Newsletter

April 2020

SSB Call for Donations till 4.5.2020
- Project 1: Supply of medical overalls and masks
- Project 2: Loden-UNDP Bhutan Covid-19 Response Fund
- Project 3: HM’s Kidu Relief Fund for COVID-19
Letter freom Dr. Karma Phunthso (President Loden Foundation)
Our Friends from Bhutan telling their stories about the impact of COVID-19
- COVID-19 AND YOU: Personal experiences of an elderly Bhutanese citizen (Interview with Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji, President BSS)
- COVID-19 AND YOU: Personal experiences of a Bhutanese travel agent (Interview with Tashi Rabgyel, Member Board Bhutan-Switzerland Society)
- Personal Message from a Hotel Manager in Thimphu
COVID-19 News from Bhutan
- Translation of His Majesty’s Address to the Nation, 10th April 2020
- Press Release of HE the Prime Minister (April 11, 2020)
- From Coronavirus to Corona Victory (April 6, 2020 - Kuensel)
- Anxious wait for Bhutan for lifesaving medical equipment and supplies with raging global demand (April 4, 2020 - The Bhutanese)
- COVID-19 Situation Bhutan 17.4.2020

April 2020

Editorial by the President
Announcement Special Mailing "Bhutan in Times of COVID-19"
Events 20 Years Society Switzerland - Bhutan
- Main event 13.9.20 "Sports, Health and Happiness" Magglingen
- Main event 6. - 8.11.20 Bhutan Culture Days, Ethnographic Museum Zurich
- Main event: 11. – 22.11.2020 Exhibition Bhutanese Artists, Altstadthalle Zug
- Organizing Commitee
Good News from Bhutan
- Second Royal Child of Their Majesties The King and Queen
- Tenzin Rondel Wangchuk new Ambassador in Geneva
Projects in Bhutan
- SSB Partnership with Loden Foundation
- Bjoka Rainwater Harvesting
- School Uniforms – Delayed because of COVID-19
- Bhutan Transparency Initiative
Red Flower Rice from Bhutan ready for export to Switzerland!
Nado Dukpa celebrated his 30th anniversary with HELVETAS Bhutan
Meeting of European Bhutan Friendship Associations Thimphu and Haa November 20 – 29, 2019
Obituaries
- Christian Rohrbach
- Adrienne Oltramare
Visitors to Switzerland

“Swiss Films on Wheels” with the movie “Heidi” was touring through Bhutan
Annual General Meeting of the Bhutan – Switzerland Society (BSS) 1.8.2019, Thimphu
Annual Excursion Swiss Alpine Herbs SAH in Därstetten 22.8.2019
Dorji Dhradhul Director General TCB studying Tourism in Switzerland 15. - 20.9.2019
The sudden death of Annemarie Huber – Hotz came as a terrible shock for all of us
- Obituary by E. Werner Külling
- Obituary by Dragyel Tenzin Dorjee
Kinga Singye, former Ambassador in Geneva new Foreign Secretary
Training of three Instructors from the Technical Training Institutes in Bhutan in Switzerland
Visitors from Bhutan in Switzerland

HYDROPOWER IN BHUTAN

EDITORIAL (Dieter Zürcher)
HYDROPOWER IN BHUTAN: LIGHTS AND SHADOWS (Dr Günter Fischer)
INTERVIEW WITH HIS EXCELLENCY LYONPO LOKNATH SHARMA, MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
MANGDECHHU PROJECT AND EXPORT TARIFF ISSUES (Sangay Chophel)
THE FUTURE OF BHUTAN-INDIAN ELECTRICITY TRADE (Himanshu Takkar)

FILM MAKING IN BHUTAN

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News from SSB: General Assembly 2017: new date / Dr. Otto Stern resigns as editor of the SSB Newsletter / The new newsletter with key topics / Bhutan Film Days January 27th – 29th, 2017, Ethnographic Museum University of Zurich: A unique opportunity to see films of emerging filmmakers from Bhutan / New SSB Members
Obituaries: In memoriam Küngolt Menzi-Baumann / An immense loss for Bhutan:

Dasho Pema Wangchuk passed away
Visitors from Bhutan in Switzerland: Two Bhutanese visitors from the KGUMSB to get acquainted with General Medicine in Switzerland
Thank you very much HELVETAS Namgyel!
News from BSS: Bhutan-Switzerland Society elects new Board members
Activities of SSB Members: 8th meeting of the European-Bhutan Societies in Greece
György Hetényi: "History books help geophysics to describe big Bhutan earthquake in 1714"
Benedetta Dini: "Swiss researchers on the tracks of rockslides in the Himalaya of Bhutan"
Alain Dössegger : "My secondment to the Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)"
Interview by Otto Stern: "Werner Baumann (62) – 30 years ago as a Veterinarian in Bhutan"

> Newsletter December 2016 pdf - 4.9 MB

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News from SSB: General Assembly 2016 / Three new SSB Board members / Annual SSB Excursion / Graduation at International School Schaffhausen / Up-coming Events / Pre-Announcement: Bhutan Film Days January 27th – 29th 2017 in Zurich / Invitation of the SSB Board to Geneva / New SSB Members / Bhutan at the Film Festival Locarno August 3 -13, 2016 / A Farewell to a Grand Old Lady of the Zurich Elephant Group
Visitors from Bhutan in Switzerland: Chief Justice of Bhutan visits Switzerland
A very enthusiastic and successful Swiss training workshop of six Bhutanese firefighters during two weeks in Zürich
News from BSS: Summary of the findings of the School evaluation on support to Kaktong & Tradijong Primary Schools, Zhemgang Dzongkhag
Lyonpo Dr Kinzang Dorji: «Sustainable social and economic development at the grassroots level in Bhutan needs very active local Civil Society Organisations (CSO)»
Activities of SSB Members: Wangdue Phodrang Dzong Reconstruction Project - Aspects of cultural heritage and safety / Mountains and Earthquakes – Fieldwork and results of two geophysics projects in Bhutan / Archery in Bhutan – Update
Meeting Point

> Newsletter June 2016 pdf - 2.8 MB / pdf - 5.5 MB

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