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Transforming the philosophy of kimono-wearing

This content was published on May 29, 2013 A Zurich designer combines Japanese aesthetics and European elegance.

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Kimonos reveal Japanese wartime history

This content was published on May 29, 2013 “The first time I came across a catalogue of war kimonos I was fascinated. I fell in love with them instantly. I had no idea they existed,” explained Wolfgang Ruf, an art dealer from Beckenried, near Lucerne. The German-Swiss dual national told swissinfo.ch, “As a German I have always felt guilty about the Second World…

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Switzerland has fewest young mothers in Europe

This content was published on May 27, 2013 An international comparison by the EURO-PERISTAT project published on Monday found that the health of mothers and newborns, as well as the medical management of birth, varied greatly from one country to another. For most of the indicators, Switzerland falls within the European average. However, in addition to the lowest proportion of young mothers, Switzerland…

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High expenses eat up middle class budget

This content was published on May 27, 2013

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Artist creates his own Japan in Switzerland

This content was published on May 25, 2013 As my father had to travel a lot for his work, I was mainly brought up by my mother who taught me her principles and her culture. For the Swiss, I am Japanese, and for the Japanese, I am Swiss or rather a ‘gaijin’. When I was 18, I asked for dual nationality at the…

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Old music becomes new art

This content was published on May 23, 2013 Founded by musician and conductor Paul Sacher in 1933, today’s Schola Cantorum Basiliensis is still the same collection of stone buildings perched on a hill among Basel’s medieval side streets. And, the institution still concerns itself with the holistic study of “old music” – the way music was written and performed in the past –…

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The bassoon’s revenge

This content was published on May 23, 2013 Thanks to a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation, Watts and instrument maker Walter Bassetto worked together for months to bring the Savary bassoon back to life, based on a few remaining examples of the original instrument. (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)

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Amnesty flags Swiss asylum law

This content was published on May 23, 2013 The report specifically cited as problematic the facts that individuals could no longer apply for asylum at Swiss embassies abroad and that conscientious objection is no longer considered grounds for granting asylum. However, Amnesty International praised Switzerland’s willingness to allow asylum seekers’ forced repatriation to be overseen by independent organisations and its decision to restrict…

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Refugees struggle to survive in new Lebanese homes

This content was published on May 22, 2013 “I had to flee with our two girls and leave my husband behind and I’m going to deliver in less than one month… I don’t know how I’m going to cope on my own,” declares *Narwal with a deep sigh. Staring blankly into space, the heavily pregnant young woman from Homs leans back on a…

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