Cluster: Swiss Identity

African masks exhibited in Geneva

This content was published on Apr 7, 2000 The Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva is showing “the other face” – the title of an exhibition of African masks. Some 250 masks made by over 100 ethnic groups throughout the continent are on display, providing an insight into a wide diversity of cultural tradition. They were worn for funerals, births, initiation rituals and had many…

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Electronic tags keep convicts on the straight and narrow

This content was published on Apr 7, 2000 A pilot scheme using electronic tags to make sure convicted criminals keep to their probation orders, has been hailed a success by police. Dora Andres, the police director of canton Berne, where some of the first trials took place, said 19 convicted criminals participated in the scheme. She said there was only one case where…

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Musical Feast kicks off Easter Festival in Lucerne

This content was published on Apr 7, 2000 Lucerne’s Easter Festival gets underway this weekend with its traditional blend of classical and religious music in churches and the city’s new concert hall. The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernhard Haitink is the guest orchestra, and soloists include Anne-Sophie Mutter, Cecilia Bartoli and Murray Perahia. Organisers say it’s important that concerts reflect the various…

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Utrillo brings Paris to Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 6, 2000 The medieval abbey of Payerne in canton Vaud is playing host to an exhibition which unites the work of Maurice Utrillo with over 100 paintings of his contemporaries such as Picasso, Renoir and Modigliani. It opens on April 9 under the title “Utrillo and the painters of Montmartre”. It is the first time in 30…

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Metzler signs refugee repatriation convention

This content was published on Apr 6, 2000 The Swiss justice minister, Ruth Metzler (pictured), has signed an agreement with the United Nations administration in Kosovo on the return of refugees from Switzerland. The deal is designed to make it safer for the Kosovars to go back home, but it also facilitates forced repatriations. The signing came on the second day of an…

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Holocaust panel publishes policyholders’ names

This content was published on Apr 5, 2000 An international panel has published the first 10,000 names of Holocaust era insurance policy holders who may have claims against five European insurers, including the Swiss companies, Winterthur and Zürich. The list was published by the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC). It is the first step in a worldwide campaign to find…

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Neuchatel pays homage to Dürrenmatt

This content was published on Apr 5, 2000 The university library in Neuchatel has opened an exhibition on one of the city’s most distinguished former residents, the Swiss playwright, novelist and essayist Friedrich Dürrenmatt. It takes the form of an illustrated chronological account of the writer’s life and work in Neuchatel, after he moved there in 1952. Dürrenmatt was a Swiss-German born in…

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Swiss architects design French museum

This content was published on Apr 5, 2000 Two Zurich architects, Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer, have been commissioned to design an art museum at Mouans-Sartoux in the South of France. The building will be in the park of a 15th century château used for temporary exhibitions, and which is regarded as one of the region’s most important cultural attractions in the field…

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Metzler begins Kosovo visit

This content was published on Apr 5, 2000 The Swiss Justice Minister, Ruth Metzler, has begun a three-day working visit to Kosovo. The trip will include talks with the deputy head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo, Jock Covey, and the chief of the civilian police in the province. Meetings are also scheduled with representatives of the UN’s refugee agency and of…

Radio still tops with German-speaking Swiss

This content was published on Apr 4, 2000 The German-speaking Swiss spend more time listening to the radio than watching television. Audience research figures just out show they listen for an average of three hours and 20 minutes each day, compared to two hours and 17 minutes spent in front of the small screen. The German-speakers’ love-affair with the radio, over and above…

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