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The restaurant was named number one in the world by La Liste, a new ranking by the French foreign ministry. When chef Benoît Violier committed suicide earlier this year, his second-in-command and old friend Franck Giovannini had to step into his shoes. He’s an anomaly in this high pressure profession.
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Adam Sekuler is no stranger to crowdsourced cash. He’s in Locarno to promote Pow WowExternal link, an absorbing portrait of the Coachella Valley desert and the people who live in it. Around three-quarters of the film’s budget was crowdfundedExternal link by the producer Victoria Nevinny, including Sekuler’s wages as editor. This is the fifth time he has…
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The at-times frantic clicking on and off of a pen is the only sign of the adrenaline below the surface in this boyish-looking 42-year-old. He’s leading a lunch service at the restaurant in the Lausanne suburbs, which is adorned with three Michelin stars and 19 Gault&Millau points. Last year it was also named best in…
Will China censor its new star museum over Ai Weiwei?
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Uli Sigg has the world's largest collection of contemporary Chinese art. He's giving some of it to a new Hong Kong museum. But will it be censored by China?
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On the lack of democracy in China: “China is a society where every decision is made by officials. It is not a democratic society. There is no discussion at any level. That’s my impression. How profit is made, what is sacrificed to achieve that, where money is invested for the future, in education, or in society…
Ai Weiwei to make a film on Europe’s refugee crisis
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Speaking in the Swiss capital Bern, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has described the European refugee situation as a “test for humanity”.
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Switzerland is becoming safer. Police recently flagged up that crime rates fell by 7% in 2015, reaching a seven-year low. In 2014, homicide was actually at its lowest level in 30 years. Most homicides are carried out with sharp instruments like knives. Between 2012 and 2014 homicides and homicide attempts by guns decreased from a…
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The government’s plans would see a safeguard clause introduced to curb immigration, whereby Switzerland claims the right to limit free access to the labour market due to serious economic or social problems. It also provides for annual limits set by the cabinet on the number of permits issued to people from EU and European Free…
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Monday The newly opened Swiss Innovation Park has talented researchers, extensive scientific infrastructure and close ties to industry. But will the project help protect the Swiss economy under increasingly turbulent global market conditions? swissinfo takes a closer look. Whistle-blower Hervé Falciani blew the lid off tax dodging clients at the HSBC in Geneva. Now the…
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Germany could introduce strict laws on assisted suicide. Swiss associations are anxiously watching developments that could make their work illegal there.
Swiss await fallout of German assisted suicide laws
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Switzerland is the only country that helps non-residents to die. By far the biggest number of foreigners coming to Switzerland to end their life are people from Germany and the United Kingdom. Both countries have been grappling with their own assisted suicide legislation this year. In September, the British parliament rejected a moveExternal link to…
The Swiss start-ups trying to change the way we eat
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The lunchtime rush is about to start and restaurant manager Philip Gloor is practically running from one part of the kitchen to the next. On a weekday some 600 people eat at the Technopark start-up hub in Zurich. But there is at least one area in which Gloor can afford to relax today. Pulling up…
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Ask anyone who are Switzerland’s pop pioneers and they’ll cite dance duo Yello and post-industrial group The Young Gods. What does it take to do the same today?
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The Bern Museum of Communication’s “Oh Yeah!” exhibition traces the development of Swiss pop music over 60 years, from Hawaiian bands of the 1950s to the Beat generation, when every town had its own John Lennon or Keith Richards and the emergence of vibrant micro-scenes like punk, rock and metal. Switzerland’s first important underground group…
Should Switzerland take measures to support its struggling industries?
Industrial policies are back in fashion, not only in the United States but also in the EU. Should Switzerland, where various industries are struggling, draw inspiration from such policies?
