Zurich – A Little Bit Closer to Heaven

Most of you have probably arrived at Zurich airport, much applauded for its short ways, excellent public transport connection and a fantastic shopping and restaurant scene. But when did you last stop to visit the city of Zurich?
Only recently, did I have the opportunity and I am simply thrilled by the many opportunities that this [...]

Swiss Canadian Celine Dion pregnant

Swiss Canadian singer Celine Dion is expecting twins with her manager 68-year old René Angélil. It was a tough road that took six in vitro fertilization attempts, but she finally is with child. The couple was married in 1994 and is parenting 9-year-old son René-Charles. Blast from the Past: Céline won the European Song Contest [...]

Swiss Art Collection Opens in the US

An art collection started more than 70 years ago in Switzerland has now become a major cultural attraction in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is being billed as the only museum dedicated to mid-twentieth century art in the southeastern United States. It is named after the family of Swiss-born Andreas Bechtler, [...]

Three Swiss women in top positions

2010 will go down in Swiss history books, as three women take on the three top leadership positions in Switzerland’s democratic government. Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard, who heads the Department of Economic Affairs, will hold the position of President of the Swiss Confederation. (In Switzerland, the presidency is rotated annually among the seven elected members [...]

SWISS ACADEMY AWARD ENTRY 2010

HOME by Ursula Meier
Finally the veil is lifted ! “HOME” by the young and talented Swiss Director Ursula Meier has been selected to compete at the Academy Award 2010 in the Best Foreign Language Film section. The film will be released in the USA on November 29th, 2009 in New [...]

Swiss Chocolate

Tasty, flavourful, healthy, stimulating and depression killing, compact and easily hideable in a jacket pocket or an office drawer – CHOCOLATE – the most famous famous Swiss export has definitely conquered the world, even more since health specialists have come to recognize the benefits of Cacao and especially dark chocolate. [...]