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ART: Back from Munich

This content was published on Mar 22, 2011 The exhibition “Back from Munich: Highlights of the Collection from Seven Centuries of Swiss Art” presents150 artworks which were shown last year in Munich at the Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung. The works on show reflect the history of Swiss art starting with 15th century altar panels and continuing with 16th to 18th century portraits. The tour of Swiss…

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Painting by Segantini goes for SFr1.44 million

This content was published on Mar 22, 2011 Estimated at SFr800,000-SFr1.2 million, the work, entitled Due madre (Two mothers), thus becomes the second-most expensive piece by the Italian-born artist known for his love of the Swiss Engadine Alps. The record was set at Christie’s in 1999 when a buyer paid SFr8.57 million for a Segantini. Segantini was born in Arco on Lake Garda,…

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Federer slides in ATP rankings

This content was published on Mar 21, 2011 Djokovic, who went on to beat world number one Rafael Nadal to win the title, is now ranked second in the world. Nadal continues to hold the number one ranking by a lead of nearly 4,000 points. It is the third time since July last year that Djokovic has relieved Federer of the number two…

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The Swiss Susan Boyle

This content was published on Mar 21, 2011 Her hometown near Basel might soon be looking for a new bus driver, if the TV success opens the right doors, Wirz is ready to quit, and fulfill her lifetime dream of becoming a professional singer.

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Anne Czichowsky Quintett: Play On Words

This content was published on Mar 21, 2011 Lullaby Of Birdland Anne Czichowsky 5tet

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Flourishing surrogacy business raises fears

This content was published on Mar 21, 2011 In Switzerland, news that a 52-year-old woman from Bern travelled to Georgia earlier this year, obtained a baby by surrogate and brought the child back to the country caused consternation. The Bern woman’s story was first revealed by SRF television show ‘Rundschau’ earlier this month. Subsequent revelations that the child had been taken into protective…

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ICRC to inaugurate water treatment plant in Gaza

This content was published on Mar 21, 2011 The new plant it is inaugurating will serve the city of Rafah and uses new technology to reduce contamination in wastewater by up to 90 per cent, making it clean enough to use for irrigation. The plant will go online this week to coincide with World Water Day on March 22 and will serve 180,000…

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Love Life campaign targets STIs

This content was published on Mar 21, 2011 It will be driven primarily by television advertising encouraging people to consult a doctor more regularly when something “burns or itches”. Cases of sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis and gonorrhoea are on the rise in many European countries, including in Switzerland. “Someone who has an STI will contract HIV more easily, and inversely, people…

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Design star exhibits in Lausanne

This content was published on Mar 21, 2011 The commercial work of New-York based Austrian Stefan Sagmeister, known for his off-beat and humorous style, will be on display in Lausanne until June. “To be a designer, you have to be capable of working for quite a large public in areas which are gradually being saturated,” Sagmeister says. “For more than 25 years I…

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La Capricieuse – Michaela Paetsch Neftel, violin & Wieslaw Pipczynski, accordion

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ART: Back from Munich

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Painting by Segantini goes for SFr1.44 million

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Federer slides in ATP rankings

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The Swiss Susan Boyle

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Anne Czichowsky Quintett: Play On Words

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Flourishing surrogacy business raises fears

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ICRC to inaugurate water treatment plant in Gaza

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Love Life campaign targets STIs

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