Cluster: Swiss Identity

Basel Champions League hopes dashed

This content was published on Dec 9, 2010 Franck Ribéry scored twice in Munich on Wednesday. Anatoliy Tymoshchuk also scored for last season’s runner-up. Basel had gone into the match with a faint chance of ending in the top two and thus qualifying for the last 16: they needed to beat Bayern – who were assured of finishing top of Group E –…

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No pardon for cannabis farmer Rappaz

This content was published on Dec 8, 2010 On Wednesday the court announced its decision to reject his latest appeal for a reprieve; Rappaz has been on a hunger strike. The court said that there was no medical reason to grant a pardon and that Geneva University Hospital – responsible for Rappaz’s care – could re-nourish him if he ends his hunger strike.…

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Vienna Art Orchestra: The Minimalism Of Erik Satie

This content was published on Dec 8, 2010 Reflections On Méditation Vienna Art Orchestra

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Exhibition probes history of dentistry

This content was published on Dec 8, 2010 Until the 18th century if you needed a tooth pulled you went to the blacksmith or barber who would yank it out – or try to – with a pair of pliers. Things have moved on considerably since then, but for many people fear of the dentist remains. An exhibition at Zurich University’s Museum of…

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Unwanted newborn delivered to baby box

This content was published on Dec 8, 2010 While the central Swiss abbey town was in the final throes of its annual Christmas market on Sunday, somebody placed a healthy newborn girl in the special hatch built into the hospital wall. The delivery was made during daylight hours – at 11.45am –, the hospital announced on Monday. The baby has been appointed a…

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Vallotton painting fetches SFr2.4 million

This content was published on Dec 7, 2010 “Coucher de soleil à Grâce, ciel orange et violet (Sunset at Grace, orange and violet sky), painted in 1918, had been expected to fetch SFr1.8-2.5 million. The work features a view of the Seine estuary from the Côte de Grâce and belongs to the artist’s sunset series, which he painted from 1910 onward. The price…

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Swiss students do well in education survey

This content was published on Dec 7, 2010 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the results of the 2009 Pisa study on Tuesday. It was based on the results of tests taken by some 470,000 15 year olds in the 34 member countries of the organisation and in 31 partner states. In Switzerland about 10,000 students took part. The 2009…

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Slice of Russian history goes under the hammer

This content was published on Dec 7, 2010 The recipient, Ferdinand Thormeyer – Siocha to his imperial correspondents – came from the Geneva district of Carouge, and was appointed French tutor to the children of Alexander III in 1886, when he was 28. The collection sold for SFr390,000 ($397,000), around four times its high estimate, the Hôtel des Ventes auction house said on…

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Slice of Russian history goes under the hammer

This content was published on Dec 6, 2010 The recipient, Ferdinand Thormeyer – Siocha to his imperial correspondents – came from the Geneva district of Carouge, and was appointed French tutor to the children of Alexander III in 1886, when he was 28. He stayed with them until 1899 and remained close to them, and to Russia, in spirit and through letters for…

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Thaw fails to improve travelling conditions

This content was published on Dec 6, 2010 For cars, the greatest danger was aquaplaning on the wet roads. About 100 accidents were reported across the country, 40 of them in canton Bern. Most of the accidents were not serious, causing only damage to the bodywork. Pedestrians had to cope with deep puddles, where drain covers had been blocked by snow, so that…

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