyBBC News Magazine “Bankers”, “the rich” and “the 1%” have become part of the lexicon of a maelstrom of protest. But what do the terms really mean? A wave of protests across the world and of more measured anger expressed in newspaper letters pages and on social networking […]
Has the Bank Run Begun in Europe?
In many ways, the answer to that question is obviously yes. Money-market funds in the United States have quite dramatically slammed shut their lending windows to European banks. According to the Economist, Fitch estimates U.S. money market funds have withdrawn 42 percent of their money from European banks in general. And […]
‘They know you are vulnerable’ – plight of older people in home care
Source: Guardian Author: Randeep Ramesh Most of the women from the care agency, were, in the words of a 78-year-old, “nasty and rough”. Whatever the carers’ demeanour, the frail woman in a wheelchair did not expect attitude to translate to violence that left her bewildered and powerless. “Rather than say […]
Russia: Signal picked up from Russia’s stranded Mars probe
Contact has finally been made with Russia’s troubled Mars mission, says the European Space Agency (Esa). The agency reports that its tracking station in Perth, Australia, picked up a signal […]
French court approves extradition of Manuel Noriega
Panama’s former strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega is set to be extradited from France to his homeland to serve time for three murders, following a French appeals court ruling on Wednesday. The ruling is a victory for human rights campaigners who want to see him answer for crimes in Panama, but […]
Spain’s King left with black eye after walking into a door
King Juan Carlos of Spain appeared in public sporting a black eye after “walking into a door” at his royal residence. The 73-year-old monarch was pictured with the shiner on his left eye and a small sticking plaster on the bridge of his nose at a reception for new ambassadors […]
UK: Head of RAF warns of civil war in Afghanistan
The head of the Air Force has admitted that Afghanistan could descend into civil war when Nato forces leave in 2014 with the RAF having to remain behind to help with security. In a wide ranging interview Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton denied that Prince William’s imminent deployment to […]