Bern wines and dines “daughter city” delegation
The Swiss capital has this week helped its official daughter city in the United States, New Bern, launch its tricentennial celebrations.
A delegation from the North Carolina city was guest of honour at a number of events in Bern and got an inside view of the castle where New Bern’s founding father, Christophe de Graffenried, once resided.
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- Swiss women fill high political office in 2010
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