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In Davos the C-100 aims hopes to boost understanding between Christians und Muslims

The World Economic Forum in Davos is not just about globalisation and doing business. A group called "The Council of 100 Leaders" uses the event to promote dialogue between world religions. more...

Hosting the world: Klaus Schwab is the man behind the World Economic Forum

In January he will once again summon the rich and powerful to Davos to discuss the global situation. Klaus Schwab's task is to try and find a balance between the powers in this world. more...

Magdeburg Matrix - a young Swiss scientist is in search of it

How do nerve cells communicate? Neurobiologist Renato Frischknecht is looking for an answer to this question at the Leibniz Institute in Magdeburg. more...

Twinned towns transcend

The towns of Rottweil, Germany, and Brugg, Switzerland, have been officially twinned since 1913. It is the oldest partnership between a German and foreign town. more...

Pop music under the palms in Frankfurt's opulent public gardens

Switzerland, Germany's financial capital and palm trees have not got a lot in common, but a Swiss botanist has managed to combine them all in Frankfurt. more...

World-renowned art academy attracts Swiss to the German flatlands

For decades, the renowned international reputation of the Dusseldorf Art Academy has attracted numerous artists from Switzerland to the banks of the River Rhine. more...

Sweet or sour - Bahlsen scientists go in search of the «European taste»

The English like them rich, the Italiens prefer them to be firm and the French do not like them bitter - baking buscuits in Hanover is an exact science. more...

Spirit of "Magic Mountain" Davos lives on at World Economic Forum

Davos, in the Swiss canton of Graubuenden, was already a renowned resort when it achieved literary fame with the publication of Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain" in 1924. more...

Steady supply: The World Economic Forum's Water Initiative

Water is Life - and the basis for doing business: And because fresh water is becoming increasingly scarce in many regions of the planet, the World Economic Forum (WEF) Water Initiative was launched in the summer of 2003, as part of the UN Year of Water. more...

Young Global Leaders: Elite group includes a Turkish-German

Mehmt Daimaguler, born in 1968, is a pragmatist. "The Forum is a global, well-positioned network. Now what is at stake is that it is also used," says the man who holds both Turkish and German citizenship. more...

Spirit of «Magic Mountain» Davos lives on at World Economic Forum

Whether as a refuge for TB patients, winter sports paradise or meeting-place for the rich and powerful, the Swiss resort has always managed to reinvent itself. more...

Discreet ALDI brothers go from penny pinchers to billionaires

Karl and Theo Albrecht started off in 1946 with a small shop in Essen. Today there is no stopping the «Aldization» of Switzerland. more...

Swiss ocean researcher Nikolaus Gelpke lives for the sea

Zurich-born ocean ecologist Nikolaus Gelpke dives, sails and is the founder of the leading German magazine for ocean-lovers. more...

Two eastern German theatres are firmly in Swiss hands

Two Swiss theatre directors are struggling in central Germany to reform age-old work structures and are not always making themselves popular at the same time. more...

A former colleague of the pontiff is still active at university

Hans Kueng taught alongside Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. One man went to Rome and the other became a eminent critic of papal authority. more...

Swiss director delves into Brunswick's past

Coincidence brought Gilbert Holzgang to Brunswick in 1996. Since then the Swiss has learned more about the history of the city than most of its residents. more...

A life devoted to solar energy: Physicist Lux-Steiner

Swiss scientist Martha Lux-Steiner coordinates from the renowned Hahn-Meitner Institute (HMI) in Berlin a project aimed at producing low-priced solar energy cells. more...

Swiss food makes a breakthrough in Berlin

From apprentice cook in the Alps to prominent landlord in Berlin: Stefan Schneck and his original Swiss cooking have even convinced Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. more...

How a used truck tarpaulin became a cult fashion accessory

The German word Freitag (Friday) means more than just a day of the week. It is the name given by two Swiss brothers to bags made from old truck tarpaulins. more...