1/ Read this report on Swiss / Russian #oil#trading:
In #Switzerland, a key hub for oil trading, many traditional players have pulled out of the market only to be replaced by opaque, “pop up” traders whose buying and selling activity is uncannily similar to some firms based in the Alpine nation. It's almost impossible to track who is behind these new traders and whether Swiss nationals and companies are involved.
2/ Public Eye’s report also highlights the activities of Sunrise, which collected the equivalent of four shipments – nearly 400,000 tonnes of crude oil – from Kozmino in September 2022. In the Swiss commercial register a company called #SunriseTradeSA registered in Geneva in 2020 at a trustee. Its spartan website says the company trades crude oil, refined petroleum products and petrochemicals globally and across Russia.
I'd somehow managed to never spot this golden ball embedded in the floor of the Zurich main station (HB). Intriguing! It's got something to do with Dieter Maier but not sure what! It's the 'Centenary Ball of the Association of Masters of None [or Nothing] 2008-2108'.
Anyone with a knowledge of #Zurich / avid fans of #Yello know what it's about before I ruin the suspense by Googling?
A comedian in #Switzerland says he asked #AI to generate a trailer for the 1937 musical drama 'Heidi.' You'll laugh or cry or both watching it. https://youtu.be/0A2-Af5JEWU
Es hat zwar ein bisschen geregnet, aber es ist noch viel zu wenig. Gerade dem Waldrand entlang kann man das gut sehen.
Die #klimakrise ist hier und jetzt. Mir ist wurst, welcher politischer couleur ihr angehört, aber bitte wählt im Herbst Politiker*Innen, die sich für #klimaschutz und #biodiversitat einsetzen! #Wahlen2023#wahlen23#schweiz#ch#switzerland
#FolkloreMoment : A group of children once encountered a "fiery man" next to a boundary stone, and only one boy recognized him as his dead godfather.
Thus, it was determined that the boy should help save the ghost. He was given blessed items as well as a hoe and a spade, and was told to give the latter to the ghost when he was mucking around the boundary stone.
The ghost took them, and used them to move the boundary stone to its original location from where he had wrongly taken it from in life.
Then the ghost exclaimed: "Now I am saved! In exchange, you too shall enter Heaven in three days!"
Neutral Switzerland ready to join Germany's Sky Shield plan
Switzerland, known for its military neutrality, announced Tuesday its intention to join Germany's European Sky Shield project, which was launched last year in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Today it’s the #Yew - a tree I’ve been intrigued by ever since we first came across this big old yew tree next to #Wilmington church here in #Sussex. It’s over 1,500 years old and pretty amazing! 1/x
7/x Yew trees were also a favoured (very hard) wood for #LongBows and #Spears, from #prehistoric times right to the middle ages and beyond. Even now, the German bowmaker Ulli Stehli travels to the #Uetli forest in #Switzerland to get #Yew wood for his bows
Switzerland wants to participate in the European Sky Shield air defence umbrella, the government said on Tuesday, a move which critics say is incompatible with the country's long-standing tradition of neutrality.
Neutral Switzerland wants to take part in Sky Shield defence project (www.reuters.com)
Switzerland wants to participate in the European Sky Shield air defence umbrella, the government said on Tuesday, a move which critics say is incompatible with the country's long-standing tradition of neutrality.