Cluster: Swiss Identity

PHOTO: Biel Photo Days

This content was published on Sep 2, 2011 The fifteenth edition of the Biel/Bienne Festival Photography measures time with contemporary photography, showing what can happen in a blink of an eye, the time it takes to capture a scene on camera. Time is decisive in all forms of photography. Time is also important to Biel, the centre of the Swiss watchmaking industry.

Federer breezes into third round at US Open

This content was published on Sep 1, 2011 The Swiss world number three needed only one hour 17 minutes to beat his challenger, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. He now has the second-highest number of grand slam victories in the Open era. On Monday he equalled Andre Agassi’s total, and has eight victories to go to catch up with Jimmy Connors. Federer, who has won…

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FILM: Zurich Film Festival

This content was published on Sep 1, 2011 With exclusive gala premiers, the eleven-day festival presents the latest films by renowned filmmakers from all over the world with young filmmakers competing for the Golden Eye award. At this year’s seventh edition, American actor and director Sean Penn will receive a prize for his life’s work.

Stars come out for Crans-Montana golf masters

This content was published on Sep 1, 2011 The tournament opened on Thursday in the Swiss resort. The prize money is €2 million (SFr2.3 million). Westwood, Kaymer and McIlroy – competing in his first tournament since injuring his right arm at the United States PGA Championship and in the news over his relationship with top-ranked tennis player Caroline Wozniacki – are all ranked…

Education

Bee health service to be launched

This content was published on Sep 1, 2011 Initial discussions were opened on Thursday. The Federal Veterinary Office said the increasing complexity of bee-keeping required wider specialist knowledge on hive maintenance and disease prevention. The Varroa destructor, an external parasitic mite that attacks honey bees, came to Switzerland 25 years ago. It has the most pronounced economic impact on the beekeeping industry and…

Culture

ART: Rectangle and Square

This content was published on Sep 1, 2011 At the beginning of the 20th century, Hermann and Margrit Rupf laid the foundations for a collection of European contemporary art. The exhibition gives a comprehensive view of the aquisitions accumulated by the Rupf Foundation with key groups of works by Picasso, Braque, Klee and Kandinsky, as well as works by individual artists such as Markus…

Ä Summerabig uf em Stoos. Urchigi Musig, Lieder und Alphornkläng, Schwyzer Alpsäge.

This content was published on Sep 1, 2011 Kärnser Michel. Alphornmelodie. Alphorn-Trio vom Alpstubli

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From Klein Matterhorn to the Real Thing

This content was published on Sep 1, 2011 At the time it was funny, the ultimate improbable approach. Well, it’s not funny anymore, but I expect it will be fun. We get up at 4:30 and intend to be out the Hoernli Hut door by 5:00. Today’s approach to the Hoernli was amusing in its own right. We began at Klein Matterhorn, where…

Culture

Chewy: Bravado!

This content was published on Aug 31, 2011 If You Had A Heart Chewy

Gene “overdose” link found for being skinny

This content was published on Aug 31, 2011 In a study in the journal Nature, researchers from Lausanne University and Britain’s Imperial College London found that a duplication of a part of chromosome 16 is associated with being underweight. Previous research has found that people with a missing copy of these genes are 43 times more likely to be morbidly obese. Philippe Froguel…

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