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Bern. Photo: bern.com 

A World Happiness Report has listed Switzerland as the happiest country in the world among 158 countries worldwide.

The report, produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), contains analysis from leading experts in the fields of economics, neuroscience, national statistics, and describes how measurements of subjective well-being can be used to assess national progress effectively.

The report identifies Switzerland as the happiest country in the world followed by Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada.

Bern. Photo: wikipedia.org

Professor John F Helliwell, of the University of British Columbia, said that as the science of happiness advances, they were getting to the heart of what factors define quality of life for citizens and they were encouraged that more and more governments around the world were listening and responding with policies that put well-being first.

Bern. Photo: bern.com

The World Happiness Report 2015 shows that at both the individual and national levels, all measures of well-being, including emotions and life evaluations, are strongly influenced by the quality of the surrounding social norms and institutions. These include family and friendships at the individual level, the presence of trust and empathy at the neighbourhood and community levels, and power and quality of the over-arching social norms that determine the quality of life within and among nations and generations.

Kilder / Sources: www.dnaindia.com, www.worldhappiness.report, United Nations, Sustainable Development Solutions Network – www.unsdsn.org

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A relative of late German art collector Cornelius Gurlitt lodged a claim on Friday for his inheritance, a Nazi-era art hoard which he has bequeathed to a museum in Switzerland’s apital Bern, the www.thelocal.ch website reported.

The surprise move came just days before the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern is expected to reveal whether it accepts the inheritance of the spectacular trove of more than 1,000 pieces amassed during the Nazi era.

Uta Werner, 86, a cousin, appealed to a court in Munich to be recognized as Gurlitt’s heir, with the backing of her children and some other family members, the spokesman said in a statement.

A report by a psychiatrist that “seriously questioned” Gurlitt’s mental fitness to make a will had prompted the family to now act, it said.

Gurlitt, who died in May aged 81, had hoarded more than 1,000 paintings, drawings and sketches, including masterpieces by the likes of Picasso and Chagall, in his Munich flat for decades.

Hundreds more works were unearthed at his Salzburg home.

He was the son of Nazi-era art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, who was tasked with selling works taken or bought under duress from Jewish families, and avant-garde art seized from German museums that the Hitler regime deemed “degenerate”.

Before he died, Cornelius Gurlitt struck a deal with the German government to help track down the rightful owners of the artwork.

A day after his death, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern said it had been astonished to learn that it was named as the recipient of his collection in his will.

It is to announce Monday at a news conference in Berlin whether it will accept the bequest.

See more at www.thelocal.ch/20141121/relative-claims-nazi-era-art

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Julemarked i på Bärenplatz – Bjørnetoget/Bear Square i gamlebyen i Bern, hovedstaden i Sveits.Bjørnen finner man nemlig i hovedstadens byvåpen. Da hertug Berchtold V av Zähringen grunnla byen ved elva Aare i 1191, ga han byen navn etter en bjørn han hadde drept, forteller sagaen. “Bâr” er tysk for “bjørn” (foto: bern.com)

Bern i vinterskrud (foto: wikipedia)

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Skjønnhetskalenderne du fortsatt kan sikre deg

Foto: Reuters

Hele fem tonn med mynter ble nylig tippet utenfor nasjonalforsamlingen sin bygning i den sveitsiske hovedstaden Bern.

I Sveits pågår det for tiden en diskusjon om man skal innføre en minimumsinntekt for alle voksne i landet, skriver Dagbladet.

En grasrotbevegelse er startet, og har samlet inn over 126 000 underskrifter for å få vedtatt forslaget, som går ut på at alle bør være garantert en inntekt på minimum 2500 sveitsiske franc, om lag 3315 kroner, hver måned.

I forbindelse med at underskriftslistene ble overlevert til de folkevalgte i Bern, ble samtidig et lass med åtte millioner 5-cent mynter tippet utenfor parlamentsbygget, en mynt for hver person som bor i Sveits.

Det spektakulære synet av fem tonn glinsende mynter ble straks en attraksjon, om enn kortvarig, for både tilreisende og fastboende.

#Attraksjon #Bern #By #Dagbladet #Ferie #Mynt #Penger #Reise #Hovedstad #Nasjonalforsamling #Parlament #Sveits #Valuta