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Swiss design moves from functional to fun

This content was published on Sep 30, 2012 “Design can no longer be defined according to national characteristics. Designers today must think on an international scale,” the chair of the Swiss Federal Design Commission, Patrick Reymond, told swissinfo.ch. The result is that Swiss industrial design has evolved radically, shedding its functional identity in favour of a more imaginative approach shared by designers abroad,…

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Investigation into abuse at children’s homes

This content was published on Sep 29, 2012

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Overcoming pigeon prejudice

This content was published on Sep 29, 2012 The artists lured the birds into a contraption which sprayed them with bright colours. According to the pair, no birds were hurt in the process. The pigeons were released in Venice in time for the city’s 2012 Biennial, and could be seen flying above the city … or trying to eat tourists’ lunches. (All images…

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Group unveils “early” Mona Lisa in Geneva

This content was published on Sep 27, 2012 “People will dismiss it as a copy, but we absolutely refute that allegation,” Irish-born art historian Stanley Feldman, a member of the Zurich-based Mona Lisa Foundation, told a press conference at the five-star Beau-Rivage hotel on Thursday. The foundation contends that their painting, presented to the press for the first time, is a younger portrayal…

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Asylum rules tightened amid leftwing opposition

This content was published on Sep 27, 2012 The measures take effect on Saturday, but discussions on Switzerland’s asylum rules are set to continue. It took the parliamentary chambers at least seven separate debates during the autumn session to agree a package of so called urgent measures. The House of Representatives and the Senate finally succeeded in sorting out the last details of…

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Erasmus students take a chance on love

This content was published on Sep 27, 2012 It was autumn 1995 and France was in the grip of a series of general strikes. The streets echoed with chants of ‘Juppé, tu dois céder’ (Juppé, you must give in), demonstrators calling on Prime Minister Alain Juppé to abandon his controversial reforms. Around 50 new Erasmus arrivals had assembled for an information meeting when…

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Yodellers learn the price of fame

This content was published on Sep 26, 2012 “No business like show business” shows the dilemmas the group has faced as they cope with the aftermath of TV fame. After their victory, they were overwhelmed by concert requests. The enticing offers, especially the one from the foreign ministry to represent Switzerland at the World Expo in Shanghai, created a potential rift in the…

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Switzerland reflects on its intangible culture

This content was published on Sep 26, 2012 All of them figure on the list of 167 living traditions recently put online by the Federal Cultural Office as part of Switzerland’s implementation of the Unesco Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage which it ratified in 2008. Three or four of them will later be submitted to Unesco for inclusion on a…

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Family drama “Sister” enters Oscars race

This content was published on Sep 21, 2012 “Sister” tells the story of 12-year-old Simon who lives with his sister in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The two struggle to make ends meet, and Simon takes to stealing ski equipment from wealthy tourists and re-selling it to teens in the valley to make a meager living. The drama was recently honored at the…

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