Tag: Swiss
Tennis world pays tribute to Roger Federer
Roger Federer announced his retirement from sport on September 15, 2022. The tennis world then immediately paid tribute to him. ” I wish that day had never come “, reacted…
Swiss Roger Federer announces his retirement
Tennis legend, Swiss Roger Federer, announced on September 15, 2022 in a press release his retirement at the end of the Laver Cup, a competition which will take place in…
Jean-Luc Godard resorted to assisted suicide, a practice that divides Europe
Director Jean-Luc Godard, who died at the age of 91 on Tuesday, resorted to assisted suicide in Switzerland. A practice that is not unanimous in Europe. And particularly in France,…
the last wave of the New Wave is no more
Jean-Luc Godard died on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at the age of 91. The Swiss director and screenwriter ofBreathless and Contempt, pioneer of the New Wave, was the last big…
disappearance of Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner
He was one of the pioneers of the New Wave in Switzerland and several of his films have become cinema staples. Director Alain Tanner died yesterday in Lausanne at the…
Philippe Jaenada, Ananda Devi, Léonora Miano, Mehdi Charef, among others, 9th stage
This week, we take you to discover several personalities against the background of the literary season: the French author Philippe Jaenada, the Mauritian author Ananda Devi, the Quebec author Denise…
billionaire Beny Steinmetz is playing his future in the face of Swiss justice
Sentenced in January 2021 to five years in prison and a fine of 50 million Swiss francs for corruption of public officials in the case of the Guinean mines of…
the writer Daniel de Roulet recounts the exiles of Swiss history
The Douarnenez festival, in Brittany, includes films but also books to explore the chosen theme, in this case this year the “underground Helvetians”. The French-speaking Swiss writer Daniel de Roulet…
“Underground Swiss”, Switzerland differently
We are at the Douarnenez festival, in Brittany, so it will not be a question here of how to make your savings grow in Switzerland or to promote watchmaking or…
Swiss guard tasked with protecting Pope Francis fainted
During Pope Francis’ weekly speech at the Vatican, the Swiss Guard tasked with guarding him fainted. The officers lifted the fainted guard and led him out of the Paul VI…