Latest news in Switzerland.
22 November 2022
As part of the project “Programs da correctura ortografica rumantscha” (programmes for correcting Romansh), the organisations Pro Svizra Rumantscha and the Lia Rumantscha are launching a new programme for correcting written texts with and on the computer. Six programmes for the five idioms (Puter, Surmiran, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Vallader and Rumantsch Grischun) will be available when … Read more » “The Romansh Spell Checkers”
12 October 2022
The Swiss government (Bundesrat/Conseil fédéral) has been meeting once or twice a year at a different location, extra muros, of the Federal Palace (Bundeshaus) in Bern since 2010. On 12 October, the government was present in Müstair (Val Müstair/ Münstertal) in canton Graubünden. The government met with the Regenza (cantonal government) intra muros of the monastery (Claustra Son … Read more » “Müstair, Symbol of Swiss Unity”
20 September 2022
The regions of Basel, Baden and Alsace along the Upper Rhine (Oberrhein/Haut-Rhin) share a common Alemannic language and have been closely linked culturally, socially and economically for centuries. Concrete cooperation exists in several areas, including the organisation RegioTriRhena. Since 2021, Art’Rhena has also been collaborating culturally with France and Germany on the Rhine island of … Read more » “Art’Rhena”
15 September 2022
The Lia Rumantscha took the initiative to establish local organisations in Switzerland for Romansh-speaking people living outside the Romansh-speaking regions in Graubünden. The “Rumantsch en la diaspora” project aims to ensure a sustainable network of organisations to preserve this language and culture in Switzerland. About a third of the Romansh-speaking people (the Romansh diaspora) live … Read more » “The Romansh Diaspora”
22 August 2022
The 98th conference of the Organisation for Swiss Abroad (Auslandschweizer Organisation (ASO)/Organisation de la Suisse au l’Etrangé, OSE) was held in Lugano (canton of Tessin/Ticino) from 19 to 21 August. The central theme was democracy from the perspective of European and global developments, as well as the place and role of Switzerland and the Swiss … Read more » “Democracy in perspective”
17 July 2022
The media are indispensable to the functioning of a democracy. This is particularly true of multicultural, federal, decentralised Switzerland, with its direct democracy and other forms of direct citizen and civil society participation. What characterises the media in federalism in general and in Switzerland in particular? What is the current state of the Swiss media … Read more » “Media, Federalism and Democracy”
12 July 2022
The Partnerships 360 Symposium, held at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva, will take place from July 11 to 13. It brings together allied and partner nations for a free exchange of ideas on the future evolution of NATO’s partnerships policy. Switzerland is the first partner nation to be tasked with organising the Partnerships … Read more » “The Partnerships 360 Symposium”
20 May 2022
One more year, and the Association Regio Basiliensis will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2023 as one of the first cross-border partnerships in Europe. Regio Basiliensis The Association (www.regbas.ch) is a successful pioneer of cross-border cooperation, distinguishing itself through its political and institutional framework. This is expressed, for example, in the Oberrheinkonferenz (Upper Rhine Conference), the Oberrheinrat (Upper Rhine … Read more » “The Upper Rhine Cooperation”
30 April 2022
Approximately one-third of all Romansh language speakers now reside outside the canton of Grisons/Graubünden. The (travelling) exhibition aims to inform the other language communities of the country (German, French and Italian) about this language and culture and enlarge the network of speakers of Romansh. Even with only basic knowledge of Latin, German, French and/or Italian, … Read more » “Romansh Language and Culture”
15 March 2022
Hospitals are testing therapies today, and pharmaceutical companies are rapidly developing vaccines. At the same time, the public discusses the results of medicine and debates its significance. Rarely has the work on the unknowable been as visible as in the past two years. In Basel, pandemics and medicine have been science and industry focal points for … Read more » “Topical Medicine History and Inoculation”
