Category: Switzerland

UEFA closes Hajduk Split stadium for fans’ racist chants

NYON, Switzerland — UEFA has ordered Hajduk Split to play its next Europa League home game in an empty stadium as punishment for racist chants by fans. UEFA says its disciplinary panel also fined the Croatian club 50,000 euros ($58,000). Hajduk will serve the ban when it hosts Brondby on Aug. 3 in the second…

http://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/uefa-closes-hajduk-split-stadium-for-fans-racist-chants/wcm/82e24a6b-ed53-46d8-b010-1d3677aa1bc4

2017 Eurovision Review – Switzerland

Switzerland have two varieties of Eurovision acts. Sometimes, well most of the time (recently) they’ve picked shockers. Songs that just don’t make an impact on audiences, and as such don’t get the votes. The other variety is the surprise package, a la Sebalter, where the song is kinda out there, but gains this fan favourite […]

https://eurovisionunion.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/2017-eurovision-review-switzerland/

Even Young Children May Understand What You’re Thinking

Until a few decades ago, scholars believed that young children know very little, if anything, about what others are thinking. Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, who is credited with founding the scientific study of children’s thinking, was convinced that preschool children cannot consider what goes on in the minds of others. The interviews and experiments he…

http://time.com/4712967/young-children-understand-thinking/

Protests in Switzerland spark anger in Ankara

Turkey’s foreign ministry has reportedly summoned Switzerland’s deputy ambassador to Ankara following protests in Bern. http://ift.tt/2n65wS2 #3Novices #News #OnlineMedia 3Novices

https://3noviceseurope.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/3novicesprotests-in-switzerland-spark-anger-in-ankara/

Now revealed: German euthanasia case was in fact a set-up

The final version of the controversial judgment has not yet been published – but instead the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has revealed an important new detail of the facts underlying the German Federal Administrative Court’s decision opening the door to euthanasia:

https://agendaeurope.wordpress.com/2017/03/12/now-revealed-german-euthanasia-case-was-in-fact-a-set-up/

2017 Geneva Auto Show: Fast Cars and Diamond Dust

Ferraris that zoom to 211 mph. Royce-Royces with diamond-dusted paint. Dan Neil ponders the bubble economy as he tours the 2017 Geneva Auto Show. http://ift.tt/2ndRoXj #3Novices #News #OnlineMedia #LifeStyle 3Novices Europe

https://3noviceseurope.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/3novices2017-geneva-auto-show-fast-cars-and-diamond-dust/