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The love story of Röbi Rapp and Ernst Ostertag has been turned into the feature film “Der Kreis” or “The Circle”. It reveals the inner workings of the pioneering gay organisation by the same name. (SRF Kulturplatz, swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to...

Jan Skoyles became the CEO of The Real Asset Company in July 2014. She is a regular guest at The Keiser Report. We Are Change Rotterdam interviewed her at the 'Geld voor de Toekomst' congress at Erasmus University in Rotterdam on 20 September 2014. Jan's company website: http://therealasset.co.uk/about/meet-the-team/ Want to support us? http://www.wearechangerotterdam.tv/weneedchange

Jan Skoyles became the CEO of The Real Asset Company in July 2014. She is a regular guest at The Keiser Report. We Are Change Rotterdam interviewed her at the 'Geld voor de Toekomst' congress at Erasmus University in Rotterdam on 20 September 2014. Jan's company website: http://therealasset.co.uk/about/meet-the-team/ Want to support us? http://www.wearechangerotterdam.tv/weneedchange

Mark Basla, Vice President, DVIRC, interviews Marc Chandler, Global Head of Currency Strategy, during DVIRC annual manufacturing executive conference. Chandler discusses the US manufacturing employment trends gaining back 600,000 jobs, and the multiple effect whereby for every manufacturing job, 2 - 4 jobs are created outside of manufacturing. He also addresses the US skill shortage challenges where the school systems are not generating the STEM skills required for the jobs, essential to...

A Swiss-Indian enterprise has plans to develop 1,000 special hydro-electric power plants in remote Indian villages with no electricity. The plants will be copies of a gravitation water vortex plant in the village of Schöftland, canton Aargau – the only one in Switzerland. The innovative plants are small, simple, low maintenance and built to last. (SRF Schweiz Aktuell, swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report...

East-West relations are more strained than ever as a result of the Ukraine conflict. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned of the consequences of an arms build-up in an exclusive interview with Swiss public television. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or...

A new kind of sponge being developed in Switzerland could help contain future oil spills. Researchers at the Empa materials testing lab have created the sponge by modifying the chemical properties of nanocellulose in order to absorb mineral oils. (SRF Tagesschau, swissinfo.ch)  -- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews...

The Modeco school of fashion and design in Zurich has seen a revolution in textile design since it first opened in 1889. Students’ aspirations may have changed but the quality of the craftsmanship is being kept alive. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or...

Letters are a thing of the past: but how much have emails and text messages changed what people write when communicating with far-off friends and family? (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube channel: Website:...