Новости за 13.10.2018

Several thousand people have taken to the streets of the Swiss city of Geneva to call for a radical action against climate change. Speakers at the rally which was attended by an estimated 3,500 people, criticised the politicians for ignoring the urgency of the situation. Last Monday, the United Nations panel on climate change published its latest report recommending more ambitious goals to counter global warming. Saturday’s demonstration, organised by an alliance of non-governmental organisations... Читать дальше...

Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure. Here’s a round-up of the most interesting statistics to appear in the past week’s stories. Monday 19 The number of points – out of 20 – awarded by the Gault&Millau guide to Chef of the Year Heiko Nieder, who cooks at the Dolder Grand hotel in Zurich. No one has ever reached 20 in Switzerland.  Tuesday 3 Good news for the Swiss economy, which is predicted to grow by 3% by the end of the year... Читать дальше...

Finance Minister Ueli Maurer says the government is pushing for negotiations with the United States on a bilateral free trade agreement. Maurer said he was optimistic that the Swiss government would approve a mandate for talks before the end of the year as the moment was right for a new attempt after a previous effort failed more than ten years ago. “The US export market is very interesting for Swiss farmers,” Maurer told the Swiss News Agency on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Читать дальше...

A Swiss short film about an Alzheimer patient and his wife has won a Student Academy Award in the United States. "Fast Alles" (Almost Everything), a 24-minute graduation film by Lisa Gertsch who studies at the Zurich arts college, was awarded a silver Student Oscar in the section Narrative - International Film Schools. The prizes were handed over at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, the University of the Arts said in a statement on Friday. Gertsch was among nearly 1,600 entries from 400 schools to... Читать дальше...

A new centre promoting innovation in teaching has been opened at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). The LEARN Center for Learning Sciences provides services, research labs and entrepreneurial programmes in the field of education.  “To keep pace with the remarkable advancements in digital technology, we need to update both what we teach and how we teach,” says Pierre Vandergheynst, EPFL’s Vice President for Education. The institute's goal is to to try out new teaching... Читать дальше...

How much does a schoolteacher earn in Switzerland? The federal system means that there are big differences between the cantons. There is also a gap between theory and practice. If you’re a Kindergarten teacher, you’d be better off working in the French-speaking canton of Geneva than in the southern Alpine canton of Graubünden: you’ll get CHF97,000 ($97,700) per year in the former, CHF60,000 in the latter. For primary school teachers, the story is the same: CHF97,000 in top payer Geneva, versus CHF66,000 in Italian-speaking Ticino. Читать дальше...

After publishing his photographic collection, "Voyage en Suisse" ("Journey to Switzerland"), Geneva photographer Patrick Gilliéron Lopreno continues his wanderings on the outskirts of an iconic Switzerland with "Eloge de l’invisible" ("Praise for the Invisible").  The photographer's new work has been enriched by an encounter, as unlikely as it is successful, with writer, publisher and polemicist Slobodan Despot, who wrote the preface. Left-leaning Lopreno and rightwing Despot shared their views on the Swiss landscape... Читать дальше...

A Swiss start-up is developing a holographic navigation system that is creating a global buzz. Porsche, Hyundai and Alibaba are investing in these Zurich-based entrepreneurs. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)