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Shadow over art bequest to Bern museum

This content was published on May 8, 2014 The collection, worth an estimated CHF1.23 billion ($1.4 billion), includes works by Picasso, Chagall and Matisse. Gurlitt had made a will shortly before his death in Munich. The museum said on Thursday that a delegation would travel to the German city shortly to gain an overview of the collection. Its director Matthias Frehner told the…

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Work on Chaplin museum begins on Lake Geneva

This content was published on May 8, 2014 Members of the Chaplin family and representatives of canton Vaud on Wednesday launched the renovation of a run-down 18th century mansion, Manoir de Ban, above Vevey. Chaplin spent his last 25 years on his 14-hectare estate along the ‘Swiss Riviera’, where he could surround himself with family and walk into town or drive in the…

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Gurlitt collection bequeathed to Bern museum

This content was published on May 7, 2014 The Museum of Fine Arts will not only inherit works of modern masters, such as Picasso, Chagall and Matisse, but may also face restitution claims from the heirs of Nazi-era Jewish collectors. Speaking to Swiss public radio, the president of the Kunstmuseum’s board said the museum had had no contact yet with the German authorities.…

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Magic mushroom ingredient inhibits negative thoughts

This content was published on May 7, 2014 Emotions help individuals adjust to the environment and react to stress and strain, but are also needed for cognitive processes, physiological reactions and social behavior. They are linked to the part of the brain known as the limbic system, especially the amygdala. These almond-shaped sections of the brain are involved in memory and decision-making, but…

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Travellers fight for turf

This content was published on May 7, 2014

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The trouble with travellers

This content was published on May 7, 2014 Ernst Lehmann has nothing bad to say about his new, temporary neighbours beyond the fact that they hooked up a hose to a tap in his garden without asking. The spry retiree continually stops his gardening to look over the fence at the field occupied by the Jenish group’s dozens of vehicles. With the exception…

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125 years of teaching fashion and design

This content was published on May 7, 2014 Phinkha Leng Sok works on the fine fabrics of a dress for a private client, an elaborate creation that requires the highest accuracy and concentration. Phinkha and his colleagues are being trained as part of a three year apprenticeship course in fashion design, tailoring, and dressmaking.The school is Modeco that started to operate in 1889…

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Vatican’s Swiss guards take oath

This content was published on May 6, 2014 The pope had a formal audience with Guard members, as well as their families and friends, on Monday. He asked them to “be firm in your faith and generous in your charity towards the people you meet”, reminding them they were among the first to meet visitors to the Vatican. Twenty of the new guards…

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Tougher alcohol limits cut booze-linked crashes

This content was published on May 5, 2014 Before the law was tightened up there were 630 accidents where alcohol played a role, which resulted in serious injuries on Swiss roads every year – a further 80 were fatal incidents. According to recently published figures from the Federal Statistical Office (BfS), in the last few years the number has dropped to 500 crashes…

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