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Basel abuzz as annual art-fest opens doors

This content was published on Jun 15, 2011 The northwestern Swiss city is the host for the world’s top fair for modern and contemporary works, taking place for the 42nd time. The art-fest brings together 300 leading galleries from all over the world and 2,500 artists, ranging from the great masters of modern art to the latest generation of emerging stars. The privileged…

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Church to monitor deportation flights

This content was published on Jun 15, 2011 The Federal Migration Office said the church federation had agreed to take the mandate for a six-month trial period and would be assisted by the non-governmental Refugee Council. Former police and justice directors or law professors will carry out the tasks for the federation, according to a statement on Wednesday. In March 2010 Swiss migration…

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Art 42 Basel

This content was published on Jun 15, 2011 More than 300 galleries from 35 countries present work by 2,500 modern and contemporary artists at the 42nd Art Basel. (All pictures, Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo.ch)

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Under 21 Swiss win again

This content was published on Jun 15, 2011 Fabian Frei got the first Swiss goal, converting a Xherdan Shaqiri pass in the first minute of the match. Innocent Emeghara scored the second in the 40th minute. Switzerland now has two wins after two matches, cementing their place at the top of Group A. The Swiss side beat host country Denmark 1-0 on June…

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Criminal gangs blamed for skimming rise

This content was published on Jun 14, 2011 Skimming – whereby information contained in the magnetic strip of a bank card, and the corresponding pin code, is stolen and later used to skim money from the cardholder’s account – is also on the rise across Europe, according to police. A spokesman for police in canton Vaud, Jean-Christophe Sauterel, told swissinfo.ch cases of skimming…

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Da Cruz: Sistema Subversiva

This content was published on Jun 14, 2011 Sexta-Feira Da Cruz

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ART: The Flavours of the Arts

This content was published on Jun 14, 2011 An exhibition of objects dating from Mughal India to modern times with Bollywood, consider the relationship between music, painting and film in the culture of northern India. From the sixteenth to nineteenth century, court artists and musicians developed the most refined applications of the nine flavours of artistic expression.

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Getty Institute acquires Szeemann archive

This content was published on Jun 14, 2011 It is the largest single archival collection ever acquired by the institute, assembled by “perhaps the most famous curator of the post-war era”, the institute said on its website. Szeemann, born in Bern in 1933, was an ardent advocate of modern and contemporary art and his archive and library contains a comprehensive record of his…

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Smoking keeps appeal for young generation

This content was published on Jun 13, 2011 A study published on Monday found that 24 per cent of adolescents interviewed said they are smokers, up two per cent on 2009. Tobacco consumption, mainly cigarettes, is most popular among the age group of the 20 to 24-year olds. The overall number of smokers has been stagnating at 27 per cent over the past…

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