Cluster: Swiss Identity

Children’s choral charity aids Cambodia

This content was published on Dec 17, 2010 Ta Pen is the latest project by the Geneva-based Don du Choeur association, which since 2002 has been organising concerts every two or three years bringing together some 350 children from local private schools to raise money for deprived children around the world. “I had to explain to them how Swiss kids aged 8-12 had…

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Monks’ marketing campaign declared a success

This content was published on Dec 17, 2010 About five out of 20 were found to be suitable, a figure which satisfied the friars, who wish to recruit a younger generation, head friar Willi Anderau said. The ad, which was placed in early November in a supplement that lists management jobs, seeks unmarried Roman Catholic males between 22 and 35, with a university…

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Swiss investigator calls for prompt Kosovo probe

This content was published on Dec 16, 2010 Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty, a Swiss senator who led the two-year effort to uncover alleged crimes committed by Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, also accused officials of turning a blind eye to the atrocities. At a media conference in Paris on Thursday, Marty said he had assembled facts and reports. As to physical…

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Tell: The Legend Returns

This content was published on Dec 16, 2010 Tell: The Legend Returns Comic creator David Boller talks to Thomas Stephens about turning William Tell into a crime-fighting vigilante.

Carla Del Ponte feels vindicated by Kosovo report

This content was published on Dec 16, 2010 In an exclusive interview with swissinfo.ch, the Swiss lawyer said she was torn between concern and satisfaction at the idea that these “heinous acts” would soon be brought to justice. Del Ponte, now Switzerland’s ambassador to Argentina and due to retire early next year, was Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia…

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Mendelssohn: Piano Trios. Swiss Piano Trio

This content was published on Dec 16, 2010 Piano trio no. 1, op. 49. Scherzo. Swiss Piano Trio

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Skier Gut punished for criticism of coach

This content was published on Dec 16, 2010 The suspension means that Gut, aged 19, will miss World Cup giant slalom and slalom races on December 28 and 29 in Semmering, Austria. “We don’t accept that an athlete blames the head coach and expresses herself this way in public, and especially not in the media,” said Dierk Biesel, the federation’s sports director. The…

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ICRC says Afghan violence is at its worst

This content was published on Dec 15, 2010 According to the Swiss-run organisation, access to people in need is more difficult than at any point in the past 30 years, due to spreading violence. “The proliferation of armed groups threatens the ability of humanitarian organisations to access those in need. Access for the ICRC has over the last 30 years never been as…

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ART: A collector’s course of art

This content was published on Dec 15, 2010 The Fondation Pierre Gianadda presents 120 paintings and drawings documenting the evolution of painting since the days of Jean-Baptiste Carot (1796-1875). With focus on French impressionism, the exhibition of selected works on loan from an anonymous private collector include works by Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Signac, Sam Szafran, Pissarro and Maurice Denis.

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Appenzeller Echo: Selewie (c’est la vie)

This content was published on Dec 15, 2010 Berewegge Polka Appenzeller Echo

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