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S U B S C R I B E
Summer 2008
Switzerland (almost) without borders
Monday, 19 May, 2008Passport checks at the Swiss border could become a thing of the past as early as this fall, when Switzerland’s entry into the Schengen zone takes effect.
Monday, 19 May, 2008Passport checks at the Swiss border could become a thing of the past as early as this fall, when Switzerland’s entry into the Schengen zone takes effect.
Editorial
Monday, 19 May, 2008It’s a familiar if slightly unsettling experience, listening to your own voice. You don’t quite recognize it, yet there it is and it’s unmistakably you. There’s a valuable lesson in that experience: You don’t hear yourself as others do. You never see yourself as others do. That difference in perception changes our awareness of things. Hopefully it enriches us by helping us challenge our assumptions and certitudes.
Monday, 19 May, 2008It’s a familiar if slightly unsettling experience, listening to your own voice. You don’t quite recognize it, yet there it is and it’s unmistakably you. There’s a valuable lesson in that experience: You don’t hear yourself as others do. You never see yourself as others do. That difference in perception changes our awareness of things. Hopefully it enriches us by helping us challenge our assumptions and certitudes.
The Germans are coming!
Monday, 19 May, 2008“Germans love our jobs”
“Will all our bosses be German soon?”
“Only High German can be heard in the corridors of the university.”
“Switzerland is becoming more and more German.”
“Will patients have to speak High German at the doctor’s?”
Monday, 19 May, 2008“Germans love our jobs”
“Will all our bosses be German soon?”
“Only High German can be heard in the corridors of the university.”
“Switzerland is becoming more and more German.”
“Will patients have to speak High German at the doctor’s?”
Is there a talent leak?
Monday, 19 May, 2008Getting into one of Switzerland’s elite universities can be a joyous occasion for those who apply, but if you are a non-European Union citizen, don’t get too cozy. Stringent visa laws can make a celebratory post-graduation trip—a trip out of the country.
Monday, 19 May, 2008Getting into one of Switzerland’s elite universities can be a joyous occasion for those who apply, but if you are a non-European Union citizen, don’t get too cozy. Stringent visa laws can make a celebratory post-graduation trip—a trip out of the country.
Interview with…Ricardo Lumengo
Monday, 19 May, 2008Fleeing Angola’s civil war, 20-year-old Ricardo Lumengo sought asylum in Switzerland in 1982. Last year, voters in the canton of Bern sent Lumengo, a Social Democrat, to represent them the House of Representatives, making him the country’s first black parliamentarian. ONAIR met up with Lumengo between votes in the Federal Palace.
Monday, 19 May, 2008Fleeing Angola’s civil war, 20-year-old Ricardo Lumengo sought asylum in Switzerland in 1982. Last year, voters in the canton of Bern sent Lumengo, a Social Democrat, to represent them the House of Representatives, making him the country’s first black parliamentarian. ONAIR met up with Lumengo between votes in the Federal Palace.
Facing rejection: Where do they go?
Monday, 19 May, 2008Joao Baptista Lutalakio from Angola shares a room with seven others in the Kemptthal transit camp near Winterthur. The 45-year-old painter and decorator is a rejected asylum seeker. He has lived in Switzerland since 1994 but life has gotten tougher since new asylum laws came into effect.
Monday, 19 May, 2008Joao Baptista Lutalakio from Angola shares a room with seven others in the Kemptthal transit camp near Winterthur. The 45-year-old painter and decorator is a rejected asylum seeker. He has lived in Switzerland since 1994 but life has gotten tougher since new asylum laws came into effect.
Lazy days on Switzerland's Italian Riviera
Monday, 19 May, 2008Tucked away behind Switzerland’s trademark Alpine crests, in the far southeast corner of the country, lies an Italian-speaking region with a Mediterranean climate where dozens of towns and villages are scattered along two long, winding lakes: Lugano and Maggiore. Benvenuto a Ticino.
Monday, 19 May, 2008Tucked away behind Switzerland’s trademark Alpine crests, in the far southeast corner of the country, lies an Italian-speaking region with a Mediterranean climate where dozens of towns and villages are scattered along two long, winding lakes: Lugano and Maggiore. Benvenuto a Ticino.
Lausanne: City on the rise
Monday, 19 May, 2008Lausanne is… vertical. Let’s get that out of the way now. Just 375 meters above sea level at the lakefront, the landscape abruptly climbs 500 meters over the distance of a short 10-minute city drive to Le Chalet-à-Gobet in upper Lausanne.
Monday, 19 May, 2008Lausanne is… vertical. Let’s get that out of the way now. Just 375 meters above sea level at the lakefront, the landscape abruptly climbs 500 meters over the distance of a short 10-minute city drive to Le Chalet-à-Gobet in upper Lausanne.
HQ Switzerland
Monday, 19 May, 2008It only takes a quick glance around the lake shore of Geneva, where names of companies from around the globe crown building after building with an almost regal flair, to get a sense of the scope and importance of the international business presence in Switzerland.
Monday, 19 May, 2008It only takes a quick glance around the lake shore of Geneva, where names of companies from around the globe crown building after building with an almost regal flair, to get a sense of the scope and importance of the international business presence in Switzerland.
Dinner in five languages
Monday, 19 May, 2008If some foreign nationals are guilty of living in an English-language expat bubble (and some are), it must said that equally some lifelong Swiss citizens shy from crossing the language barriers of their own country. It’s a shame on both counts we think, so ONAIR decided to try to start bridging the gap, over dinner:
Monday, 19 May, 2008If some foreign nationals are guilty of living in an English-language expat bubble (and some are), it must said that equally some lifelong Swiss citizens shy from crossing the language barriers of their own country. It’s a shame on both counts we think, so ONAIR decided to try to start bridging the gap, over dinner:
Inside Track on Bern
Monday, 19 May, 2008Amid the winding streets and tourist attractions of the capital city, you’ll find some hip bars, innovative clubs and directional fashion stores, not to mention a fast-developing underground culture.
Monday, 19 May, 2008Amid the winding streets and tourist attractions of the capital city, you’ll find some hip bars, innovative clubs and directional fashion stores, not to mention a fast-developing underground culture.
