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DIPLOMACY: Switzerland receives Czech President Petr Pavel and his wife on a state visit this Tuesday. Federal President Viola Amherd and the Czech President will jointly inaugurate the Switzerland-Czech Republic Economic Forum at the ETH Zurich and will discuss security and cooperation in Europe during visits to the Spiez Laboratory and the Federal Office of Technology. armasuisse armament in Thun.
Bern and Prague have deepened their political relations in recent years, notably through cooperation within the framework of the Swiss contribution to EU member states and on the occasion of the Czech presidency of the EU Council in the second half of the year. 2022.
LITERATURE: After the Goncourt and Renaudot prizes on Monday, the Femina prizes are awarded this Tuesday at the Carnavalet museum in Paris in three categories: French novel, foreign novel and essay. Novels by Emma Becker and Miguel Bonnefoy are among the six finalists. In each category, the exclusively female jury selected six titles.
Miguel Bonnefoy is also among the three authors in the running for the Grand Prix du roman of the French Academy, awarded on Thursday. He is one, with Pierre Adrian, Emma Becker and Benjamin de Laforcade, of the four thirty-somethings among these Femina finalists.
FOOTBALL: The 4th day of the Champions League begins Tuesday evening. On the Swiss side, all eyes will be on Bologna and its internationals Remo Freuler and Dan Ndoye, who are aiming for a first success when they host Monaco. The ASM of Breel Embolo and Denis Zakaria is still undefeated with two victories and 1 draw.
Bayer Leverkusen’s Granit But the German champion goes to Liverpool, one of only two teams (with Aston Villa) with 9 points to their score in 3 matches played in this League phase.
TODAY IS…: Like every November 5, today is World Teachers’ Day. It aims to celebrate the way teachers are transforming education, but also to reflect on the support they need to fully deploy their talent and vocation. All information on the UN website.
Seen in the press
RETIREMENT: According to Blick, the federal councilor at the head of the Department of Defense (DDPS), Viola Amherd, has awarded lucrative mandates to “several faithful companions”. Thus, the former head of the Air Force Aldo C. Schellenberg received 156,000 francs and the former deputy director of the Federal Sports Office Jörg Annaheim 180,000 francs.
Viola Amherd thus ensured that they continued to earn a good living in retirement. The DDPS thus employs, in addition to its personal colleague Brigitte Hauser-Süess, other former executives who should have retired.
LEASE LAW: The two revisions put to the vote on November 24 worry the Union of Swiss Students (Unes), which fears an increase in student precariousness, we read in ArcInfo, Le Courrier, le Nouvelliste, Le Journal du Jura and La Liberté. “Shared accommodation is a very popular form of accommodation for students because in addition to having a small budget, they do not necessarily need long-term accommodation. It depends on the duration of their studies,” explains Nadège Widmer, co-president of Unes.
With the reform, the establishment of sublets will be subject to stricter conditions. For their part, defenders of revisions to tenancy law, represented mainly by real estate circles and the right, assure that students will not be penalized.
ACCESS RULES: The ETH Zurich has tightened access for foreign students for fear of espionage, indicates the Tages-Anzeiger. The ETH has published admission rules for foreign students and researchers for the first time. According to this document, candidates from 23 high-risk countries will now be subject to an appropriate security check.
According to information from the Swiss intelligence service, Swiss universities are a favorite target of foreign secret services. The Chinese represent the largest group from a country at risk at the EPF. On social media, Chinese students complained of discrimination by the EPF. The Chinese embassy said it was “shocked”. But ETH believes that these criticisms are misplaced.
NEO-BANKING: The British neo-bank Revolut has established itself physically in Switzerland, writes Le Temps, where the establishment prides itself on having more than 900,0000 individual customers. The establishment requires fewer fees than traditional banks with its debit card for making purchases abroad.
Between January and September, the number of users in Switzerland increased by 29% year-on-year among private customers and 39% among professional customers. There are around 1 million people who have an account with one or more neo-banks in Switzerland. Yuh and Neon, two Swiss neo-banks, have between 200,000 and 250,000 users each.
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Birthdays and jubilees
– 65 years ago (1959): birth of Canadian singer Bryan Adams (“(Everything I Do, I Do It For You”).
– 70 years ago (1954): Formosa Company founded in Taiwan, which today has become one of the largest plastic manufacturers in the world under the name Formosa Plastics Group.
– 90 years ago (1934): birth of American actor Victor Argo, a regular in the films of Martin Scorsese, Abel Ferrara and Jim Jarmusch. He died in 2004.
– 110 years ago (1914): France and England declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
Saying of the day
“On the fifth you will know, what month you will have.”
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