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VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU COLLECTION

The VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU COLLECTION encompasses four of the best luxury hotels from the lovely, small country right in the middle of Europe. The VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU Grand Hotel & Spa in Interlaken, the PALACE LUZERN, the EDEN AU LAC in Zurich and the BELLEVUE PALACE in the capital Berne must be household words to anyone who is interested in first class hotel business.

The VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU COLLECTION is the best address for Wellness Switzerland. In the VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU Grand Hotel in Interlaken for example, you will find a SPA that extends over 5’500 square metres. It is a unique experience for body and soul as it offers everything you cold dream of. Enjoying a breathtaking mountain view and relaxing in the swirling water at the same can give you one of the best moments of your life.

The VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU COLLECTION is also the best address for Seminar Switzerland. In the PALACE LUZERN are 13 fully air-conditioned meeting and event rooms waiting to serve guests comfortable hours in a relaxing atmosphere. As the hotel cherishes a commitment to culture, the three new seminar rooms are named after the eminent orchestral conductors Helmut von Karajan, Sir Georg Solti and Leonard Bernstein. It is self-evident that all rooms are equipped with best furniture and that every possible technical infrastructure can be rented.

It should not be forgotten to mention that the VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU COLLECTION is also the best address for vacation Switzerland. The EDEN AU LAC for example is situated in the centre of the city with the highest life quality all over the world. It is not just great to live in Zurich; it is also an unforgettable experience to visit Zurich as a tourist. With the world-known opera house, the theatres and many great museums and galleries it has a cultural life that bears comparison with all other leading cities. Many shopping facilities and cosy street cafés will make the time pass fast, which is not too bad, because you are looking forward to spend the night in a hotel with great atmosphere and long tradition.

There are many good Hotels Bern, but none is as good as the BELLEVUE PALACE. The traditional building is located right next to the Swiss Parliament Building. Many statesmen from all around the world have already visited the first class house. Therefore statesman like discretion, but also Bernese hospitality and a unique traditional hotel culture are seen and lived as a matter of course. At the famous BELLEVUE Bar many political coalitions have been built and political decisions have been taken. Some people rumour that the Swiss Politic is not being made in the Swiss Parliament Building, it is made at the BELLEVUE Bar.

Why not spending your honeymoon in an unforgettable atmosphere? The Tower Suite in the VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU Grand Hotel & Spa offers for sure an unforgettable atmosphere. From the distinctive dome atop the roof of the hotel, you can enjoy a spectacular view to the Alps. The Suite leaves nothing to be desired. Pure luxury and the ultimate elegance are assured over the entire fifth floor of the hotel, which is part of the Tower Suite in its entirety. It will not just be hard to find anything like that in another Swiss Hotel, it will also be hard to find anything comparable in the entire world. Dreams can come true here and everyone hopes that he or she will never wake up again.

28.04.2008
Swiss Bear Shot

The bear JJ3 in the Swiss Alps was shot because it was a risk for the people who lived in the area. The bear was shot after the risk plan for bears, which was invented in 2006 as a reaction to the bear that came to Switzerland in 2005. Wild life is a big risk for agriculture: hungry bears steal lambs.

23.04.2008
The Club of Rome Relocates to Winterthur

The Club of Rome has decided to move from Hamburg (Germany) to Winterthur (Switzerland). The move to Winterthur has been discussed for a long time. In a first time, the Club of Rome wanted to move to Zurich itself but a Referendum made impossible the move. Now Robert Heuberger makes possible the move with private goods: He guarantees to spend 360,000 CHF a year in a period of five years. The Club of Rome will open up the main office in Switzerland.

11.04.2008
Del Ponte Cannot Promote Her Book

Carla Del Ponte, former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal is not allowed to do her book presentation. As an official Swiss representative, Del Ponte is not allowed to give a speech about her new book “The Hunt: Me and War Criminals.”

02.04.2008
University of Zurich: 175th Birthday

This year, the university of Zurich is celebrating its 175 year's birthday. With many activities throughout the whole year, science meets the public. The slogan that leads through the year is the following: Share knowledge (“Wissen teilen”). Professors of many disciplines show their knowledge and their way of doing research in blogs. A big service for the public just for the grace that the public offers the possibility to maintain the university.

01.02.2008
Radio and Television licences

The Federal Office of Communications has received 75 applications for the 41 licences that are available for VHF radio. The projects that were handed in have to be checked and therefore a hearing will be organised. The projects will be chosen in the mid’s of the year 2008. This application is attractive for 34 applicants: Those receive money from the radio concession..

07.01.2008
Communication Prize for the VBS

The VBS (Department of Defence and Sports of Switzerland)
has won a prize for their communication skills.
The centre for electronical media has won the “Master of Communication 2007”. This prize is another one for the VBS
since it has already a good kudos for its films: In many international competitions, the VBS has carried off prizes.

04.12.2007
Political Relevance of Blogs

A broad survey of blog mentions in Swiss medias has led to the discovery that the relevance of blogs for a broader public is not given. The Master thesis in political sciences has analyzed the most important newspaper-entries about blogs. From this data, the longer attended assumption had to be affirmated: blogs are just active like volcanos in the little contexts and not the broader of society. The impact of blogs on politics is insignificant.

23.11.2007
33rd America's Cup Postponed

On 22 November, the America's Cup organisation has stated an official press release that reports that the 33rd competition of the America's Cup must be postponed. Due to legal uncertainties between the title defending team Alinghi from Switzerland and BMW Oracle, Germany's team, the race will not take place in 2009.

19.11.2007
Exhibition on The Swiss Myth of Tell

William Tell, the mythical figure of Switzerland par excellence has stood as source of inspiration for centuries. A new exhibition of the Swiss National Library in Berne shows the influence of the myth of Tell on advertising art. The library shows many pictures and posters of its own collections.

14.11.2007
More News For Switzerland

Switzerland has recently gotten a new news radio. With DRS 4, Swiss people are able to receive news just in time. The new radio program is also introducing the new DAB frequence to Swiss households. This program can only be received with DAB, cable or the Internet, there is no more available via the traditional short wave way.

06.11.2007
2 Million Copies of Leopard Sold

Apple has sold nearly 2 million copies of its recently launched operating system Leopard. For a market comparison: Microsoft, market leader in operating systems for computers, has sold 20 million units of its new system Windows Vista in the first month after the release.

25.10.2007
Swiss National Library Archives Web Pages of Elections 2007

For the first time in Internet and state history of Switzerland, the National Library of Switzerland archives the web pages from parties, who are in electoral competitions. It is the purpose of the library to archive everything written, that is produced in Switzerland. Scientists can access a broad choice of Swiss publications over a waste period of time.

14.09.2007
University of St. Gallen Starts Research for Disabled Persons

One of the most difficult questions about disabilities in society is now in research at the University of St. Gallen: How should disabled persons be integrated in society? The scientific approach is focused on the economic point of view. This research can be realised due to cooperation with the myhandicap foundation.

07.09.2007
Swiss Youth is Interested in Global Development

The last contest of Micheline Calmy-Rey shows it: Swiss youth is interested in their future. The contest was launched in February 2007 and over 100 projects with huge potential were sent in. Now the President of Confederation has to choose between these projects: Which ones are the most social? Which is the most outstanding project? Prizes worth a total of 25000 CHF will be given to the best ones.

31.08.2007
Cities – An Indicator for Social Development?

Cities are built in every place, where many people meet. Centralisation is one of the most striking developments of industrialisation but even existed in the Middle Ages or in early civilisations. Cities could be seen as a factor, indicator or effect of specialisation of jobs: people can learn the thing they really like to do and make their living of it. And cities also need respect for people: Where so many people live not everybody can live the way he wants, he has also the will of others.

17.08.2007
Andreas Spillmann New Director of the Swiss National Museums

Andreas Spillmann is the new director of the Swiss National Museums. After his studies he began a career as actor for theatre but soon took up studies in economy. He already had important positions in cultural environments and will be an important person for the new positioning of Swiss museums.

10.08.2007
Harry Potter 7 in the Internet

Harry Potter’s internet story opens a new chapter: Not only was the book scanned and published before the book came into stores, now a French student has published his own French translation in the internet. Perhaps this shows a new trend, which should be followed by the editors: Pre-publication of the books in the Internet to make happy their readers.

30.07.2007
Montreux Jazz - Successful again

The 41st jazz festival in Montreux took place this July. Once again many well-known jazz stars were live in concert. How successful the festival was, shows also the ticket sales. More than 80 000 tickets were sold – much more than normally. The festival is the possibility for jazz passionates to meet jazz stars in ad hoc performances with other jazz musicians. That’s what makes Montreux the jazz city.

22.07.2007
Harry Potter for the Fans in Switzerland

The bookworms of Switzerland have queued for their favourite book too. Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows arrived in Switzerland. After hitting the blogosphere with thoughts about copies in the internet, Swiss Potterfans can spend their holidays on reading the final tome of JK Rowling’s story. The wizard’s saga is one of the most successful stories of the twentieth and twenty-first century.

10.07.2007
Roger Federer Wins for the 5 th Time

This weekend, Roger Federer won his fifth Wimbledon tournament. He has now the same number of Wimbledon victories as Bjorn Borg, the Swedish tennis legend. The game against the Spaniard Rafael Nadal who is now world’s number two. Roger Federer has to remain motivated because motivation is the most important thing for a worldclass player – in any kind of sports. Perhaps he will go on winning some other Wimbledon games and surpass Borg.

22.06.2007
“Facts” announces its last number

This week, Tamedia announced that its news magazine will have the last number next week. This decision was not expected, as the news magazine sector seems attractive: The German Springer edition is planning a new Swiss edition of their well-known magazine “Spiegel”. The trend to less media in Switzerland has taken with this announcement and those of the discontinuation of “Cash” another dimension.

15.06.2007
Google Earth Not Just a Toy

Google Earth is not just a toy as many people say. It does not just help in geographical issues if school kids have to learn where cities are or which rivers touch which landscapes. Google Earth is also getting involved in political issues, as it is the case with indigenous of the Amazons: They help to go against woodchoppers.

08.06.2007
Zurich Tramways in the World

This week it was announced that Zurich trams were shipped to Vinnitsa, a Ukrainian city. 13 Tramways are now on the roads for everyday’s public transport. The donation is part of a cooperation between Switzerland and Eastern Europe: There have already been transported 48 trams from Switzerland to an Eastern country since 2001. The last ones were taken to Romania and Belgrade.

01.06.2007
No More Cash until July

The weekly magazine “Cash” will no longer follow its print medium with tradition. As the first Swiss media agency, Ringier will introduce a new combination: “Cash daily” with “cash.ch” and cash mobile will be the new product mix. “Cash daily” is already available today as a free daily newspaper. People who have still their subscriptions can choose from a broad palette of other magazines.

28.05.2007
Positive Effects with Free Circulation of Persons

The agreement with the European Union has good effects on Swiss labour markets. The immigration of European Union’s citizens adapts to the needs of Swiss economy. The unemployment rate has even been reduced from 3.8% in 2005 to 3.3% last year. The regulation of immigration for the new EU countries (those countries who became members in 2004) will be valid until 2011.

14.05.2007
Benedict's Brazil mission

Pope Benedict XVI is seeking to reinforce his influence in Brazil: The head of Catholics wants to show his conservative line of Catholicism also in Brazil. Many Brazils think that abortion should be allowed by religion. But religion has its principles and these ones are not to change every now and then. The cultural background assures values also for coming generations and not only for today’s trends.

05.05.2007
Books equally traded as bananas

This week, Swiss federal council has decided that unique prices for books are not legally. The main argument of the  supporters is that with one unique price for a book is a plus fo.r everyone: diversity on book market in respect of cultural or educational aspects. The ones who don’t support a unique price say that ther is no need of making an extra rule for books on the market20.04.2007
Pro Helvetia presents new solutions

As the Swiss culture foundation, Pro Helvetia, is one of the most important association to support cultural projects. The new key words are “experimentation, difference, confrontation and respect”. Projects with special aim of experimentation get donations to be realised individually and without depending on money from special people. The foundation works very professionally and has augmented their effectiveness for culturally active people. 13.04.2007
Blogging in New Languages

Blogger, Google’s blogging tool is now available in new languages such as Netherlands, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Turkish, Danish, Finnish and Hindi. This makes a total of 19 languages available. For Hindi there exists a new transliteration system that makes possible writing texts in Hindi in the way Hindi is written normally on computers but then is changed into Hindi signs.29.03.2007
Swiss design all around the world
Swiss design is not just swiss army knives or Freitag bags. But minimalistic design is characteristically for other design objects. Whether it’s the Rex peeler or a bag, functionality seems to be the most important factor for Swiss designers. This is also how “Helvetica” one of the most used typefaces was designed. In this particular case the formula “nomen est omen” has the whole value. Some parts of Swiss design history is shown in a museum in Lausanne. 23.03.2007
Visiting Swiss Parliament
The Bernese museum night of March 23 makes possible the impossible: While Swiss parliament is under construction, no people can go inside to visit the interesting architecture. In this only night, it is possible to see the whole building in its construction state.15.03.2007
Internet is gaining acceptance
When last Sunday Swiss citizens cast their vote, the role of Internet became more important for politics. In the Canton of Neuchâtel many people were able to take part in an experiment of evoting. Swiss parliament decided that the evaluation can be extended. 09.03.2007
International Women’s Day
You probably asked yourself “what on earth is the international women’s day?” It is a day where women’s advancement in society is more important than on other days. But it is also a platform for marketing purpose: many well-known international companies use the day to confirm what they as employers did for women’s acceptation20.02.2007
21/7 police deny making 'threats'
Two detectives who escorted one of the 21 July case defendants from Birmingham to London have denied threatening or intimidating him during that journey. DC David Hillier and DC Alistair Woods picked up Yassin Omar, 26, after he had been arrested at gunpoint by officers from the West Midlands police. 02.02.2007
British Soldier Killed Is U.K.'s 100th
A soldier killed in a roadside bombing Monday was the 100th British death attributed to hostile action since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to the Ministry of Defense. The British soldier, who was not immediately identified, was killed near the U.S. consulate in Basra, Capt. Katie Brown said from Basra, where about 7,500 British troops are based. 18.01.2007
Hain steps up campaign
Peter Hain's attack on President Bush and the Iraq war will undoubtedly embarrass Tony Blair on the day he meets US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in London. But, as the campaign to replace John Prescott as deputy Labour leader intensifies, he can expect more - candidate Hilary Benn, for example, has also said it is time to admit to the mistakes made in Iraq. 12.01.2007
UK braced for more stormy weather
More strong winds are predicted on Friday as stormy conditions continue to affect parts of the country. Winds will reach 70mph, causing further damage in parts of Scotland and north England, BBC weather forecasters say. 28.12.2006
Blair under fire for holiday
Tony Blair's office tried to deflect criticism of his holiday at the U.S. mansion of pop star Robin Gibb on Thursday, saying the prime minister had paid for the stay. Conservatives and newspapers savaged Blair over his year-end break at the Bee Gees star's luxurious Florida home, demanding to know whether it was costing taxpayers money or if it was a "freebie". 13.12.2006
Blair says Middle East peace is most important world issue
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday that there was 'nothing more important' in world politics than the Middle East peace process. Blair, who is preparing to make a trip to the region, told a news conference in London that the situation for the Palestinians had become 'desperate.'