by Johann Aeschlimann | Jul 18, 2026 | articles
Football – the world sport, not the American exception – and politics go forever together: Switzerland’s victory against Grossdeutschland on Jun 9, 1938, rang a bell of resistance. Germany’s World Cup championship on July 4, 1954, was the spiritual birth of the...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jul 17, 2026 | articles
In some areas, diplomacy is sidelined because the big powers are at loggerheads. Others fade away because no one is interested any longer. One of these cases is the situation of human rights and the extreme discrimination of women in Afghanistan – a «cooperating...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Dec 6, 2025 | articles
I have played Santa for generations of kids and 6 December always is a sweet trip down memory lane. I remember the one-word-answer one little girl gave when asked about her favorite food: «Wuuuscht». This means «sausage» in Swiss German. Imagine a tot of today talking...
