Magazine

See Switzerland on foot Hiking is the most popular sport in Switzerland, next to cycling. There are more than enough trails for that. Just as an example, the Alpine country has over 62,441 km of well marked trails over one third of the mountains.

Gisele Sarbach

Grimselwelt: high tension between nature and technology The Grimsel and Susten passes, in the heart of the Swiss Alps, offer a landscape replete with history and treasures. Here nature and technology unite in a fascinating world of experiences.

Dr. Gianni Biasiutti

Chocolate adventure Long before reaching Maison Cailler itself, visitors will perceive the unmistakable bittersweet aroma of chocolate in the town of Broc. Then the view of the historic façade of the famous Maison Cailler sets the tone for the day's experience, with its interior painted entirely in hues of chocolate, milk and caramel, while its modern and inviting decor emphasises the tradition and authenticity associated with Switzerland's oldest chocolate factory.

Philippe Oertlé

Strength and silence of the Simmen Valley excursion Traveling in the Simmen Valley, a fountain of youth.

Marianne Tschanz-Rieder

The Kambly Experience Discover the secrets of the art of fine biscuit making with all your senses. Known the world of Kambly.

Oscar A. Kambly

Biking across Switzerland The roar of the engine shows what is to come - a week biking in Switzerland on a Ducati - on the backseat of a bike driven by Urs Zaugg, former president of the Yamaha Club in Switzerland, along with Hans Hauser, the Swiss Consul General in São Paulo, driving a bike carrying photographer Roberto Seba.

Luciano Velleda

Paul Klee Center: more than a museum Paul Klee Center is more than a museum - it is a place where people can deal with arts in a funny and sustainable way - notwithstanding their social and cultural origin. In the middle of the activities is the history and work of Paul Klee, as well as the world's most important monographic artistic collection with more than 4,000 works of the artist.

Dr. Juri Steiner

economy

Don't invest in fees, break them! How much does your banking relationship cost you? Hard to say, since it is a complicated and time-consuming process. On top of that, investors tend to focus on better performance rather than cost management, which in fact has a certain and immediate return. Today, experts are offering an assessment of how much private investors and companies can save through active Cost Management strategy.
Malik Khalfi, CIWM

legal

New criteria for registering medication brands with ANVISA In July 2010, through Public Consultation No. 72, Brazil's Sanitary Surveillance Agency (locally, ANVISA) issued a draft resolution for the purpose of setting new acceptability criteria for brand or trade names and differential medication complements.

Mauro Ivan C. Ribeiro dos Santos

guest

Sulzer joins the new era of the pre-salt layer The pre-salt layer is located at a depth of over 6,000 meters under the sea, where Petrobras has discovered huge oil fields that may well double Brazil's current reserves.
Jonas Lessa

sustainability

Animals and humans side by side I shall concentrate on the city of Sao Paulo, which has over 11 million inhabitants, with 1.5 million dogs (one for every seven people) and 230,000 cats (one for every 46 people).

Carmen Salas

culture

Brazil in the times of the early travelers For the twentieth-jubilee "Old Prints" exhibition at Club Transatlantico, its curator, Swiss historian Dominique Edouard Swiss Baechler, acts as our guide for a tour of the fascinating world of the artists who illustrated Brazil's political and social development over the centuries.

Dominique Edouard Baechler

Intercultural communication Being aware of the existence of cultural differences, perceiving how they affect the business world, and knowing the basic traits of other cultures and our own enables us to avoid unpleasant surprises and interact successfully across borders.

Gerti Saxer

chamber news

SWISSCAM committees / End-of-year cocktail / Presidents' Club / Swiss companies at FDI Congress 2010 / Swiss technology at EXPO Estádio 2010 in Rio de Janeiro / Obituary - Peter Kümin

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