Cluster: Swiss Identity

SHOW: Swiss Christmas

This content was published on Dec 6, 2010 The glittery Christmas show with a circus atmosphere presents 40 international artists and comedians from 9 nations with acrobatic acts, dancing, music, singing and much more.

Christina Robinson describes finding the letters

This content was published on Dec 6, 2010

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Albrecht makes successful ski comeback

This content was published on Dec 6, 2010 Albrecht had a horrific crash nearly two years ago during a downhill training run at Kitzbühel, Austria, that left him in a medically-induced coma with brain and lung injuries. The crowd in Colorado gave Albrecht an ovation after both of his runs. “It was such a hard road to come back,” Albrecht said. “It took…

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Cuche third while Janka disappoints

This content was published on Dec 5, 2010 Last year, Janka swept all three events in Beaver Creek but finished 23rd on Saturday. “A lot of mistakes today. Not a good run for me,” he said. Flying the flag high for Switzerland was veteran Didier Cuche who finished third after France’s Adrien Theaux. Streitberger completed the demanding Birds of Prey run in 1…

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A Swiss mercenary who served Britain in America

This content was published on Dec 3, 2010 In 1756 Henry Bouquet, a colonel from western Switzerland, commanded the 60th British regiment, the so-called Royal Americans, which was essentially made up of German, Dutch and Swiss mercenaries, recruited to help in the colonisation of America. “Bouquet has played an important role in shaping Pennsylvania and the push toward the West,” Conrad Ostertag, standing…

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Ländlerfründe Walopsee: Gmüetlich u fätzig

This content was published on Dec 3, 2010 Für d’ Walopseefans. Schnellpolka. Ländlerfründe Walopsee

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Russia and Qatar win race to host World Cups

This content was published on Dec 2, 2010 The winning bids were announced at a glitzy ceremony at the headquarters of world football governing body Fifa on Thursday. The decision followed presentations by sports stars, government leaders and royalty. With Brazil already installed as hosts of the next World Cup in 2014, nine bidders were vying for the right to stage the next…

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Peter Finc: Musicblessness

This content was published on Dec 2, 2010 Rock This Town Tonight Peter Finc

Facebook tops Swiss Google searches

This content was published on Dec 2, 2010 The social network site was followed by searches for YouTube, Google and the words in German and French for weather (Wetter/météo). Wikipedia came next followed by “SBB” – the German abbreviation for the Swiss Federal Railways – with Hotmail, Swiss and iPhone making up the rest of the top ten, Google said on Thursday. Steve…

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Normal Swiss flight operations slowly resume

This content was published on Dec 2, 2010 More than 200 passengers had been stranded because of the weather conditions. An airport spokesman said that 60,000 cubic metres of snow or 2,000 truck loads had to be cleared. Bertrand Stämpfli said that “traffic was returning slowly to normal” after snow-clearing teams had worked “hundreds of hours ”. Many of the passengers spent a…

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