Cluster: Swiss Identity

Montreux mixes styles, stars and spontaneity

This content was published on Jul 3, 2013 Jaton was just 18 when Nobs first took him on as a helper. In 1999, he was given responsibility for marketing and sponsorship. He became general secretary of the festival in 2011 and Nobs handed over the operational leadership to him several years ago. However Nobs, who founded the festival in 1967 and turned it…

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Four killed in second chopper crash in 48 hours

This content was published on Jul 1, 2013 According to the local police, all four victims were from canton Uri. The aircraft belonged to the Swiss Helicopter Group and was based in Erstfeld. The cause of the crash is under investigation. At a media conference, the Swiss Helicopter Group said that the pilot had four years of experience and that the aircraft – a Eurocopter – was…

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Catholic priests withdraw from joint mass

This content was published on Jun 30, 2013 The church in Dübendorf, near Zurich, was packed for the service on June 29th, and some of the congregation reacted angrily and walked out when one of the two priests announced that he and his colleague would not be co-presiding the celebration. The Eucharist went ahead, conducted by a Lutheran pastor and three Reformed pastors,…

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Four killed in helicopter crash

This content was published on Jun 29, 2013 The helicopter, belonging to the private Ticino-based company Heli TV, came down near a granite quarry at the village of Lodrino about 25 kilometres north of the cantonal capital, Bellinzona. The occupants, all local residents, died on the spot. The police said in a statement carried on their website that the helicopter had originally had four…

Culture

The art of Lake Geneva

This content was published on Jun 29, 2013 (Photos © and text: Musée Jenisch, Vevey)

ICRC: civilian facilities abused in conflicts

This content was published on Jun 27, 2013 Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said in Geneva on Thursday his organisation was gravely worried about the rising misuse of medical facilities and educational and religious centres in armed conflicts in Syria and other nations. Presenting the ICRC’s annual report for 2012, he added that along with the…

Culture

Anne Frank archive set for return

This content was published on Jun 27, 2013 The legal battle between the Anne Frank House – the Amsterdam museum dedicated to her memory – and the Anne Frank Fund, the Basel-based foundation set up by her father Otto, centred on where the thousands of photographs, letters and other documents should be kept and displayed. Those documents did not include the posthumously published…

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Controversial commodity trader Marc Rich dies

This content was published on Jun 26, 2013 Rich died of a stroke in a hospital in Lucerne, near his longtime home, according to the Marc Rich Group. His Israel-based spokesman, Avner Azulay, said Rich would be buried in Israel on Thursday. The legendary trader, who courted controversy by covertly supplying Israel with Iranian oil, found sanctuary in Switzerland from the United States…

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Swiss voters back single-payer health insurance

This content was published on Jun 24, 2013 About 65 per cent of the population would approve the proposal and 28 per cent would reject it, according to the first poll conducted on the issue. The result is still not very conclusive, as only about 31 per cent of people surveyed said they would actually participate in the vote. In 2014 or 2015,…

Culture

Swiss painting sold for record CHF7.5 million

This content was published on Jun 23, 2013 The oil painting Turnstunde in Ins (physical education lesson in Ins), which Anker painted in 1879, was sold to an unnamed bidder. The value of the painting had been estimated at between CHF3.5 million and CHF5.5 million. Worldwide, none of Anker’s paintings has ever sold for such a high price, according to auctioneer Cyril Koller.…

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