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Hooligans to face nationwide measures

This content was published on Oct 9, 2011 The measures include the deployment of police observers at matches, the nationwide introduction of summary courts as well as transport restrictions for fans, Karin Keller-Sutter, president of the cantonal police and justice directors, is quoted by several Sunday newspapers. The proposals, still to be discussed by the representatives of the more than 20 cantons, would…

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Germans struggle to tune into Swiss wavelength

This content was published on Oct 8, 2011 To help overcome misperceptions, the state-owned power company in canton Bern, BKW, has organised integration courses for the many Germans it has hired in recent years. It’s not news that employees and managers have been moving to Switzerland from Germany. Since the Schengen agreement came into effect in 2008, making it easier for Swiss businesses…

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Swiss eliminated from Euro 2012

This content was published on Oct 7, 2011 Despite conceding goals from Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale in the 60th and 71st minutes, the Swiss would still have been all right as long as England, playing at the same time, beat Montenegro. If that were the case, all eyes would turn to the crucial match in Basel on Tuesday between Switzerland and Montenegro.…

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Two stolen Picassos located in Serbia

This content was published on Oct 7, 2011 SF cited a Swiss prosecutor saying the oil paintings, stolen from an exhibition in the town of Pfäffikon, near Zurich, in February 2008, were in a safe location. Schwyz cantonal prosecutor Charles Faessler told SF on Friday that Switzerland had submitted a request to Serbia for the paintings to be returned. He provided no information…

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Security to be upped at violence-hit stadium

This content was published on Oct 6, 2011 The game between top division Grasshoppers and FC Zurich was stopped 15 minutes before the end after unrest broke out in the terraces. A group apparently threw firecrackers and flares. It was the first time in the history of professional Swiss football that a match had been halted and the violence was widely condemned in…

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Opposition groups in Syria strive for unity

This content was published on Oct 6, 2011 In an interview with swissinfo.ch, Darwish talks about the motives behind the formation of this council and its prospects of success following several failed attempts to bring together the various strands and groups comprising Syria’s opposition. Darwish, a member of the Political Bureau of the Syrian Revolution General Commission (SRGC) – a coalition of 40…

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Strong franc impacts on summer hotel stays

This content was published on Oct 6, 2011 Numbers of foreign guests fell by 9.4 per cent, with fewer visitors coming from Europe, new figures show. However Asian visitors rose by 3.3 per cent, with 65 per cent more hotel guests from mainland China – a record rise for a country. South Korean visitors also rose by a healthy 21 per cent. The…

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FC Sion says court ruled in its favour

This content was published on Oct 5, 2011 In a statement posted on its website, the club said the civil court in Lausanne had ruled that the actions of European football’s governing body “appear contrary to its own regulations and are unjustified”. According to Sion, Uefa has been ordered to immediately reinstate FC Sion in the Europa League and to pay the club…

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Pablopolar: Any Minute Now

This content was published on Oct 5, 2011 Part Of Everything Pablopolar

Italy with open eyes

This content was published on Oct 5, 2011 Hektor Leibundgut’s photographs provide a fresh view of Italy. For 25 years he taught theology, philosophy and ethics at the School for Social Work in Bern while editing the magazine Reformatio.

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