SwissCommunity Ensuring the future of “Swiss Review” “Swiss Review” is blessed with an experienced editorial team well-versed in giving their independent journalistic take on the latest burning issues in Switzerland and making this content relatable to readers in the “Fifth Switzerland”. Through your donation, you can support independent, quality journalism directly. Given that printing and mailing costs are so prohibitively high at the moment, we are particularly grateful for donations towards our print edition. MARC LETTAU, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The bank details for the transfer of voluntary subscriptions are as follows: Donate via credit card: www.revue.link/creditrevue Donate via PayPal: www.revue.link/revue Bank account for donations: IBAN: CH97 0079 0016 1294 4609 8 Bank: Berner Kantonalbank Bundesplatz 8 CH-3011 Berne BIC/SWIFT: KBBECH22 Beneficiary: BEKB Bern, Account 16.129.446.0.98, Organisation of the Swiss Abroad, FAO Mr A. Kiskery, Alpenstrasse 26, CH-3006 Berne Email: revue@swisscommunity.org have sown over the last couple of decades. And the latest people in the corridors of power are still doing nothing to correct those serious mistakes of the 2000s and 2010s. VERENA SCHNEEMANN, LANGEAC, FRANCE Cost-of-living crisis in Switzerland? Talk about first-world problems. ARYE OPHIR, ISRAEL Does that mean the Swiss are struggling to make ends meet because Switzerland is a wealthy country? Or have I missed something? JOACHIM HEIDRICH, PHILIPPINES You omitted to talk about the pensioners with considerably lower pensions than you mention in your article. Who, in the end, have to choose to emigrate to a lower-cost country to live a decent life. Discussion: “Rich Switzerland and its cost-of-living crisis” (edition 3/2024) RUDOLF MEGERT, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL From an international perspective, it is not only the Swiss who are increasingly struggling to make ends meet. The same applies to people in places like Canada, Germany and Brazil. No great surprise, but it shows one important thing: that broad sections of the population are now reaping the grim consequences of what the powers that be Discussion Circus tent to host Nat Cartier’s final performance Multi-instrumentalist Nathaniel “Nat” Cartier from Edinburgh is currently in Switzerland, or Brunnen (canton of Schwyz) to be precise, courtesy of the Area for the Swiss Abroad Foundation, which appointed Cartier as its Artist in Residence for 2024. His five-week residency ends in August. Following a number of appearances in July, the musician, who has Swiss roots, is also due to perform live in August. Cartier will appear on the main stage in Brunnen at an event celebrating Swiss National Day on 1 August. He makes his final bow on 18 August from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Circus Monti tent, also in Brunnen, as part of the annual “Spettacolo” street performance festival (www.revue.link/spettacolo), where he will present the results of his creative sojourn in Switzerland. As Artist in Residence, Cartier has been commissioned by the Area for the Swiss Abroad Foundation to produce three songs. He has also been asked to do four paintings – with help from people attending his act. The pictures will be auctioned as part of Cartier’s final curtain call. The proceeds will help to fund the next Artist in Residence project. (PD/MUL) www.auslandschweizerplatz.ch Read it the way it’s printed. You can enjoy a clear, easily readable version of “Swiss Review” on your tablet or smartphone. The app is free of charge and contains no advertising. You can find the app by searching for “Swiss Review” in your App Store. SWISS REVIEW The burden of Swiss farmers: they feel powerless – and are speaking out Nemo wins the Eurovision Song Contest – and fuels the gender debate in Switzerland Looking back: the “Swiss R Looking JULY 2024 The magazine for the Swiss Abroad Cartoon: Max Spring 39 Swiss Review / July 2024 / No.4
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