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Fifa to test nine goal-line technology systems

This content was published on Jul 21, 2011 Calmy-Rey was addressing the opening session of Fifa’s congress in Zurich on Tuesday evening, which is due to elect its president on Wednesday in the midst of a growing bribery scandal. She urged the incumbent president, Sepp Blatter and the 208 national delegations, to “take seriously the many criticisms voiced about corruption.” She assured her listeners…

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Fifa to test nine goal-line technology systems

This content was published on Jul 21, 2011 The Zurich-based organisation says the nine candidates, all from Europe, will be examined between September and December by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. Fifa’s rule-making body will study the results in London in March and invite the best systems to a second round of trials. Systems must be 90 per cent…

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Strong franc makes a Swiss holiday more expensive than ever.

This content was published on Jul 21, 2011

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A man called out, “John Harlin?”

This content was published on Jul 21, 2011 I first noticed the change while walking past Livigno, Italy, a couple of days ago. Skin was darker, clothes more colorful, and the language distinctly Italian. So I’d left the South Tyrol at last and reached a whole new culture and people – they looked distinctly, well, Italian. But that was on the other side…

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FILM: Locarno Film Festival

This content was published on Jul 21, 2011 This year’s festival opens with “Super 8”, a film by J.J. Abrams, and a retrospective of Vincente Minnelli is included in the programme. Special guests include actors Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Leslie Caron, Bruno Ganz and Claudia Cardinale. Two Swiss films are competing for the Golden Leopard award and French actress Isobelle Huppert will receive…

Nationalhymne (ORIGINAL)

This content was published on Jul 21, 2011

Szeemann’s “meticulous chaos” heads to LA

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 “A massive loss for Switzerland,” was the headline in several newspapers following the announcement on the Californian institute’s website. The news, which Szeemann’s heirs hadn’t made public in Switzerland, has taken the art world by surprise and in a way suddenly quantified the importance of the man’s legacy. A legacy practically forgotten in the small…

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (Konzerte und Sinfonien für Oboe). Heinz Holliger, oboe. Camerata Bern. Erich Höbarth, conductor

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 Presto. From Konzert d-Moll BWV 1059 H. Holliger, oboe; Camerata Bern

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Plans to expand network of gay health centres

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 Geneva and Zurich already have gay health “checkpoints” available to sexually active men, which offer quick tests for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases as well as advice and support. Basel, Lausanne and Bern have been chosen as locations for the new drop-in centres. The checkpoints began as local initiatives, inspired by similar offerings in…

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Mountains through the eye of the camera

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 The picturesque village of Rossinière, nestling in the Sarine Valley between Chateau d’Oex and Gruyères, hopes to answer this question. It recently opened its doors to the second Alt+1000 contemporary mountain photography festival. The quiet village of just 400 inhabitants is best known for its 17th and 18th century wooden chalets and other historic buildings,…

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