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The second Alt+1000 festival of contemporary mountain photography is being held in the western Swiss mountain village of Rossinère from July 16 to September 19. The works of 40 international and Swiss artists are being exhibited.
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So I pulled out my trusty synthetic towel and wiped layers of rime from the tent’s walls, shaking the towel’s frozen contents out the door where the wind is still nasty. Somehow I find lying here in my cozy bag, snacking, making tea, and studying the map to be immensely more attractive than putting on…
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The report, written by a high-profile panel including former Swiss cabinet minister Ruth Dreifuss, criticises the repressive approach in the US and calls for the legalisation of some drugs and an end to the criminalisation of drug users. Instead of prohibition, the commission recommends “regulation models of illicit drugs designed to undermine the power of…
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Constantin says Sion has no legal obligation to travel to its away games, including a July 31 visit to Neuchâtel Xamax, because the case is so serious. Fifa, world football’s governing body, banned Sion from registering new players in 2011 after it induced goalkeeper Essam el-Hadary to break his contract with Egyptian club Al-Ahly in…
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The thrill of going back to nature has not worn off for many people. A historical, seasonal look at camping and caravanning in Switzerland (Images: Keystone/RDB).
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The Statistics Office said road accidents causing injury declined four per cent from 20,506 in 2009 to 19,609 in 2010. It was the first year since the 1950s when there were less than 20,000 serious accidents. Accidents causing death declined six per cent in 2010 to 327. Since 1992, the number of road accidents causing death…
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No sooner did I cross the Swiss National Park boundary but suddenly edelweiss were everywhere. I stopped at the first one I saw and was photographing it when a teenage girl and her dad came the same way I did. On hearing what I was photographing, the girl said “aw, edelweiss…” as if someone had…
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Sommaruga, who is attending an informal meeting of European Union interior ministers in Poland, told the Swiss News Agency that Switzerland supports all measures which increase the credibility and efficiency of the Dublin Regulation on asylum procedures. The justice minister said she rejected a proposal to put an end to the practice whereby asylum seekers…
