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Greek crisis fallout
Franc faces return to unwanted “safe haven” tag
With the countdown to the Greek general elections ticking down, investors are scrambling to find safe havens for their assets while countries, including Switzerland, are trying desperately to put them off.
Eerie calm
Finding oases amid the Greek upheaval
Greece is in the eye of the current eurozone crisis. Last year was particularly tough with 110,000 firms going bust and record unemployment. Photographer Carl De Keyzer found pockets of the country that reflect the economic demise.
Not wasted
A home made of recycled materials
Elemér Zalotay has built his home almost entirely from second-hand material. While other buildings undergo costly renovations or are demolished after just a few decades use, this Hungarian architect found his own way to deal with the effects of time.
Common language
English challenges multilingual Switzerland
The language debate is reaching new heights in Switzerland with French and Italian speakers uneasy about the progressive abandonment of their languages by the German-speaking community in favour of English.
Hidden vaults
Underwater cathedrals
Photographer Silvio Maraini has documented rarely visited spaces: empty underground water tanks. Sublime temples and columns are just some of the elements of these “underwater cathedrals".
Zero emissions
Grape things come in organic packages
A wine-making cooperative in canton Valais recently won an innovation prize from the organic farming umbrella organisation, BioSuisse, for working without chemicals and using emission-free energy sources. swissinfo finds out how it’s done.
Life after Merck Serono
Swiss biotech industry weathers upset
The decision by Merck Serono to close its Geneva site has been a shock to western Switzerland. But seen from a wider perspective, the closure may generate opportunities for emerging biotech companies in this still young industry.
Erotic niche
“Pornography is my profession”
Born into Swiss porn ‘nobility’, Zoë Stähli runs an X-rated art gallery in downtown Zurich and oversees the creative side of her family’s porn empire. Her greatest enemy is conformism.
Building boom
Crisis or no crisis, the world still needs cement
Global production of cement has more than doubled over the past 15 years. One of the leading players is the Swiss multinational company Holcim, which celebrates its centenary this year.
Hydropower
Swiss Alps proposed as powerhouse of Europe
Many European countries are turning away from atomic power to focus on renewable energies. Switzerland’s water reservoirs could make up for future gaps in supply.
Art market landscape
Auction highlights renewed interest in Swiss art
Sotheby’s in Zurich is auctioning 97 works of Swiss art worth an estimated total of SFr9.3 million ($9.6 million) on Monday. Some are going on the market for the first time amid a revival in interest for historic Swiss artists.
Dance demo
10,000 fight for the right to party in Bern
A crowd of more than 10,000 danced through the streets of Bern on Saturday night, the largest such youth event seen in the capital for 25 years. The partygoers were protesting against restrictions on the city’s nightlife.
Vote June 17
Anti-EU group seeks bigger say on foreign policy
Conservative isolationists want to give voters the final say on international treaties, defying the government and parliament. The issue, backed only by the political right, comes to a nationwide ballot on June 17.
Pakistani police question U.S. diplomats on weapons
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