Cluster: Swiss Identity

Bishops welcome beatification of John Paul II

This content was published on May 1, 2011 The late pope “to this day still acts as a model for good and help for mankind in Switzerland equally,” the bishops said in a statement. Pope John Paul II first visited Switzerland in 1984 in a visit which he described as “a pilgrimage to the heart of God’s people living in the most beautiful…

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Injured Swiss return home from Morocco

This content was published on Apr 30, 2011 An air ambulance sent to Morocco to collect the two seriously injured women touched down late on Friday night. A spokesperson for the Swiss Air Rescue Service (Rega), which operated the air ambulance flight, said the two women were immediately transferred to hospital. In all 16 people were killed and more than 20 were wounded in the…

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Rome prepares giant party for late pope

This content was published on Apr 30, 2011 Rome is expecting one to two million visitors on May 1 – most of them there for the ceremony, which is the first step in the Polish pope’s road to sainthood. Hundreds of mainly young people from Switzerland are attending. “A beatification is a party, a day of joy. It’s also a day to proclaim…

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Switzerland win hockey world opener

This content was published on Apr 29, 2011 The Group B match in Kosice’s Steel Arena had to be interrupted for several minutes in the third period due to a power blackout. France looked better than Sean Simpson’s Swiss team for the first two periods, with Swiss goaltender Tobias Stephan managing to stop 29 shots for the shutout. Julien Vauclair of Lugano forced the 1-0 win in…

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Wedding watchers

This content was published on Apr 29, 2011 Top hats and canapés at the Bellevue or pub stools and nibbles at Mr Pickwicks? Whatever your cup of tea, there was a place in the Swiss capital Bern to get in the mood for the British royal wedding on April 29. (Pictures: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo.ch)

ART: Constantin Brancusi and Richard Serra

This content was published on Apr 29, 2011 This year’s summer exhibition is devoted to sculpture. Sensuous oeuvres in marble, bronze and wood by Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) are juxtaposed with minimalistic steel works by Richard Sera (b. 1939) creating fascinating contrasts. On view, The Kiss, Endless Column, Belts and House of Cards and many other works.

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Camping sites less popular in 2010

This content was published on Apr 29, 2011 New figures released by the Federal Statistics Office reveal there were 3.3 million overnight stays last year in the 419 campsites surveyed. Overnight stays in youth hostels declined 0.8 per cent to 545,000 nights in the 56 hostels included in the poll. Swiss guests account for more than half the visitors in both hostels and…

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Swiss chef to prepare royal wedding banquet

This content was published on Apr 29, 2011 Mosimann, who is a favourite chef of British heir to the throne Prince Charles, is known for his cooking style which he describes as “cuisine naturelle” and that avoids using ingredients such as butter and alcohol. Mosimann had been rumoured for several weeks as having been chosen as the chef for the 300-person wedding dinner…

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Alpinist Erhard Loretan dies in climbing accident

This content was published on Apr 29, 2011 Police said on Friday Loretan died on Thursday afternoon while leading a client up the summit ridge of the Grünhorn in the Bernese Alps. In 1995 Loretan became only the third mountaineer to have scaled all 14 of the world’s 8,000 metre mountain peaks, a feat which he achieved at the age of 36. Loretan’s life took a…

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Business as usual in money laundering fight

This content was published on Apr 28, 2011 However, despite a 30 per cent increase in cases over 2009 – mainly affecting banks – the total value of assets involved dropped by more than half to SFr847 million ($964 million), a level considered average in a ten-year comparison. The Anti-Money Laundering Reporting Office (MROS) stressed the consistently high proportion of reported cases forwarded…

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