Cluster: Swiss Identity

MUSIC: Ascona Music Festival

This content was published on May 4, 2011 This year’s festival begins with a Beethoven cycle and focuses on the piano as a solo voice and in a musical dialogue with strings, with performances by Daniel Levy and Yehezkel Yerushalmi. The Lyre of Orpheus concert, with renowned Spanish musician Luis Paniagua who presents the myth of Orpheus and plays a seven stringed lyre,…

Missing persons searches given helping hand

This content was published on May 4, 2011 Often those who disappear do so without warning, leaving loved ones in a state of anguish. The foundation SwissMissing is on hand to help. “The saddest and most tragic month is August,” Ivan Schmidt, president of SwissMissing, told swissinfo.ch. “As it’s hot, people don’t think twice about leaving home – there’s no problem in finding…

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Swiss finish second in hockey worlds group

This content was published on May 3, 2011 Alex Pietrangelo scored late in overtime on Tuesday, beating Swiss goalie Leonardo Genoni with a wrist shot with 46 second left of the extra period. It looked like Canada had won the game in Kosice when Chris Stewart made it 3-2 with 3:14 remaining in the game. But Andres Ambuhl equalised with 1:22 left to…

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Few luxuries at new Lenzburg prison

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ICRC calls for access to Syria’s victims

This content was published on May 3, 2011 In a statement, the Geneva-based ICRC said it deplored the loss of life and level of injuries which have occurred in Syria since anti-government protests broke out. “It is urgent that the emergency medical services, first aid workers and others performing life-saving tasks swiftly reach those in need,” Marianne Gasser, the head of the ICRC…

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Record ski jumper extends career

This content was published on May 3, 2011 Ammann, who will be 30 in June, is one of the stars of the Swiss ski squad. He is known for not looking too far into the future, but said the fire was still burning. “I feel ready – also to face the tricky parts of life as a top athlete,” he said. “Being a…

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374,000 Swiss watched royal wedding live

This content was published on May 2, 2011 SF cleared its schedule for the wedding between 10am and 3pm, achieving an audience share of 302,000 – around 40 per cent – good for that time of day, according to spokesman Marco Meroni. Some 72,000 viewers – 22.3 per cent – watched the wedding on French-language television station TSR, while a further 137,000 Swiss-French…

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Graffiti

This content was published on May 2, 2011 The authorities in the city of Bern have declared war on graffiti. The “Casa Blanca” campaign has been running since 2005. But still a number of faces – some well-known, others less so – keep popping up here and there, only to disappear again, as in real life. (Pictures: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo)

Climber sets record up fearsome Eiger face

This content was published on May 2, 2011 Arnold tells swissinfo.ch how he set out on April 20 with just half a litre of sugar-water and no real intention of breaking the speed record up a route that in 1938 took three days for the first climbers to complete (and survive). The 27-year-old mountain guide from canton Uri in central Switzerland climbed the…

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Ice hockey players advance to second round

This content was published on May 2, 2011 Coach Sean Simpson’s team reacted well to their disappointing opening match on Friday in which they edged France 1-0 in sudden death overtime. Ryan Gardner scored twice in Kosice on Sunday. “We were ready right from the start,” he said after the match. “The puck was moving well, our legs were there and our forechecking…

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