Switzerland

faces a lot of challenges and future perspectives. Switzerland was never a true watchmaker. Before, in the 14th century the pioneers at this industry were German, Italy, England and France. More than for 200 years they were producing luxury watches. Only at the second half…

of various actors before and during World War II can almost all be linked in some way to the Holocaust. Yet, it is important to illuminate the complexity of the ‘bystander’, which I will attempt to do through a case study of the neutral country Switzerland during World War II. Scholarly debate has centred around two central issues in the neutrality of nations; firstly, whether the atrocities of the Holocaust created a situation so unique and unlike previous wars that the legal right to…

Sick Around the World In the movie Sick Around the World, researcher T.R. Reid travels around the world to see how other countries have established their healthcare. The countries being evaluated are the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland. These countries are all capitalist democracies and all have a very different healthcare system. The purpose of this movie was to evaluate the different healthcare systems, see how they differ and see what the United states could be doing…

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” Said by John Quincy Adams. The quote mentions everything Federer has done to Switzerland and to the world. He inspires young kids and everybody else to dream more and fight their way though, hoping that one day they will stand where Federer stands. From having Roger Federer as an idol, many people started to work hard in their own career. He lights up the words “ Everything is possible” on…

Un the UK they banned guns and still have problems with gun violence while in Switzerland they have lax gun laws but almost no gun violence why is that? The answer is simple and that is training. Is Switzerland everyone is a member of the military is taught by proxy responsible gun ownership and respect for firearms. While in the UK they are not taught responsible gun ownership and so have no…

was one of these people, having saved thousands of Jews illegally by letting them cross the border into Switzerland during the Holocaust.…

Confessions starts off by Rousseau telling us how he grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. Even though he was a bit of a trouble maker he was very kind at heart. His dad also has a knack for getting in trouble and when he get into trouble with the law, that forces his dad to flee Geneva forcing Rousseau to have to move in with his cousin to study Latin and build illegal aqueducts. Rousseau tries his hand at a few professions as an apprentice, but he's just not a fan of the working life. A mysterious…

by Adalbert Bode, a well know playboy from Switzerland. It is also possible that it was owned by an architect from Zurich, named Max or Marco Schmuklerski, who was originally from Poland. It is possible that the Bugatti was acquired by Max at that time, who was a student of architecture on the prestigious college Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. However, it is not known from who did Max received or bought the car. Max brought the Bugatti in Switzerland and put it into storage. However, he forgot…

represents the influence from German culture, which stands for equal rights. But, on the other hand, Switzerland is shown as a country with high level of individualism, where people are only carrying about themselves and their immediate relatives. This dimension also means that the career growth of individualist in any business is only based on personal characteristics and achievements. Next, Switzerland is a masculine society, which represents an idea “live in order to work’. Workers are…

Italy has an interesting geography that is unique to it. For example, its absolute location is 42 N, 12 E. Italy borders France to the west, Switzerland and Austria to the north, and Slovakia to the east. Italy’s area is 301,340 square kilometers and is slightly larger than Arizona (Italy CIA). Italy has many rivers and the longest of them, the Po, stretches across the northern part of Italy, which is mostly plains. Italy has more than 1,000 bodies of water with many of them are small lakes…