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Golden memories

This content was published on Aug 6, 2012 From remarkable successes to cheating and murder, swissinfo.ch offers some unforgettable Olympic images going back more than a century. (Pictures: Keystone)

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Swiss sports test social media waters

This content was published on Aug 6, 2012 The London Games are proving to be a litmus test of how social media will co-exist alongside a major sporting event, with the fallout ranging from anger over sponsorship rules to disqualification over offensive tweets. So far the casualties have ranged from corporations, such as United States television broadcaster NBC, to athletes (see sidebar).…

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Festivals galore, but critics hear flat notes

This content was published on Aug 5, 2012 In addition to the regular performances of the Zurich Opera, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Zurich-based Tonhalle Orchestra, the Swiss music calendar boasts a number of high-profile summer events. Three major fixtures are the Lucerne and Verbier Festivals and the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, while smaller events include the Project Martha Argerich…

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“An artist has to change the world”

This content was published on Aug 5, 2012 Born in Jerusalem in 1977, Greilsammer has conducted his orchestra at Geneva airport, an experience more typical of contemporary art than classical music. What’s more, in his recitals he does not hesitate to play contemporary and avant-garde pieces alongside baroque works. swissinfo.ch: Classical music does not interest young audiences, either in Switzerland or abroad. What…

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Documentary pokes fun at provincial Swiss

This content was published on Aug 4, 2012 Image Problem, running in the festival’s international competition, singles out Swiss living in rural German-speaking parts of the country. Film-makers Simon Baumann and Andreas Pfiffner say the film is an attempt to restore what they see as the declining image of their native country. “On the one hand we have the mountains, the lakes, chocolate and Roger Federer…

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Passing through Havana

This content was published on Aug 3, 2012 These glimpses from the public space offer an intimate view of the centre of Havana. (Images: Patricia Islas, swissinfo.ch)

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Cuban doctors give Swiss a lesson in true grit

This content was published on Aug 3, 2012 Three Swiss medical students have been experiencing the Cuban health care system at one of the main hospitals in Havana. They are some of the 100 or so Geneva medical students doing internships in 30 countries around the world. “I am fascinated by the Cubans’ flair for getting by and coping with the everyday challenges…

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Making an old town look older

This content was published on Aug 2, 2012 The TV drama on important historical Swiss figures will be broadcast at the end of 2013. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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National Day thinks back and looks forward

This content was published on Aug 1, 2012 The weather was initially kind to revellers on Wednesday, with temperatures of between 20 and 30 degrees reported all across the country at midday, and no rain. However, it later started to cloud over in some areas, and isolated storms were forecast for the evening. In their speeches, several cabinet ministers focussed on the economic crisis and…

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