The last days of summer are approaching fast. Those warm summer nights have become shorter and cooler again. Those final moments trying to prolong and to keep summer alive for as long as possible. To soak in all those summer feelings, never wanting to finish. The holiday happiness many of us were ex...
For as long as humans have existed, there have always been migration movements. The longing for new horizons has been in most of us.
People who consider leaving their birth country to move to a new continent are increasing. They choose to take this huge step in their life to leave everything behi...
Just hours after Finland’s young prime minister set a Helsinki dancefloor alight, leaked footage of her partying the night away set the internet ablaze. She knew she was being filmed, she said, but trusted that the person filming it would keep it private. They didn’t. To expect such discretion in th...
Those small hands, trying to reach out to hold on to a grownup person, to feel the comfort and safety of someone to hold on to. They are reaching out to somebody, trying to find a role model who leads them through their life. They are reaching out to someone – to simply feel loved.
Every child is u...
Hovering high over both the ping of modernity and the sizzle of one of Europe’s hottest summers is Ticino in the Swiss Alps. It is a world and several generations away from the 40-degree heat and air travel disruption dominating the news pages. One of 26 Swiss cantons, this is a land of ancient ston...
The Locarno Film Festival is the most important film festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious film festivals in the whole of Europe while also being very renowned around the world.
This year is a special year, as the curtains open for the 75th year from the 3rd of August to the 13th...
You have to find peace within yourself, inner peace. Feel satisfied and fulfilled - before you are able to be open for someone else - for a fulfilled relationship. Everything begins within us.
Above is a common belief which is widespread and probably everyone has come across, heard from our parent...
If desperation is a spectrum, suicide is at its gut-wrenching extreme. Thankfully, as with most extremes, it is rare. Yet a raft of official statistics emerging from health authorities in different countries tells us that suicide is sadly not staying rare. It is becoming considerably more common, an...
I wonder, what is “home”? Is home where you were born, or is home an extraordinary place in your heart which has a special meaning to you? Or, could home be a place which represents safety but is missing all the affectionate feelings? When “home” has not been a choice but chosen for survival reasons...
The prevalence of disability is matched by its impact. A staggering one billion people across the globe live with a physical or mental condition that limits their movements, senses, or abilities, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This equates to an incredible 15 percent of the world’...
