Cluster: Swiss Identity

Max Frisch “analysed everything he saw”

This content was published on May 15, 2011 Peter von Matt, the president of the Max Frisch Foundation board, tells swissinfo.ch about what made Frisch tick, his criticism of his homeland and why the author couldn’t live without women. There has been a lot of hype over Frisch this year – also the 20th anniversary of his death – something of which the…

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Swiss finish last in Eurovision finals

This content was published on May 15, 2011 Swiss hopes had been raised when Anna Rossinelli and her band qualified for the final, the first Swiss act to do so since 2006, but her low-key performance of “In love for a while” failed to attract voters. Watched by a television audience of more than 100 million people, Azerbaijan secured the nation’s first ever…

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War-weary Chechens “are ready to live in fear”

This content was published on May 14, 2011 Zainap Gashaeva tells swissinfo.ch that the current Chechen government wants the two devastating wars of 1994-6 and 1999-2009 to be forgotten. Several of her colleagues who spoke out against the wars, including the prominent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, have been murdered. She herself, having received numerous death threats, finally took the decision to leave, and…

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Mysterious Chechen oligarch seals Xamax deal

This content was published on May 13, 2011 swissinfo.ch went along to Thursday’s shareholders’ meeting, which approved the sale to the little known entrepreneur with close ties to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, to find out more about the controversy that has shaken the club. In the end the meeting at Neuchatel’s Maladière stadium lasted just 24 minutes and Xamax’s new owner was conspicuous…

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Disaster summit agrees on urgent action

This content was published on May 13, 2011 The third Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction conference in Geneva brought together 3,000 experts and government officials from 180 countries to discuss how to cope better both before and after natural disasters. “The participants have agreed to recognise the urgency of the situation. The international community should act quickly and concretely to make the…

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Swiss women tell own story of migration to US

This content was published on May 13, 2011 “Westward: Encounters with Swiss-American Women” by Susann Bosshard-Kälin is the first book to uncover the “ordinary and unique” experience of these women. So when Bosshard-Kälin started work on her book in 2007, she had very few bibliographical sources on which to base her research. “There are not a lot of documents about women immigrants and…

Culture

Ai Weiwei the photographer

This content was published on May 13, 2011 From China’s changing cityscapes to personal Twitter photos and images of 1980s New York, Winterthur’s Photography Museum is putting on the biggest ever show of Ai Weiwei’s videos and photographic work. (All pictures: Fotomuseum Winterthur/© Ai Weiwei)

Literature: Solothurn Literary Days

This content was published on May 13, 2011 Authors from the four Swiss language regions meet with writers from abroad to present their latest texts. The festival’s theme is “Fact & Fiction” with readings, discussions, workshops and musical-literary performances.

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Bernard Challandes named new Xamax trainer

This content was published on May 13, 2011 The move follows the sacking on Wednesday of coach Didier Olle-Nicolle after he led the team to a 4-1 home loss against Thun. The struggling first division club, which was acquired last week by Chechen oligarch Bulat Chagaev, is two points clear of relegation with three games left to play. Chagaev’s takeover was officially ratified by…

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Xamax follow takeover by sacking coach

This content was published on May 12, 2011 Neuchâtel released Olle-Nicolle after a 4-1 home defeat against Thun on Wednesday, leaving the struggling first division club two points clear of relegation with three games left. The firing came hours before the club’s new majority owner Bulat Chagaev arrived to meet fans and shareholders. Chagaev’s takeover was officially ratified by the club’s general assembly on…

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