Cluster: Swiss Identity

A man called out, “John Harlin?”

This content was published on Jul 21, 2011 I first noticed the change while walking past Livigno, Italy, a couple of days ago. Skin was darker, clothes more colorful, and the language distinctly Italian. So I’d left the South Tyrol at last and reached a whole new culture and people – they looked distinctly, well, Italian. But that was on the other side…

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FILM: Locarno Film Festival

This content was published on Jul 21, 2011 This year’s festival opens with “Super 8”, a film by J.J. Abrams, and a retrospective of Vincente Minnelli is included in the programme. Special guests include actors Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Leslie Caron, Bruno Ganz and Claudia Cardinale. Two Swiss films are competing for the Golden Leopard award and French actress Isobelle Huppert will receive…

Nationalhymne (ORIGINAL)

This content was published on Jul 21, 2011

Szeemann’s “meticulous chaos” heads to LA

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 “A massive loss for Switzerland,” was the headline in several newspapers following the announcement on the Californian institute’s website. The news, which Szeemann’s heirs hadn’t made public in Switzerland, has taken the art world by surprise and in a way suddenly quantified the importance of the man’s legacy. A legacy practically forgotten in the small…

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (Konzerte und Sinfonien für Oboe). Heinz Holliger, oboe. Camerata Bern. Erich Höbarth, conductor

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 Presto. From Konzert d-Moll BWV 1059 H. Holliger, oboe; Camerata Bern

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Plans to expand network of gay health centres

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 Geneva and Zurich already have gay health “checkpoints” available to sexually active men, which offer quick tests for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases as well as advice and support. Basel, Lausanne and Bern have been chosen as locations for the new drop-in centres. The checkpoints began as local initiatives, inspired by similar offerings in…

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Mountains through the eye of the camera

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 The picturesque village of Rossinière, nestling in the Sarine Valley between Chateau d’Oex and Gruyères, hopes to answer this question. It recently opened its doors to the second Alt+1000 contemporary mountain photography festival. The quiet village of just 400 inhabitants is best known for its 17th and 18th century wooden chalets and other historic buildings,…

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Swiss to assist EU border security agency

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 A spokesman for the Federal Migration Office told Swiss public radio that Switzerland wanted to share its experience with Frontex to aid in the training of observers assigned to monitor forced repatriation flights. Switzerland has been involved in more than 30 flights over the past five years organised by Frontex, the EU agency responsible for…

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Rossinière highs

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 The second Alt+1000 festival of contemporary mountain photography is being held in the western Swiss mountain village of Rossinère from July 16 to September 19. The works of 40 international and Swiss artists are being exhibited.

Cold comfort

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 So I pulled out my trusty synthetic towel and wiped layers of rime from the tent’s walls, shaking the towel’s frozen contents out the door where the wind is still nasty. Somehow I find lying here in my cozy bag, snacking, making tea, and studying the map to be immensely more attractive than putting on…

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (Konzerte und Sinfonien für Oboe). Heinz Holliger, oboe. Camerata Bern. Erich Höbarth, conductor

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