Pierre Cormon, born 1965 in Ambilly, France, is a Swiss writer [1] and has published books in French, Brazilian Portuguese and English, including Swiss Politics for Complete Beginners. [2] [3]
Pierre Cormon, born 1965 in Ambilly, France, is a Swiss writer [1] and has published books in French, Brazilian Portuguese and English, including Swiss Politics for Complete Beginners. [2] [3]
He began his career as a journalist with Le Nouveau Quotidien in 1992, then worked as a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza, Yemen and Rwanda between 1993 and 1996. [1] He resumed his career as a journalist with the Journal de Genève , La Liberté and Entreprise romande. At the same time, between 2000 and 2005, he studied the oud (oriental lute) at the Arabic Oud House in Cairo, under the guidance of the Iraqi master Naseer Shamma. [4] He drew on this experience in his novel Le Traître, which tells the story of a Swiss living in Cairo who becomes embroiled in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [5] He is also the author of a book explaining the Swiss political system to foreigners [6] and of a novel written directly in Brazilian Portuguese, set during Rio carnival. [7]
The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) is a Swiss symphony orchestra, based in Geneva at the Victoria Hall. In addition to symphony concerts, the OSR performs as the opera orchestra in productions at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Le Temps is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published in Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA. It is the sole nationwide French-language non-specialised daily newspaper of Switzerland. Since 2021, it has been owned by Fondation Aventinus, a not-for-profit organisation.
Maréchal, nous voilà ! is a 1941 French song dedicated to Marshal Philippe Pétain. The lyrics were composed by André Montagard; its music was attributed to André Montagard and Charles Courtioux but actually plagiarized from a song composed for the 1933 musical La Margoton du battailon by Polish Jewish composer Kazimierz Oberfeld, who was deported to Auschwitz in 1945, where he was murdered. Although La Marseillaise remained the official national anthem of the state, Maréchal, nous voilà ! was performed in many capacities unofficially as an alternative song for the public, being used as a popular song for events like sports and recreation. However, the song never dispelled the use of "La Marseillaise" as the official anthem, and it remained the main hymn of the Vichy State and had official support among the Vichy government. It had multiple performances during the Vichy France Era, often in a famous variation by André Dassary.
Nicolas Bouvier was a 20th-century Swiss traveller, writer, picture editor and photographer. He studied in Geneva in the 1950s and lived there later between his travels.
Éric Stauffer is a Swiss politician from Homberg. He chaired the Genevan Citizens Movement from 2008 to 2012.
The Lombard Odier Group is an independent Swiss banking group based in Geneva. Its operations are organised into three divisions: private banking, asset management, and IT and back and middle office services for other financial institutions. In 2022, the bank had total client assets of CHF 296 billion, which makes it one of the biggest players in the Swiss private banking sector.
The Cinémathèque suisse, formerly the Archives cinématographiques suisses, is a Swiss state-approved non-profit foundation headquartered in Lausanne. It aims to collect, protect, study and present film archives. The Swiss Cinematheque has its archives in Penthaz and a branch office in Zürich.
The Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève is a Swiss employer's organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. It groups 28,000 members, including multinational corporations as well as 9,000 independent workers and 80 trade associations. It is involved in negotiations with the trade unions, political lobbying and the provision of services and business networking opportunities for its members.
A popular initiative allows people to suggest laws on a national, cantonal, and municipal level.
L'Illustré is a weekly consumer magazine published in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is one of the earliest magazines published in the country and has been in circulation since 1921.
The Arabic Oud House is a music school for the traditional Arabic lute called oud in Cairo, Egypt. Founded by Iraqi oud player Naseer Shamma, the school has trained a new generation of oud players and subsequently opened branches in the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Algeria and Sudan.
Emma Kammacher was a Swiss human rights lawyer, activist and politician. She was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and served as a member of the Grand Council of Geneva. In 1965 she became the first woman to serve as president of a Swiss cantonal council.
Lisa Mazzone is a Swiss politician and president of the Green Party. She was elected to the Swiss parliament on 18 October 2015, becoming Switzerland's youngest member of parliament in the process. Most of her political interventions to date have involved environmental issues.
Lorena Parini is a Swiss political scientist and gender studies scholar. She is a professor at the University of Geneva. She studies gender and politics, political discrimination against LGBT people, and the role and construction of social identities.
Jacqueline Berenstein-Wavre was a Swiss politician who spent her political career in Geneva. She fought for women's rights in the workplace.
Lynn Bertholet is a transgender Swiss woman, bank executive and photomodel. She is also co-founder and chairperson of charity ÉPICÈNE, a volunteer public utility body which aims to welcome and support anyone facing transidentity issues.
André Hediger was a Swiss politician of the Swiss Party of Labor (PdT).
The Journal de Genève (JdG) was a French-language Swiss newspaper founded in 1826. In 1991, the Gazette de Lausanne was merged into it, after which it was titled the Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne. Following financial difficulties that faced both papers, it was merged in March 1998 with the Le Nouveau Quotidien to form Le Temps.
Le Nouveau Quotidien (NQ) was a French-language Swiss daily newspaper founded in September 1991, published out of Lausanne. It was published by Edipresse, with the French newspaper Libération and the media group Ringier also having financial interest and collaboration with its publication. It was a non-regional paper, aiming to cover the interests of French-speaking Switzerland. The editor-in-chief of the paper throughout most of its life was Jacques Pilet, who was replaced in 1997 by Alain Campiotti.
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