A cheesemaker is Switzerland is playing hip-hop and rock to his Emmental to make it taste better

schuetz-mediendesign / Pixabay Cheesemaker Beat Wampfler has teamed up with researchers from the University of the Arts in Bern to see if music can change the taste of cheese. His Emmentals are being blasted with a mixture of rock, classical, and hip-hop music. They will be tested in the new year to see if the […]

‘He doesn’t represent Switzerland’: ex-Liverpool star on Xhaka’s Albanian roots

Former Liverpool and Switzerland defender Stephane Henchoz has slammed likely new Swiss captain Granit Xhaka by claiming he does not represent the “traditional” country – because of his Albanian roots. Arsenal midfielder Xhaka was born in Basel, Switzerland, to Albanian parents from Serbia and rose through the ranks of his local team FC Basel and […]

‘Very lucky, but they won’t care’ – Schmeichel on deflected Swedish winner against Switzerland

Peter Schmeichel says Sweden’s deflected goal which earned them a World Cup win over Switzerland and a place in the quarter-finals was “lucky,” but added the Swedes won’t mind how they booked their place in the last eight. Sweden ran out 1-0 winners in St. Petersburg when Emil Forsberg’s strike on 66 minutes deflected off […]

Sweden, Switzerland locked in tense battle

Video Image Japanese, Mexican World Cup fairytales come to an end1:20 World Cup: All the goals from another knock of Round of 16 action at the World Cup, featuring Brazil v Mexico and Belgium v Japan. July 3rd 2018 17 hours ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/Football/ The Daily Telegraph Share Share on Facebook Share on […]

Switzerland chooses gold bullion over paper wealth backed by US dollar

Another country is betting on physical gold. Switzerland’s pension fund has boosted its investments in bullion, switching from the paper-backed securities in US dollars. Read more “The Swiss government Pension System decided to change from paper gold in the amount of 700 million CHF into physical gold and store it in Switzerland. The 700 million […]

Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here’s why it doesn’t have mass shootings

REUTERS/Thomas Hodel Switzerland hasn’t had a mass shooting since 2001, when a man stormed the local parliament in Zug, killing 14 people and then himself. The country has about 2 million privately owned guns in a nation of 8.3 million people. In 2016, the country had 47 homicides with firearms. The country’s overall murder rate […]

Switzerland first to test integrating drones into its air traffic control

Enlarge / During the recent California wild fires, there were several reports of drones interfering with firefighting attempts. (credit: Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Switzerland is on the cusp of becoming the first country to formally integrate drones into the air traffic management system that controls its airspace. The limited integration is the […]