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Football hooligan given prison sentence

This content was published on Oct 4, 2011 The man, convicted many times previously, had been held for criminal assault and obstructing the police. Three other men arrested were released. Sunday’s game between FC Zurich and Grasshoppers was ended 15 minutes from time as rival fans clashed. Swiss Football League spokesman Roger Müller called the violence “disappointing” and admitted that several anti-hooligan measures,…

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Four decades of surreal mask- and prop-oriented style theatre

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Xherdan Shaqiri, Switzerland’s new football wonder

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Study highlights poor health of immigrants

This content was published on Oct 4, 2011 Around 3,000 immigrants from Turkey, Portugal, Serbia, Kosovo, Somalia and Sri Lanka were interviewed about the state of their health, their need for medical care and general health know-how. Factors such as level of education played a part in their wellness. The better educated a migrant is, the better their health. Newly arrived immigrants were…

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Immigrant youths are “made in Switzerland”

This content was published on Oct 4, 2011 The authors of “Youth, Migration and Religion”, which was presented at a roundtable at Lucerne University, say public discourse on immigrants has changed in Switzerland as well as in other Western countries. Today, Turks, Moroccans and Kosovar Albanians are lumped together collectively as “Muslims”; Islam has become the religion of others. Hence, Catholic Albanians or…

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Disjointed approach hampers hooligan crackdown

This content was published on Oct 3, 2011 Sunday’s game between FC Zurich and Grasshoppers ended 15 minutes from time as rival fans clashed. Some measures recently introduced to combat the problem have run into a wall of poor coordination, according to observers. Last year, cantonal governments and the football authorities clamped down on alcohol sales at grounds and vowed to upgrade video…

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Malcolm Braff: Inside

This content was published on Oct 3, 2011 Mantra Malcolm Braff

Football match called off amid fan unrest

This content was published on Oct 3, 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. President Peter Gilliéron said those guilty would be identified and punished. It is the first time in the history of professional Swiss football that a…

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Film festival wraps up in Zurich

This content was published on Oct 2, 2011 On Saturday night, the four Golden Eye awards went to: Take Shelter by US director Jeff Nichols, Atmen (Breathing) by Austrian Karl Markovics, Buck by American Cindy Meehl and Darwin by Swiss director Nick Brandestini. Norwegian film Sykt Lykkelig (Happy, Happy) received the Critic’s Choice award, and Swiss film Unter Wasser Atmen (Breathing Under Water)…

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Swiss art in NY hits the ground, finally

This content was published on Oct 2, 2011 The institute is renting a freestanding building – originally a service centre for long haul trucks – which had been retrofitted specifically for the purpose of showing contemporary art by Jeffrey Deitch in 1997. “We are proud to celebrate 25 years of Swiss Institute in New York and to continue the integral cultural dialogue between…

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