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European Figure Skating Championships

This content was published on Jan 5, 2011 Bern hosts this year’s European Figure Skating Championships, a prestigious event with top skaters from all over Europe. All competitions take place at the newly renovated PostFinance Arena with 8,000 seats. Stéphane Lambiel will star at the Gala event on 30 January.

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“You can only watch as the water rises”

This content was published on Jan 5, 2011 Two Swiss nationals living in Australia told swissinfo.ch what was happening in their affected regions. The unprecedented flooding has left towns virtual islands in a muddy inland sea, devastated crops, cut major rail and road links to coal ports, slashed exports and forced up world coal prices. Swiss-Australian Rolf Hauert lives with his wife and…

Culture

DANCE: Salsa Festival Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 5, 2011 The Salsa Festival Switzerland is the biggest (6 dance floors) and most beautiful Salsa party in Europe and celebrates its 10th anniversary with Salsa super-star Victor Manuelle.

Education

Most university students go on to do a Masters

This content was published on Jan 5, 2011 More than 90 per cent of students are now part of the “Bologna system”, said the Federal Statistics Office on Wednesday. The Bologna Process was launched in 1999 by 29 European countries, including Switzerland, and now has 47 participating countries. It was designed, in part, to facilitate moving between countries for study within a greater…

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Swiss Tennis serves up post-Federer plans

This content was published on Jan 4, 2011 But tennis fans shouldn’t worry – John McEnroe expects the rivalry between 29-year-old Federer and Spanish world number one Rafael Nadal to last at least a few more years before a new face breaks through the top ranks of men’s tennis. “There’s no reason to believe… that these guys aren’t going to be around for…

History

Arson attack damages Solothurn cathedral

This content was published on Jan 4, 2011 The motive for the attack, which comes two weeks ahead of a ceremony for the new bishop of Basel in the cathedral, remains unclear. The man, who has been described as suffering from psychiatric problems, started the fire after pouring around ten litres of petrol near the main altar on Tuesday morning. The sacristan raised…

Culture

Ensemble vocal Séquence

This content was published on Jan 4, 2011 Moments musicaux d’après Scriabine: Au revoir Séquence

GASTRONOMY: St. Moritz Gourmet Festival

This content was published on Jan 4, 2011 Master chefs in the Upper Engadine get together with star chefs from the world of international gourmet gastronomy. The high-class programme of mountain dining includes side events such as cigar workshops, journeys through the world of chocolate and food safaris.

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Case puts assisted suicide at a crossroads

This content was published on Jan 4, 2011 A regional criminal court in Boudry, canton Neuchâtel, ruled in December that the doctor had no choice when she took the final step to end the life of a terminally ill patient. The acquittal was made definitive in a ruling issued on Tuesday. Direct active euthanasia is illegal in Switzerland but assisted suicide and passive…

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MUSIC: Art on Ice 2011

This content was published on Jan 4, 2011 Your chance to see Stéphane Lambiel and other figure skating stars perform to music by pop music icons Donna Summer and Kim Wilde and Catherine Jenkins, number one classical crossover singer. Find out more. Zurich: 3 – 6 February Lausanne: 8 – 9 February St. Moritz: 18 February

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