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Switzerland's system of direct democracy is one of most advanced in the world, so it is no wonder young democracies in South America are using it as a model.
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The Lausanne-based lab was handed the mandate by football’s world governing body FIFA and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after the Ladatec laboratory in Rio de Janeiro had its accreditation taken away in August 2013 for not respecting intentional requirements set by WADA. Ahead of the tournament, which kicks off on June 12, LDA director…
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Dias began playing football when he was ten in Santos, a district of São Paulo. During his career he played in many countries, including Switzerland. But a football school doesn’t appear overnight. First of all he was legally obliged to form an amateur club for adults and to take part in a local league, starting…
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Edson Dias ha iniziato a giocare a calcio a 10 anni nel Santos. Nel corso della sua carriera ha giocato in diversi paesi, tra cui in Svizzera. Creare una scuola calcio non si fa però dall’oggi al domani. La legislazione lo obbligava infatti per prima cosa a fondare un club dilettantistico senior e a disputare…
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Swiss communities around the world take out their flags, traditional costumes and painted lanterns to celebrate Swiss National Day (August 1) each year. The same goes for Swiss expats living in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Four Swiss immigrant families started it all when they founded the Colonia Helvetia 122 years ago in the…
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In an interview with swissinfo.ch, the Canadian reporter describes how match-fixers operate and why Switzerland’s Group H opponent Honduras are an ideal target for match-fixers, who will be present at the finals. The former Oxford academic, documentary filmmaker and writer has won awards for his investigations into human rights abuses, the Mafia and organized crime.…
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Jacques Neirynck, a parliamentarian with the centre-right party, tells swissinfo.ch religious perpetrators of such crimes should be reported to the civil justice authorities and expelled from the Church. The Catholic Church’s paedophilia problem has taken on new dimensions in recent days as revelations of abuse have multiplied, forcing church authorities all the way up to…
Brazilian Musicians in Switzerland – Músicos Brasileiros na Suíça: Música Popular
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In Switzerland, as in many other countries, Brazilian musicians are well-known and respected.Circumstances made some of them stay in Switzerland and, consequently, develop their art outside Brazil. This double CD Edition, one programme featuring classical, the other popular music of Brazil, emerged from a series of interviews with some of these musicians. It was produced…
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In an interview with swissinfo, Environment and Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger explains the Swiss position: that the right to food comes before the right to mobility. Organised by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the conference has attracted representatives of all United Nations member countries as well as scientists, academics, and business owners. The…
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Almost 40 years after Portugal came third in the World Cup, they are one of the favourites to win Euro 2008, which kicks off in Basel on June 7. Eusébio’s face has hardly changed since the 1960s and 1970s, when he helped Portuguese club Benfica win the European Cup. Today, the “Black Panther” is still…
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The football legend was in the Swiss lakeside city last week to promote Project Pelé Campus, a new training scheme at second-division club Lausanne-Sport to turn Brazilian teenage talent from deprived backgrounds into “citizens and footballers”. In a ten-year partnership, the local club will become the European gateway for Pelé’s football academy combining football training…
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But the man many say could be a federal cabinet minister, Lausanne’s popular mayor Daniel Brélaz, tells swissinfo that there is little chance that this script will be played out soon. The Green Party has been on a high for over a year in Switzerland. At local and cantonal elections, its members have earned themselves…
Brazilian Musicians in Switzerland – Músicos Brasileiros na Suíça: Música Clássica
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In Switzerland, as in many other countries, Brazilian musicians are well-known and respected.Circumstances made some of them stay in Switzerland and, consequently, develop their art outside Brazil. This double CD Edition, one programme featuring classical, the other popular music of Brazil, emerged from a series of interviews with some of these musicians. It was produced…
Brazilian Musicians in Switzerland – Músicos Brasileiros na Suíça. Música Popular, Vol. I
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In Switzerland, as in many other countries, Brazilian musicians are well-known and respected.Circumstances made some of them stay in Switzerland and, consequently, develop their art outside Brazil. This double CD Edition, one programme featuring classical, the other popular music of Brazil, emerged from a series of interviews with some of these musicians. It was produced…
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Lisbon is one of four contenders alongside Valencia, Marseilles and Naples bidding to stage the lucrative competition. Alinghi’s win over Team New Zealand gives the Swiss the right to select the host city for the 32nd edition of the America’s Cup – considered to be the world’s most important and famous sailing competition. Landlocked Switzerland…
